Cheerleading Stunt Practice Device With Adjustable Weight And Spring
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of effective means for cheerleading bases to practice their lifting techniques, which are crucial for the safety and success of stunts, especially in competitions.
Innovation Solution
A practice device comprising a frame with a base plate, top plate, tubular shaft, weight, and spring, along with a shoe structure and grasping ball, allowing users to simulate lifting actions by shifting weight distribution and providing resistance, mimicking the experience of performing a cheerleading stunt.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a practice device is designed to simulate lifting actions with weight and spring mechanisms, then the realism and effectiveness of lifting technique practice is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a practice device that copies the essential characteristics of a cheerleading stunt without requiring actual human participants. The device includes a frame with base plate and top plate, tubular shafts, weights that can be adjusted, and springs that provide resistance, all designed to replicate the lifting action and physical sensations of a real stunt without the inherent risks
Solution Approach 2:
The device allows for parameter changes through adjustable weights and springs. The weights can be positioned at different locations along the tubular shafts, and the springs can be adjusted to provide varying levels of resistance, enabling the device to simulate different stunt scenarios and difficulty levels to improve practice effectiveness
2Reliability
If a practice device provides resistance and weight distribution to simulate actual stunt conditions, then the training realism is improved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates dynamic elements including adjustable weights that can be repositioned along the tubular shafts and springs that provide variable resistance. This allows the device to adapt to different user skill levels and stunt scenarios, maintaining realism while allowing users to adjust the difficulty to match their practice needs
3Adaptability or versatility
If the device includes adjustable weights and springs within tubular shafts, then the adaptability to different stunt scenarios is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into distinct functional components: a frame structure with base plate and top plate, separate tubular shafts containing weights and springs, and adjustable mounting mechanisms. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured and tested independently, then assembled to create the complete practice device with various stunt configurations
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 enables bases to practice lifting techniques safely and effectively, improving their skills and balance, while providing a realistic feel of lifting a flyer without the actual risk of injury.
Implementation Method 1
a spring that is disposed in the tubular shaft and that contacts and biases the weight
Data Source
AI summary
A practice device for simulating a cheerleading stunt includes a frame that has a base plate and a top plate; a tubular shaft that extends between the base and top plates; a weight that is disposed in the tubular shaft; a spring that is disposed in the tubular shaft and that contacts and biases the weight; a shoe structure; and a mount that supports the shoe structure at one end thereof and that is constructed and arranged to be disposed within the tubular shaft with the spring disposed between the weight and the mount.