Adjustable Boxing Glove Weight Strap With Strike Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing boxing performance devices lack the ability to incrementally increase training intensity and provide real-time performance analysis for boxers, as they do not incorporate adjustable weights and tracking mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A strap with integrated pockets for weights and a tracking unit that can be inserted into the glove, allowing adjustable weight addition and real-time strike velocity tracking, enhancing training intensity and performance analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If weights are fixedly integrated into the boxing glove, then the glove structure is simple, but the training intensity cannot be incrementally adjusted
Solution Approach 1:
The weight system is segmented into multiple separate weights that can be individually inserted into pockets on the strap, allowing flexible combination to achieve different weight configurations. This segmentation enables incremental adjustment of training intensity without requiring a completely different glove structure for each weight configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The weight configuration is made dynamic through the use of removable and replaceable weights on the strap. Boxers can adjust the weight distribution and total weight during training sessions, transforming the static glove structure into a dynamic system that adapts to varying training intensity requirements.
2Measurement precision
If no tracking mechanism is included, then the device is simple, but real-time performance analysis is not available
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking unit provides real-time feedback on strike velocity by measuring the speed of the boxing glove during punches and delivering this information to the boxer through an extrinsic electronic device. This feedback mechanism enables precise measurement of performance parameters while guiding training improvements.
Solution Approach 2:
The tracking unit acts as an intermediary between the boxing glove and the extrinsic electronic device. It captures motion data from the glove and transmits it wirelessly to the electronic device, enabling measurement and analysis functions without directly integrating complex measurement systems into the glove structure itself.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pockets are integrated into the strap, then weight and tracking unit storage is improved, but the strap structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The strap serves multiple functions: it acts as a wearable component around the wrist, provides structural support for the boxing glove, incorporates storage pockets for both weights and tracking units, and enables adjustable configuration. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, achieving versatile storage capability without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
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 solution enables boxers to incrementally increase training intensity and analyze their striking performance effectively, improving their technique through adjustable weight addition and real-time feedback.
Implementation Method 1
The tracking unit includes a motion sensing element to sense the speed at which the tracking unit is traveling
Data Source
AI summary
A boxing performance improvement assembly includes a strap that has a plurality of pockets each applied to the strap and the strap can be wrapped around a wrist of a boxing glove. A plurality of weights is each insertable into a respective one of the plurality of pockets to increase the weight of the boxing glove thereby increasing the difficulty of a boxer to deliver strikes for incrementally increasing the intensity of boxing training. A tracking unit is insertable into a respective one of the plurality of pockets and the tracking unit includes a motion sensing element to sense the speed at which the tracking unit is traveling. The tracking unit is in remote communication with an extrinsic electronic device such that the extrinsic electronic device receives velocity data from the motion sensing element to facilitate the boxer to analyze the performance of their striking abilities for training purposes.