Elastic Resistance Strap for Helmet Neck Exercises
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for strengthening neck muscles, particularly designed for athletes wearing protective helmets, require a fixed object for exercise, limiting their usability under various conditions.
Innovation Solution
An elastic resistance strap with a linear portion that merges into a looped portion and features raised projections or markings, allowing it to be connected to a helmet without a fixed object, enabling neck muscle exercises by gripping and pulling the strap while wearing the helmet.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing elastic strap devices are used for neck exercises, then neck muscle strengthening is achieved, but a fixed object (wall or doorway) is required which limits usability under various conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The helmet serves as an intermediary object that eliminates the need for external fixed structures. By integrating the elastic strap system into the helmet itself, the device enables neck exercises in locations without walls or doorways, directly resolving the adaptability limitation while maintaining exercise effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The invention combines the protective helmet with the neck exercise strap system into a single integrated device. The elastic strap, anchor points, and helmet form a unified system that eliminates the need for separate fixed objects, thereby improving versatility without significantly increasing overall device complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing neck exercise devices are used, then neck muscle training is provided, but they lack portability and require external fixed structures
Solution Approach 1:
The helmet-based system is self-contained and self-sufficient, requiring no external fixed structures or additional setup equipment. The anchor points are integrated into the helmet structure, allowing athletes to perform exercises immediately upon wearing the helmet, thereby improving both portability and ease of operation
3Measurement precision
If traditional neck exercise methods are used, then neck strengthening is achieved, but they do not provide visual or tactile feedback for tension measurement
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic strap incorporates visual indicators (such as color changes or markings) that provide immediate feedback on tension levels during exercise. This allows athletes to monitor and measure the intensity of neck exercises without adding complex electronic or mechanical measurement devices, thereby improving measurement precision while maintaining relatively simple device structure
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Provides a portable and efficient means for athletes to exercise their neck muscles while wearing helmets, such as football, hockey, or lacrosse helmets, using the strap's tactile and visual markers to gauge tension during isometric exercises.
Implementation Method 1
elastic resistance strap
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an elastic exercise strap with a gripping portion that merges into a loop or aperture. The strap can be connected to a sports helmet by threading the extended gripping portion around a part the helmet and then inserted through the loop or aperture. By pulling on the attached strap the neck muscles can be exercised.