Multi-Axis Exercise Apparatus with Adjustable Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing muscle training devices require multiple specialized devices to target various muscle groups, leading to high acquisition costs, space requirements, and time-consuming visits to fitness centers, as they are limited in adjustability and versatility.
Innovation Solution
A device with a holding element connected to a carrier via a rotary joint, allowing rotation and locking in any plane, combined with a pivot axis perpendicular to the rotation axis, enabling adjustable force application and storage, and equipped with a pneumatic cylinder for customizable resistance, allowing for versatile muscle group training in various positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple specialized devices are used to target various muscle groups, then training versatility is improved, but acquisition costs and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device employs a single multi-functional training apparatus that can target various muscle groups through adjustable components. The force arm can be positioned at different angles and heights, and the spring element can be adjusted to provide varying resistance levels, allowing one device to replace multiple specialized devices for different muscle groups.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates adjustable components including a height-adjustable stand, a rotatable holding element with locking mechanism, and an adjustable force arm with variable pivot points. These dynamic adjustments enable the same device to adapt to different exercise requirements and muscle groups, providing training versatility without requiring multiple fixed devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple specialized devices are used to target various muscle groups, then training versatility is improved, but acquisition costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By designing a single apparatus with universal adjustment capabilities, the invention eliminates the need to purchase multiple specialized devices for different muscle groups. The adjustable force arm, height-adjustable stand, and variable spring resistance provide comprehensive training options, reducing total acquisition costs while maintaining training versatility.
3Device complexity
If the device structure is simplified to reduce costs and space, then device complexity is reduced, but adjustability and versatility may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The invention achieves comprehensive adjustability through a relatively simple dynamic structure. The height-adjustable stand with locking mechanism, the rotatable holding element, and the adjustable force arm with variable pivot points provide multiple degrees of freedom. These dynamic components allow extensive adaptability without requiring complex multi-device systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into modular adjustable components: a height-adjustable stand, a rotatable holding element, and an adjustable force arm. Each segment can be independently positioned and locked, providing versatile adjustment capabilities while keeping the overall structure simple and manageable.
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
Enables comprehensive muscle training with a single device, reducing costs and space requirements, offering adjustable resistance and versatile exercise options, including vertical, horizontal, and inclined movements, suitable for multiple muscle groups and positions, while being compact and aesthetically designed for storage.
Implementation Method 1
one end region of a spring element is articulated in a first pivot point
Implementation Method 2
holding element which is connected to a support via a rotary joint and which is rotatable about this support about an axis of rotation
Data Source
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AI summary
An apparatus (1) for exercising the muscles comprises a power arm (2) which, at one end area (3), is equipped with actuating elements (4) and, with the other end area (5), is pivotable about a first joint (9). This first joint (9) is arranged on a holding element (6). One end area (10) of a spring element (11) is articulated on the power arm (2) at a first articulation point (12), while the other end area (13) is articulated on the holding element (6). The holding element (6) is connected to a support (17) via a rotary joint, is rotatable about this support (17) in one plane and can be locked in each suitably adjusted rotation position. This apparatus allows a wide variety of muscle groups to be exercised and moved in a very simple way.