Adjustable Resistance Band with Webbing Hook and Slotted Loop
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing resistance bands are often difficult to use safely and effectively due to their fixed shapes, lack of adjustability, and potential for tripping hazards, which limits their versatility and can lead to injuries, especially for those with back injuries or sedentary lifestyles.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable resistance band featuring a webbing hook and slots along its length, allowing for easy adjustment and conversion between open and closed loop configurations, providing adjustable resistance and improved biomechanical feedback for safer and more effective exercise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing resistance bands are made as fixed closed-loop or straight bands, then they provide simple structure and ease of manufacture, but they lack adjustability and versatility, and pose tripping hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The resistance band incorporates a sliding mechanism with a slider that can move along the band length, allowing the loop size to be dynamically adjusted. This enables the same band to provide multiple resistance levels and configurations, resolving the contradiction between fixed structure and adjustability.
Solution Approach 2:
The band is divided into segments with markings indicating different loop sizes, and includes detachable components (slider, clips) that can be repositioned. This segmentation allows users to create different configurations, providing versatility while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Reliability
If loop resistance bands are used, then they provide continuous resistance, but they are challenging to put on and take off, and can catch on feet causing tripping hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The band transitions from a fixed loop to a dynamically adjustable configuration using a slider mechanism. Users can easily open and reconfigure the loop by moving the slider, eliminating the difficulty of putting on and taking off fixed loops while maintaining continuous resistance during exercise.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding mechanism extracts the adjustment function from the fixed loop structure, allowing the loop size to be changed independently. This separates the resistance function from the loop configuration, enabling safe and easy adjustment without tripping hazards.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing bands lack adjustability, then they maintain simple design, but they cannot be customized for different users or exercise levels
Solution Approach 1:
The band includes a slider with markings that indicate different loop sizes and resistance levels. This dynamic adjustment system allows users to customize the band for their specific needs and exercise progressions while maintaining a relatively simple overall design.
Solution Approach 2:
The band is designed with intuitive markings and a self-adjusting slider mechanism that users can operate independently. This self-service design allows customization without requiring complex adjustment procedures or external assistance, balancing adaptability with simplicity.
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 adjustable resistance band enhances user safety and exercise efficiency by allowing for customizable resistance levels and configurations, reducing the risk of injury and improving muscle strength and awareness through biofeedback mechanisms.
Implementation Method 1
a strap made of substantially elastic material
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable resistance band for exercise or physical therapy apparatus including a webbing hook component, strap and slots with openings for adjustability in which the band is easily secured around the user's legs or torso by placing the webbing hook in one of the loop openings.