Body support
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Solution Overview
Problem
The widespread use of smartphones and tablets leads to unnatural body positions, causing strain on the neck, lumbar, and wrists, resulting in pain and long-term health issues, particularly in children, due to their addictive nature and frequent use in non-ergonomic conditions, which existing solutions struggle to address effectively without requiring significant lifestyle changes or discipline.
Innovation Solution
A body support designed for users to rest on their stomachs, featuring a curved resting surface that maintains a neutral lumbar arch and includes elbow supports, allowing users to hold handheld media or support their head, promoting an ergonomic posture that minimizes strain on the neck and back, even during prolonged use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users rest on soft surfaces like couches or beds to use handheld devices, then comfort is improved, but spinal alignment deteriorates causing lumbar and neck strain
Solution Approach 1:
The body support features a curved surface design that conforms to the natural contours of the human body, specifically supporting the lumbar region and maintaining proper spinal alignment. This curvature allows users to rest comfortably while preserving healthy posture, resolving the contradiction between comfort and spinal strain.
2Ease of operation
If users bend their neck forward to view screens while sitting or standing, then device accessibility is improved, but neck strain increases
Solution Approach 1:
The body support elevates the user's upper body to a height where the screen can be viewed at eye level, changing the vertical dimension of the user's position. This eliminates the need to bend the neck forward, allowing device accessibility without neck strain.
3Duration of action of moving object
If users engage in prolonged stationary sitting to use devices, then usage time is increased, but health effects deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The body support enables users to transition from static sitting to a dynamic prone position with active elbow and hand engagement. This dynamic posture allows prolonged usage time while maintaining muscle tone and preventing the negative health effects associated with stationary sitting.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If existing ergonomic solutions require significant lifestyle changes or discipline, then health improvement is achieved, but ease of use deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The body support is designed to automatically guide users into proper ergonomic alignment through its inherent curved structure and positioning features. Users naturally assume the correct posture by simply resting on the device, eliminating the need for discipline or conscious effort to maintain healthy positioning during device usage.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a body support (12) for users with a handheld media in which a person (26) and user of the body support (12) maintains a proper posture of the body to avoid damage that may arise due to strain on the lumbar (10) of the body and spine 36. Herein, it is intended to support the front part of a user's body by resting the body's front on the body support (12) on a formed curvature (14). The body support (12) curvature has a curve shape that allows the user's lumbar to arch (30) in its well-intended neutral position in a user with a correct posture.