Portable Hangboard with Adjustable Finger Slot Depth and Angle

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hangboards for finger and grip strength training are large, cumbersome, and lack adjustability, limiting exercise variety and portability, while portable options restrict exercise options due to limited space and require carrying multiple attachments.

Innovation Solution

A portable, angle- and depth-adjustable hangboard with simple and robust mechanisms allows for a wide range of exercises by incorporating shims for depth adjustment and grooves for angle adjustment, enabling easy mounting and use with various resistance sources, accommodating users of all skill levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a traditional hangboard is used, then finger strength training effectiveness is improved, but portability and ease of transport deteriorate due to large size and weight

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefinger strength training effectivenessVSAvoidportability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The hangboard is divided into modular components: a main body with adjustment mechanisms and interchangeable grip attachments. This segmentation allows the board to be compact when not in use while maintaining full functionality when assembled, resolving the contradiction between training effectiveness and portability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The hangboard incorporates dynamic adjustment mechanisms including angle adjustment slots and depth adjustment shims that allow the board to adapt to different exercise requirements. This dynamic capability enables a single compact unit to provide the same training variety as multiple static boards, improving portability without sacrificing training effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If a traditional hangboard is used, then exercise variety is improved, but device complexity and setup requirement deteriorate due to multiple separate attachments needed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveexercise varietyVSAvoidnumber of separate attachments

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple adjustment functions are merged into a single integrated hangboard unit. The angle adjustment slots, depth adjustment shims, and interchangeable grips are all combined in one device, eliminating the need for multiple separate attachments and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining exercise variety.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The hangboard is designed as a universal device that can perform multiple functions through its adjustment mechanisms. A single board can accommodate various grip types, angles, and depths to provide different exercise variations, replacing the need for multiple specialized attachments and simplifying the user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Weight of moving object

If a portable hangboard with limited space is used, then portability is improved, but exercise variety deteriorates due to space constraints

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveportabilityVSAvoidexercise variety

Core Design Contradiction:

Weight of moving objectVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The portable hangboard uses dynamic adjustment mechanisms including rotatable angle slots and interchangeable depth shims that allow a compact unit to provide multiple exercise variations. This dynamic adaptability enables the small portable board to offer the same exercise variety as larger stationary boards, resolving the contradiction between portability and exercise variety.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The hangboard design allows components to be nested or stored within the main body when not in use. The angle adjustment slots and depth shims can be stored inside the handle-shaped body, creating a compact portable unit that expands to full functionality during exercise, thus maintaining both portability and exercise variety.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

4Adaptability or versatility

If interchangeable grips are used, then exercise variety is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to carrying multiple separate grips

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveexercise varietyVSAvoidease of carrying attachments

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple grip attachments are merged into a single integrated unit that can be quickly swapped on the hangboard handle. This combining approach allows users to carry one attachment set instead of multiple separate grips, improving ease of operation while maintaining exercise variety through the interchangeable grip system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11944867B2Portable angle- and depth-adjustable hangboard

Publication Date: 2024.04.02 KARPACHEVSKYY TARAS

AI summary

A new kind of portable hangboard intended for finger strength exercises allows the user to adjust the angle of the hangboard and the depth of the finger slot to control the difficulty of the exercise. The main body of the hangboard hangs on a rope. The main body of the hangboard contains multiple slots that the rope can pass through to adjust the angle of the device. The finger slot contained in the main body has magnets at the deep end which allow one or more shims with built in magnets to be inserted to make the slot shallower. The hangboard offers greater portability and variety of exercises compared to other inventions of this class.