Reversible Balance Trainer Structure for Stable Plank Exercise
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Solution Overview
Problem
The BOSU ball is unsuitable for plank exercises, necessitating improvements to incorporate this function into its design.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional fitness device integrating a platform portion with a spherical portion, supporting handles, elbow supports, and adjustable features, allowing for both plank exercises and traditional BOSU ball exercises, with additional functionalities like mobile phone accommodation and hanging rope slots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the BOSU ball structure is used, then exercise versatility is improved, but suitability for plank exercise deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the supporting handle detachable or foldable, allowing it to be adjusted or removed based on the exercise type. This dynamic configuration enables the device to transition between BOSU ball exercises (where the handle is removed) and plank exercises (where the handle is attached), resolving the contradiction between versatility and plank exercise suitability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent designs the platform portion with multiple functional elements including supporting handles for plank exercises, elbow support portions, and mobile phone accommodating slots. This multi-functional design allows a single device to serve both traditional BOSU ball exercises and plank exercises, achieving versatility while maintaining plank exercise suitability
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functional features are added to the platform, then user interaction and exercise functionality are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into the platform portion: the horizontal contact portion provides stability, the supporting handle enables plank exercises, the elbow support portion offers additional support, and the mobile phone accommodating slot allows device placement. By merging these functions into a single integrated platform, the patent enhances exercise functionality while avoiding the complexity of separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The platform portion serves multiple purposes: it provides a stable base for exercises, supports various exercise positions through different contact portions, accommodates mobile phones for entertainment or guidance, and works with both BOSU ball and plank exercise modes. This universal design achieves enhanced functionality without proportionally increasing complexity
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AI summary
Disclosed is a multifunctional fitness device, including a platform portion and a spherical portion located below the platform portion and fixedly connected to the platform portion; the spherical portion has a spherical contact surface that is convex downward relative to the platform portion; an upper surface of the platform portion is provided with a horizontal contact portion, the platform portion is further provided with a supporting handle and an elbow support portion, and the supporting handle is detachable; the multifunctional fitness device has a first use form and a second use form, in the first use form, the platform portion faces upward, the spherical contact surface faces downward and is in contact with a ground; and in the second use form, the spherical contact surface faces upward, and the platform portion faces downward and is in contact with the ground through the horizontal contact portion.