Adjustable Exercise Platform with Vibration Motors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional push-ups and plank exercises are challenging for many individuals due to the horizontal position, which can put considerable pressure on wrists and shoulders, and getting up from the floor can be difficult, limiting accessibility for various fitness levels.
Innovation Solution
An exercise apparatus with a base frame and a movable frame connected by actuators, allowing for adjustable positions and vibration motors to facilitate exercises like push-ups and planks at various angles, enabling users to customize the difficulty level and intensity of workouts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If exercises are performed on the floor in horizontal position, then the exercises can be done traditionally, but it places considerable pressure on wrists and shoulders and makes it difficult to get up
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device employs a movable frame that can be adjusted between horizontal and vertical positions, allowing the exercise surface to dynamically change orientation. This enables users to transition from comfortable vertical positioning to horizontal exercise position and back, eliminating the harmful effect of remaining in a fixed horizontal position that stresses wrists and shoulders.
Solution Approach 2:
The device changes the spatial parameter of the exercise surface orientation from fixed horizontal to adjustable between horizontal and vertical. By modifying this geometric parameter, the device resolves the contradiction between maintaining traditional exercise positioning and reducing stress on body parts.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the exercise apparatus is made adjustable for different fitness levels, then it can accommodate various users, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses a motorized actuator system with telescoping extenders that can automatically adjust the frame position between horizontal and vertical orientations. This dynamic adjustment mechanism provides adaptability for different fitness levels while minimizing manual complexity through automated motor control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment systems with motorized actuators that use electrical signals to control frame positioning. This substitution reduces the mechanical complexity of manual cranks, cables, and pulleys while providing precise, programmable adjustment capabilities for different user needs.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus makes it easier and more effective to perform exercises like push-ups and planks by allowing users to adjust the angle and intensity, accommodating different fitness levels and enabling incremental increases in difficulty as strength improves, thus making these exercises accessible and challenging for a broader range of users.
Implementation Method 1
an actuator located between the base frame and the movable frame, the actuator being operated by a motor, the actuator moving the movable frame relative to the base frame about the base frame connector
Implementation Method 2
a first vibration motor for vibrating one area of the platform and having a first intensity and a second vibration motor for vibrating another area of the platform and having a second intensity
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AI summary
An exercise apparatus comprises a base frame including a base frame connector, and a movable frame including a movable frame connector. The movable frame connector connects to the base frame connector so the movable frame is rotatable relative to the base frame. A platform is mounted on the movable frame member, and the platform has at least two different widths. An actuator is located between the base frame and the movable frame, and moves the movable frame relative to the base frame about the base frame connector so as to position the movable frame relative to the base frame in a selected position. A first vibration motor having a first intensity is provided for vibrating one area of the platform, and a second vibration motor having a second intensity is provided for vibrating another area of the platform.