Cheer Base Training Weights With Adjustable Flyer Weight Distribution

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a lack of training devices for cheerleading bases to practice tossing and catching flyers independently, leading to increased likelihood of falls and injuries during solo training.

Innovation Solution

A pair of dumbbell-shaped weights resembling athletic shoes, with adjustable forefoot and heel masses, simulating the weight distribution of a flyer, allowing bases to practice proper hand placement, weight distribution, and balancing techniques for various stunts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If cheerleaders practice solo training independently, then training flexibility and convenience are improved, but the likelihood of falls and injuries increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetraining flexibilityVSAvoidsafety

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The training weight acts as an intermediary device that simulates the flyer's weight distribution and characteristics. By using this mediator, the base can practice tossing and catching motions independently without a real flyer, thereby maintaining training flexibility while reducing the risk of falls and injuries through controlled practice conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Device complexity

If no training device is used, then device complexity is minimized, but training effectiveness for base practice is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetraining equipment simplicityVSAvoidtraining effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The training weight is designed as a simplified copy or representation of the flyer, capturing essential characteristics such as weight distribution (heel and forefoot masses) and size. This copy allows the base to practice proper technique without needing complex equipment or a partner, thereby maintaining simplicity while significantly improving training effectiveness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Ease of manufacture

If the training weight uses fixed mass configuration, then manufacturing complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different stunt types is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveweight configuration simplicityVSAvoidstunt type adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The training weight incorporates adjustable mass configuration through removable and replaceable forefoot weights that can be attached to or removed from the heel mass. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the same basic weight structure to adapt to different stunt requirements (one-foot vs. two-foot stunts, different flyer weights), thereby maintaining manufacturing simplicity while significantly improving versatility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20260034395A1Cheer Stunt Base Training Weights

Publication Date: 2026.02.05 DISYLVESTER BRANDY

AI summary

A training weight for a cheerleading base trainer includes a weight shaped like an athletic shoe with a cutout from a front upper of the athletic shoe shape and includes fasteners adjacent the cutout, wherein the weight and the fasteners comprise a heel mass. The disclosure also includes a first forefoot weight shaped like the cutout with a first forefoot mass configured to be held in the cutout by the fasteners. A second forefoot weight, also shaped like the cutout has a second forefoot mass also configured to be held in the cutout by the fasteners. The heel mass and the first forefoot mass sum to half a mass of the trainer and the heel mass and the second forefoot mass sum to a full mass of the trainer to simulate a base throwing a flyer from one foot (full mass) or from two feet (full mass by two).