Board Sport Training Device with Elastic Suspension Lines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Sliding sports that involve balancing on a board, such as surfing, snowboarding, and wakeboarding, require specific balance and muscle training that existing training devices fail to adequately provide, especially considering environmental conditions.
Innovation Solution
A training device with multiple support lines and attachment points that suspend a board above the ground, allowing for adjustable tension and configuration to mimic the movements and balance required in these sports, incorporating elastic materials and removable connections for varying intensity and exercise type.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing training devices are used for balance and muscle training, then basic physical conditioning is provided, but training in specific techniques and gestures essential to sliding sports is not adequately provided
Solution Approach 1:
The training device is segmented into multiple independent support lines (first main line, second main line, third main line) that can be individually adjusted and configured. Each line can be independently tensioned and positioned, allowing the board to be suspended in various orientations and configurations to simulate different sliding sport conditions while maintaining manageable structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The training device is designed as a universal system that can accommodate multiple sliding sports (surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, kiteboarding) through configurable support line arrangements. The same basic structure with adjustable lines and elastic elements can be adapted to train for different sports by changing the suspension configuration rather than requiring sport-specific equipment
2Adaptability or versatility
If the board is suspended from a single upper attachment point, then device simplicity is maintained, but the ability to simulate environmental conditions and varied gestures is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The support lines incorporate elastic materials that provide dynamic, adjustable tension rather than fixed rigid support. This allows the suspension system to adapt to different board positions, user movements, and exercise intensities, simulating the variable environmental conditions of actual sliding sports while maintaining a relatively simple line-based structure
Solution Approach 2:
The device transitions from a single-point vertical suspension to a multi-line three-dimensional suspension system. The first and second main lines extend from different upper attachment points at different locations, creating a spatial configuration that can simulate various board angles, tilts, and orientations essential for training gestural techniques in sliding sports
3Ease of operation
If fixed tension support lines are used, then structural stability is ensured, but adjustability for varying user levels and exercise intensity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic materials in the support lines allow for parameter changes in tension and length. The system can be adjusted to provide different levels of support and resistance by modifying the elastic element configuration, enabling the same structure to accommodate beginners to advanced users while maintaining structural integrity through the inherent properties of the elastic materials
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 device effectively provides balance and muscle training while simulating the techniques essential for sliding sports, allowing users to practice and improve their skills in a controlled environment, adaptable to different sports and user levels.
Implementation Method 1
The device comprises a first and a second element for holding the board made of an elastic material and extending transversely close to the upper face of said board
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AI summary
The invention mainly concerns a training device for a boardsport involving the use of a board, that is essentially characterised in that it comprises at least first (2c) and second (3c) main lines supporting the board (6) and extending from at least one upper attachment point (4, 5; 51; 75, 77, 81, 83) located above and at a distance from the board (6) to first (13) and second (14) support members of the board (6) respectively, each extending transversely under the board (6) and each comprising a support portion (15,16) on which the lower face (15) of said board (6) rests. The device of the invention can be applied, in particular, to training to surf, the board then being a surfboard.