Convex Support Training Device with Integrated Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing training devices for balance and body stability exercises are complex, costly, space-intensive, and require multiple components, making them impractical for home use and prone to component loss, limiting their functionality and requiring frequent device changes as training progresses.
Innovation Solution
A training device with a convex support allowing free movement about multiple spatial axes, featuring integrated storage receptacles for seesaw skids that prevent loss and allow easy storage, enabling a compact, versatile design for varied exercises that can be progressively intensified without the need for multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate training devices are used to provide different exercises, then exercise versatility is improved, but device complexity and storage space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The training device incorporates multiple functional components (convex support for multi-axis rotation, seesaw runners for single-axis tilting, additional supports for stability training) into a single base plate assembly, allowing one device to perform multiple exercise types that previously required separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The seesaw runners are designed to be stored within recesses in the base plate when not in use, and additional supports can be positioned within the area defined by the base plate, creating a compact integrated system that reduces storage space requirements
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional components are added to create a multifunctional training device, then exercise versatility is improved, but manufacturing cost and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base plate is designed as a universal platform that can accommodate different training modes (multi-axis rotation with convex support, single-axis tilting with seesaw runners, stability training with additional supports) without requiring multiple separate devices, reducing overall manufacturing cost
Solution Approach 2:
The training device is divided into modular components (convex support, seesaw runners, additional supports) that can be manufactured separately and assembled, allowing for cost-effective production and selective use of components based on training needs
3Volume of moving object
If seesaw runners are made removable for storage, then storage efficiency is improved, but risk of component loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The seesaw runners are designed to be inserted into and stored within recesses in the base plate structure, creating an integrated storage solution that prevents loss while maintaining easy accessibility when needed for training
4Productivity
If the training device allows free movement about multiple axes, then training effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The convex support is designed to enable free rotation about multiple spatial axes (x, y, z axes) simultaneously, providing comprehensive balance training in all directions without requiring multiple separate devices for different axis training
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AI summary
In a training device (1), having a base plate (2) having a first side (3) and a second side (4) disposed opposite of the first side, wherein an essentially centrally disposed convex, particularly ration symmetric support (5) is disposed at the first side (3) in at least a first operating arrangement, and the training device (1) is essentially freely movable around at least two special axes around the convex support (5) in the first operating arrangement, first means (6) are provided in a second operating arrangement for the performance of a multitude, particularly building up on one another, exercises for the training of body stability, while simultaneously having a simple construction, and a cost effective production, as well as a small required space, which limit the maneuverability of the training device (6) by at least one of the at least two spatial axes.