Elastic Band Exerciser With Segmented Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional exercise devices are bulky, heavy, and difficult to transport, limiting their portability and versatility in exercising multiple muscle groups, and often require multiple devices for a comprehensive workout.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight, portable exercise device featuring first and second arms with elongate slots and hinges, coupled by a connector, and utilizing elastic bands of varying tension for resistance, allowing for a range of exercises targeting various muscle groups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional exercise devices are used, then exercise effectiveness is improved, but portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device is divided into separate components: elastic bands that can be detached from the exerciser frame. This allows users to remove and replace bands with different resistance levels, providing effective workouts while keeping the base device lightweight and portable.
Solution Approach 2:
The exerciser is designed with multiple elongate slots that can accommodate different elastic bands targeting various muscle groups. A single device structure serves multiple exercise functions by simply changing the elastic band configuration, eliminating the need for multiple heavy specialized devices.
2Reliability
If conventional exercise devices are used, then exercise effectiveness is improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The exerciser uses a universal slot system that works with multiple elastic bands of different resistances and configurations. This single multi-functional structure replaces what would traditionally require multiple specialized devices, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive exercise effectiveness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple exercise devices are used to target different muscle groups, then exercise versatility is improved, but device quantity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The exerciser incorporates multiple elongate slots arranged to target different muscle groups (quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, glutes). By using different elastic bands in these slots, a single device provides the versatility of multiple specialized devices, eliminating the need to maintain several separate equipment pieces.
Solution Approach 2:
The device merges multiple exercise functions into one unified structure. The frame combines several slot configurations that can be used for different leg exercises, effectively combining what would traditionally be separate devices into one integrated unit.
4Stability of the object's composition
If conventional exercise devices are used, then structural stability is improved, but portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses elastic bands instead of rigid mechanical components for providing resistance. These flexible elastic elements maintain structural stability during exercise while being lightweight and easily storable, replacing heavy rigid mechanisms with flexible thin-film components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a compact, versatile, and cost-effective means to perform multiple exercises with adjustable resistance, eliminating the need for multiple devices and facilitating use in various settings, including homes and travel.
Implementation Method 1
at least one elastic band formed as a continuous loop and disposed within the first and second elongate slots
Data Source
AI summary
An elastic band for use in a resistance-type exerciser. The elastic band includes a continuous loop of elastic material having a pair of receiving portions and a pair of spanning portions extending between the pair of receiving portions. A cross-sectional area of each receiving portion is greater than a cross-sectional area of each spanning portion.