Exercise Console with Integrated Fan Cooling and Support Shelf
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing indoor sports devices lack versatility, adjustability, and effective cooling solutions, particularly for users who wish to perform tasks requiring support items like laptops while exercising, and are often impractical and costly for home use.
Innovation Solution
A console with a cooling means, such as a fan, that is adaptable to various indoor sports devices, can be used independently and customizable, featuring a support shelf for personal items, air passage, and adjustable height, with optional detachable and foldable design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If virtual reality devices with multiple projection sources and immersive systems are implemented, then user immersion and motivation are improved, but device complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential cooling function from complex virtual reality systems and presents it as a standalone console. This separate cooling console provides the necessary thermal management without requiring the user to invest in or manage the complexity of full virtual reality immersion systems, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining effective cooling capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The console is designed with universal applicability to multiple indoor sports devices through adjustable height and detachable design. The console can serve different exercise equipment (exercise bikes, treadmills, ellipticals) and accommodate various user needs (cooling, device support, personal item storage), making it a multi-functional solution that replaces multiple specialized devices.
2Productivity
If virtual reality devices with immersive contexts are implemented, then user motivation and performance increase are improved, but practicality for home use and adjustability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The console incorporates adjustable height capability and detachable design, allowing it to adapt to different user heights, different exercise equipment configurations, and different storage requirements. This dynamic adjustability makes the console practical for home environments where space and user preferences vary, unlike fixed virtual reality systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The console is designed as a detachable, modular unit that can be separated from the indoor sports device. This segmentation allows the cooling console to be easily installed, removed, and stored independently, significantly improving ease of operation and practicality for home use compared to integrated virtual reality systems.
3Temperature
If cooling means are integrated into indoor sports devices, then user cooling effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The console acts as an intermediary cooling device positioned between the user and the exercise environment. Rather than integrating cooling directly into the complex mechanical systems of exercise equipment, the console provides thermal management through a separate, simpler structure with fan-based cooling and air passage design, reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The console merges multiple functions into a single unit: cooling mechanism, support shelf for personal items, and structural support for exercise equipment. This consolidation provides effective cooling without the need for separate complex systems, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining cooling effectiveness.
4Ease of operation
If support shelves for personal items are added to indoor sports devices, then user convenience is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support shelf is integrated into the console that also provides cooling functionality. This multi-functional design means the same structure serves both as a cooling device and as a support surface for laptops, phones, and other personal items, improving user convenience without adding separate complex support structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The console merges the support function with the cooling function in a single integrated structure. The support shelf is part of the console assembly that includes the fan and air passage system, thereby providing item support without requiring additional separate mechanisms, reducing overall device complexity.
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
The console provides versatile, adjustable, and effective cooling for multiple indoor sports devices, allowing users to perform tasks like using a laptop without obstructing their view, while being cost-effective and practical for home use.
Implementation Method 1
The console (1) comprises a cooling means (2) for a user of the indoor sports device, such as a fan (9)
Implementation Method 2
The support shelf (3) comprises a passage for a flow of air (4) disposed on a path of a flow of air (4) coming from the cooling means (2)
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a console (1) for an indoor sports device comprising a cooling means (2) for cooling a user of the indoor sports device, an indoor sports device comprising such a console (1), and also a kit comprising a console (1) according to the present invention and an indoor sports device configured to be used with the console (1).