Wearable Backpack With Adjustable Spools For Resistance Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional exercise equipment is bulky, expensive, and limited in functionality, requiring users to visit a gym and necessitating multiple machines for different muscle training, which is not practical or affordable for mobile resistance training.
Innovation Solution
A wearable backpack with diagonal braces, adjustable spools, and resistance bands that allow for various exercises by altering weight and resistance levels through interchangeable components, enabling users to perform multiple exercises with a single device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional exercise equipment is used, then training effectiveness is improved, but device portability and mobility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device is divided into separate modular components: a backpack unit containing weight plates and a spool mechanism, and handheld resistance band handles. This segmentation allows the equipment to be broken down into portable segments that can be easily transported while maintaining full training functionality when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The device combines multiple exercise functions into a single portable system. The backpack contains both weight storage and the spool mechanism, while the resistance bands provide variable resistance training. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for multiple separate machines, achieving comprehensive training effectiveness in one portable unit.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional exercise equipment is used, then training capability is improved, but cost and device complexity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
A single backpack unit serves multiple purposes: storing weight plates for added resistance, housing the spool mechanism for resistance band retrieval, and providing structural support. The resistance bands themselves provide variable resistance without requiring complex mechanical systems. This universal design achieves high training capability while maintaining relatively simple device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the weight storage function, resistance mechanism, and equipment carrying function into a single backpack unit. Traditional gym equipment separates these functions across multiple machines, but this design combines them, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining versatile training capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple exercise machines are used, then muscle-specific training is improved, but portability and affordability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The resistance bands and weight plates can be configured for various exercises targeting different muscle groups. The spool mechanism allows for different resistance levels and band configurations, enabling chest press, rowing, shoulder press, and other exercises with a single portable device, replacing the need for multiple muscle-specific machines.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates adjustable and dynamic elements: weight plates can be added or removed from the backpack, resistance band tension can be modified by adjusting the spool mechanism, and band lengths can be varied. This dynamic adjustability allows the same portable device to adapt to different training needs and muscle groups.
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 wearable backpack provides a versatile, affordable, and mobile solution for resistance training, allowing users to perform a range of exercises with adjustable resistance and weight, enhancing exercise flexibility and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
a resistance band coupled to each spool and terminating in a handle
Implementation Method 2
a spool coupled to each of the lower support members and pivotable and translatable relative thereto
Implementation Method 3
a pair of diagonal braces configured and arranged to accept a number of free weights
Data Source
AI summary
A training device includes a backpack having a pair of shoulder straps, a rigid backbrace having at least two arms, a pair of lower support members coupled to ends of the rigid backbrace, and a resistance band coupled to each of the pair of lower support members and terminating in a handle.