Asymmetric Exercise Grip for Friction Protection and Dexterity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing exercise grips fail to provide adequate protection against friction-induced injuries during exercises on horizontal bars and gymnastics rings while maintaining sufficient hand dexterity and comfort, often bunching up and causing discomfort during high-repetition movements.

Innovation Solution

The exercise grip features an asymmetric protective portion with varying width and finger holes placement, covering the line of friction experienced during gymnastics movements, while exposing other palm areas for dexterity and comfort, and is made from flexible materials like leather or neoprene.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If the protective portion covers the entire palm area, then friction protection is improved, but hand dexterity and comfort deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefriction protectionVSAvoidhand dexterity

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The protective portion is designed with asymmetric width where the palm end has a larger width for friction protection while the finger end has a smaller width to maintain dexterity. This local variation in protective coverage allows the grip to provide friction protection exactly where needed during gymnastics movements while exposing other palm areas for enhanced hand dexterity and comfort.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the protective portion is made from stiff material, then friction resistance is improved, but comfort and flexibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefriction resistanceVSAvoidcomfort

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The protective portion is constructed from flexible materials such as leather or neoprene that can deform and conform to the hand's movements. This material selection allows the protective portion to resist friction during exercises while maintaining flexibility and comfort, eliminating the bunching issue that occurs with stiffer materials during high-repetition movements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of manufacture

If the protective portion has uniform width, then manufacturing is simplified, but friction coverage along the movement line is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidfriction coverage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The protective portion features an asymmetric design where the palm end has a larger width and the finger end has a smaller width. This asymmetric geometry is specifically designed to align with and cover the line of friction experienced during gymnastics movements such as muscle-ups on rings, providing optimal friction protection while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standard cutting and stitching processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #4Asymmetry

Data Source

PatentUS20250352884A1Exercise grip

Publication Date: 2025.11.20 VICTORY HOLDINGS GROUP LLC

AI summary

Exercise grip and methods of forming exercise grips are disclosed. In one aspect, an exercise grip includes a wrist strap and a protective portion. The protective portion has a palm end and a finger end. The palm end is located closer to the wrist strap than the finger end. The finger end is formed offset from a centerline axis of the palm end of the protective portion.