Exercise Device Cushion Extension with Pocket Affixation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices often lack secure and stable modifications for providing cushioning and support during abdominal and back muscle conditioning exercises, leading to shifting issues that reduce the effectiveness of user modifications and disrupt exercise performance.
Innovation Solution
A padded cover with flap extensions made of resilient materials, such as neoprene or urethane, that securely attach to the exercise device, providing padding under the tailbone and preventing the device from moving during use, utilizing pocket structures and extension flaps to maintain affixation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a rolled or folded towel is used to provide cushioning during exercise, then cushioning is provided, but the towel shifts or relocates itself during movements, reducing or eliminating the desired cushioning effect
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into multiple functional segments: a main body portion that covers the exercise device surface, pocket portions that secure the device edges, and flap extensions that provide additional cushioning. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function while working together as a unified system that prevents shifting.
Solution Approach 2:
The pocket portions are designed to receive and secure the edges of the exercise device within the cover body, creating a nested structure. This nesting ensures the device remains firmly positioned during exercise movements, preventing the cover from shifting or relocating.
2Adaptability or versatility
If modifications are made to exercise devices by users, then additional resistance or cushioning may be achieved, but the modifications may cause improper performance of the exercise or require interruption to readjust
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is designed with pre-positioned pocket portions and flap extensions that are ready to secure the exercise device in the correct position before use. This preliminary configuration ensures proper exercise performance from the start and eliminates the need for interruptions to readjust during exercise.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic portions of the cover automatically adjust and secure the exercise device in place during use, providing self-regulating modification without requiring user intervention. This maintains exercise performance consistency while allowing adaptable cushioning.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a cover is stretched tightly over an exercise device to prevent shifting, then position stability is improved, but the cover may not provide adequate cushioning or comfort
Solution Approach 1:
The cover design extends from a two-dimensional stretched cover into the third dimension with flap extensions that protrude beyond the main body. This dimensional extension provides additional cushioning material in areas where it is most needed, such as under the tailbone, while the main body remains tightly affixed to the device.
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 solution effectively reduces abrasion and bruising by maintaining a stable exercise position, ensuring consistent performance and comfort during high-intensity workouts like CrossFit sessions.
Implementation Method 1
stretching the cover along a surface of the exercise device, inserting a second edge of the exercise device within a second pocket of the cover, and allowing the cover to rebound to apply a force along the surface that facilitates maintaining the cover affixed to the exercise device
Data Source
AI summary
A method and a cushion extension for an exercise device are provided. The cushion extension includes a first portion covering a surface of the exercise device, the covered surface configured to contact the user during an exercise, a second portion extending from the first portion in a direction of the exercise, and a third portion and a fourth portion each joined to opposite ends of the first portion and each forming a method of attachment between each and the first portion.