Arcuate-Track Exercise Device for Space-Saving Versatility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The need for multiple exercise machines to fulfill various exercise routines leads to space, financial, and logistical challenges, deterring individuals from maintaining a consistent fitness regimen.
Innovation Solution
A multi-configuration exercise device with a base frame, interface frame, and a support beam hingedly coupled to both, featuring an arcuate track with adjustable apertures, allowing for various exercise configurations through adjustable angles and orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple exercise machines are used to fulfill various exercise routines, then exercise versatility is improved, but space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple exercise machine functions into a single integrated apparatus. The support beam structure with adjustable apertures and removable pads integrates strength training, flexibility, and specialized exercises into one device, eliminating the need for separate machines while maintaining exercise versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The exercise device is designed with universal functionality to perform multiple exercise types. The adjustable support beam, arcuate track with multiple apertures, and interchangeable pads enable the single apparatus to accommodate various exercise routines including strength training, flexibility work, and specialized exercises.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple exercise machines are owned, then exercise versatility is improved, but financial burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple expensive exercise machines into one affordable apparatus. By integrating multiple functions into a single device with a shared frame, support beam, and interchangeable components, the invention reduces the financial burden of owning multiple separate machines while maintaining exercise versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The exercise device provides universal functionality across multiple exercise categories, replacing the need for separate investments in strength training equipment, flexibility equipment, and specialized exercise machines. The removable pads and adjustable components enable one machine to perform the functions of several.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple exercise machines are acquired, then exercise versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the exercise device into modular segments including a base frame, adjustable support beam, arcuate track, and removable pads. This segmentation allows for easy configuration changes and simplifies maintenance while providing multiple exercise functions through component rearrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The exercise apparatus incorporates dynamic adjustability through the support beam with multiple apertures and removable pads that can be repositioned and reconfigured. This dynamic design allows users to adapt the device for different exercise routines without increasing structural complexity, maintaining simplicity while enhancing versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-configuration exercise device may include a support beam hingedly coupled to a base frame and hingedly coupled an interface frame. Further, the support beam defines an opening. The support beam may include a pin, such that the pin is biased toward projecting a portion of the pin into the defined opening of the support beam. A multi-configuration exercise device may include an arcuate track coupled to the interface frame. The arcuate track is insertable within the defined opening of the support beam. The arcuate track may define a plurality of apertures, such that a first angle between the interface frame and the support beam is adjustable by selective engagement of the pin with an aperture of the plurality of apertures of the arcuate track.