Collapsible Exercise Apparatus with Telescopic Frames
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Solution Overview
Problem
Home-based exercise machines are often bulky, difficult to move, and require significant floor space, limiting their versatility and the variety of exercises that can be performed.
Innovation Solution
A multi-function collapsible exercise apparatus with side frames that can be adjusted and configured from a collapsed to a fully deployed state, allowing for easy movement and storage, and compatibility with various accessories such as barbells, weights, and resistance bands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If exercise machines are made bulky to provide stability and support for exercises, then exercise performance is improved, but the device occupies significant floor space and becomes difficult to move and store
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise machine is divided into multiple telescopic members that can be extended or retracted independently. Each side frame includes multiple telescopic members that can be adjusted to provide stability during exercise, then collapsed to minimize floor space when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The device transitions from a static bulky structure to a dynamic collapsible structure. The telescopic members allow the device to change its configuration between an expanded stable state during exercise and a collapsed compact state for storage, resolving the contradiction between stability and space occupation.
2Reliability
If exercise machines are made stable and supportive for exercises, then exercise performance is improved, but the device becomes difficult to move and store
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into multiple telescopic members that can be independently adjusted. This segmentation allows the device to be collapsed into a compact configuration for easy movement and storage, while maintaining structural integrity when expanded for exercise performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates dynamic telescopic mechanisms that allow it to transition between stable expanded configurations during exercise and compact collapsed configurations for movement and storage, resolving the contradiction between stability and ease of operation.
3Area of stationary object
If exercise machines are designed to be compact for easy storage, then floor space requirement is reduced, but the device becomes bulky and difficult to move when deployed
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses multiple telescopic members that can be collapsed into a compact configuration for storage, minimizing floor space requirement. The same segmented structure allows the device to be easily moved when collapsed and provides stability when expanded for exercise.
4Adaptability or versatility
If exercise machines are made to provide a wide variety of exercises, then versatility is improved, but the device requires additional equipment and becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise machine is designed with multiple telescopic members and adjustable configurations that can accommodate various exercise types using a single device. The device provides universal functionality for different exercises without requiring additional accessories, reducing complexity while maintaining versatility.
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AI summary
An exercise apparatus for a person to exercise on a support surface includes two side frames that each include a base member, and a front member and a rear member each pivotally attached to the base member. Each side frame is aligned and mutually fixed together at a rear support member joining the rear members and at a front support member joining the front members. Two barbell support members each have a hook at an upper end thereof for supporting a barbell, and are fixed upright on the base members. The exercise apparatus can be configured into a collapsed configuration, circular weights of the barbell acting as wheels while the person grasps and lifts the front sides of the base members. As such the person is able to wheel the exercise apparatus along the support surface. The exercise apparatus may then be reconfigured into an expanded configuration for use.