Garage Door Athletic Net with Storage Sleeve
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing athletic training devices for home use, such as those suspended from garage doors, lack a simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-use storage sleeve, making it difficult to securely store and deploy the equipment without interfering with the garage door's operation.
Innovation Solution
A training net with a storage sleeve affixed to the garage door, featuring a plurality of grommets and hook and strap fasteners that allow easy suspension and storage, ensuring the net can be securely attached and detached without hindering the garage door's operation, and includes a receiving pocket for projectiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a training net is suspended from a garage door for home athletic training, then training can be conducted at home without traveling to facilities, but the net interferes with the garage door's operation when stored or not in use
Solution Approach 1:
The training net is divided into separable components that can be independently attached and detached from the garage door. The net can be suspended during training and then removed or folded away, allowing the garage door to function normally when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system allows the net to transition between fixed (during training) and movable (during storage) states. The net can be easily deployed and removed, adapting its position based on whether training is occurring or the garage door needs to operate.
2Productivity
If existing training devices are used without a storage sleeve, then the net can be suspended from the garage door, but there is no simple or inexpensive way to securely store the net when not in use
Solution Approach 1:
The training net nests within a storage sleeve when not in use. The sleeve contains the net in a compact form, and both can be easily attached to or removed from the garage door structure, providing simple storage without complex mechanisms.
3Productivity
If the net is permanently attached to the garage door, then it is always available for training, but it cannot be removed when the garage door needs to open or close
Solution Approach 1:
The net is pre-attached to the garage door structure through the storage sleeve system, allowing quick deployment for training. When garage door operation is needed, the attachment can be quickly released and reattached, maintaining availability while enabling door functionality.
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AI summary
An athletic training net for receiving projectiles. The training net has a storage sleeve affixed to an upper end, wherein the storage sleeve includes a plurality of upper grommets at an upper end and a plurality of lower grommets at a lower end. The training net further includes a plurality of hook and strap fasteners, with each comprising of a strap secured to a structural member of a garage door and a hook for catching the plurality of upper and lower grommets. The training net has a training configuration and a storage configuration. In the training configuration, the hooks are received by the plurality of upper grommets and the net is vertically suspended form the garage door. In the storage configuration, the plurality of upper grommets remains suspended from the hooks, the net is enfolded in the storage sleeve, and the plurality of lower grommets is secured by the hooks.