Exercise Device Balancer and Resistance Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices fail to simultaneously provide effective balance training, resistance training, and cardiovascular benefits in a single apparatus, limiting the versatility and effectiveness of workouts.
Innovation Solution
An exercise device incorporating a base with a balancer and a resistance mechanism, featuring retractable lines, adjustable springs, and a paddle system that allows users to perform balance and resistance training exercises while varying resistance levels through different weights and coupler configurations, providing a comprehensive workout experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple exercise functions are combined into a single device, then workout versatility and effectiveness are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines balance training (through the balancer with movable support surface), resistance training (through the resistance mechanism with cables and handles), and cardiovascular exercise (through the paddleboarding simulation) into a single integrated device. The base structure houses both the balancer mechanism and resistance mechanism, allowing users to perform multiple exercise types without switching equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to perform multiple exercise functions simultaneously - the balancer provides balance training while the resistance mechanism provides resistance training, and the paddle configuration enables cardiovascular exercise. The resistance mechanism can be adjusted through different handles and cable configurations to provide various resistance levels for different muscle groups.
2Productivity
If balance training and resistance training are provided simultaneously, then workout effectiveness is improved, but the difficulty of maintaining balance while exercising increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device separates the balance training function (Balancer with movable support surface) from the resistance training function (Resistance mechanism with cables and handles). This segmentation allows the balance component to focus solely on stability challenges while the resistance component provides controlled resistance, making the combined workout more manageable than a fully integrated single mechanism would provide.
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 device offers a versatile full-body workout that improves cardiovascular health, increases strength, enhances balance and focus, reduces stress, and provides a low-impact, high-calorie-burning activity with improved core stability and flexibility.
Implementation Method 1
a balancer disposed in the base proximal to the front portion of the base and configured to both support a user thereon and move with weight shifting by the user thereon
Implementation Method 2
configured to both support a user thereon and move with weight shifting by the user thereon
Implementation Method 3
the resistance mechanism includes one or more pulleys, one or more cables, and one or more elastic cords
Implementation Method 4
the balancer includes a plurality of springs that bias the movable balancing support in an opposite direction from a direction of movement
Implementation Method 5
the blade includes one or more weight-receiving holders and one or more weights received in the one or more weight-receiving holders, wherein paddling resistance is varied depending on the amount of the one or more weights received in the one or more weight-receiving holders
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AI summary
An exercise device that simultaneously incorporates both balance and resistance training comprises a base including a rear and a front portion; a balancer disposed in the base proximal to the front portion of the base and configured to both support a user thereon and move with weight shifting by the user thereon; one or more lines retractably disposed in the front portion of the base; a resistance mechanism disposed in the base and operably associated with the one or more lines, wherein both balance and resistance training are provided by the balancer and the resistance mechanism when a user attempts to balance the user's weight on the balancer while pulling on the one or more lines.