Support stand for hands free use of electronic devices while using an exercise machine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Exercise machines lack adjustable support stands that allow users to comfortably view electronic devices, such as phones or tablets, at various orientations and heights, leading to difficulties in watching content or reading materials during use.
Innovation Solution
A support stand with leg attachments and adjustable components, including telescopic posts, pivotable arms, and clamps, that can be secured to exercise machines, allowing for vertical, horizontal, and angular adjustments to accommodate different user orientations and device types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If fixed height shelves are used on exercise machines, then device placement is simple, but user viewing comfort deteriorates due to inability to adjust to different user heights and orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The support stand incorporates multiple adjustable components including vertically movable shelves with locking mechanisms, telescopic arms with adjustable lengths, and pivotable connections that enable angular adjustment. These dynamic elements allow the stand to adapt to different user heights, orientations, and device types while maintaining operational simplicity through intuitive adjustment and locking mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand is divided into multiple independent adjustable segments including the base platform, vertical support posts, horizontal arms, and shelf assemblies. Each segment can be independently adjusted and locked into position, allowing granular control over the final viewing position while keeping the overall structure manageable through modular design.
2Area of stationary object
If TV screens are placed far from exercise users, then general audience content is displayed, but user viewing clarity and personal content selection deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable support stand serves as an intermediary between the user and the display device, positioning the electronic device (phone, tablet, or TV) at an optimal viewing distance and angle specific to each user. This intermediary structure enables personal化的 viewing experience by bringing the display closer to the user while maintaining proper ergonomics during exercise.
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AI summary
A support stand including a base; a first post secured to the flat base; a second post telescopically connected to the first post; a holder pivotably connected to the second post; a first arm slidable mounted on the second post and having a first telescopic section extending away from the second post, the first arm is connected to the second post via a first swivel mount connector that allows the vertical, rotational, and pivoting movements of the first arm regarding the second post; a second arm slidable mounted on the second post, the second arm is connected to the second post via a second swivel mount connector that allows the vertical, rotational, and pivoting movements of the second arm regarding the second post; a first adjustable fastening device located at a distal end of the first telescopic section; a second adjustable fastening device located at a distal end of the second telescopic section; the first arm slides independently from the second arm on the second post; the support stand is adapted to be secured to a vertical support on an exercise machine.