Exercise Ring With False Grip Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current exercise rings and devices do not provide adequate grip assistance for false grip techniques, leading to strain and injury on the wrist and elbow joints during transitions and exercises like muscle-ups, as they lack increased surface area to distribute weight evenly.
Innovation Solution
The development of false grip assistance devices or modified exercise rings with integral surfaces that increase the gripping area, allowing for better weight distribution and reduced strain by providing a larger surface area for the wrist and elbow, neutralizing the wrist joint and shortening the elbow swing radius.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional exercise ring with standard surface area is used, then the device complexity remains simple, but the wrist and elbow joints experience strain and injury risk during false grip transitions
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise ring is segmented into multiple functional zones with different surface characteristics. The ring includes a first portion and a second portion with different cross-sectional areas, allowing each segment to serve specific functions - one for gripping support and another for false grip assistance, thereby reducing joint strain while maintaining structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the ring are given different local qualities through varying cross-sectional areas. The first portion has a larger cross-sectional area providing a broader gripping surface, while the second portion has a smaller cross-sectional area, creating optimized local contact points that distribute weight and reduce stress on wrist and elbow joints during false grip transitions
2Ease of operation
If the ring surface area is increased to distribute weight, then joint strain is reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ring design utilizes parameter changes by varying the cross-sectional area along different portions of the ring. This creates optimized gripping surfaces that enhance false grip stability and weight distribution without requiring complex mechanical structures, attachments, or moving parts. The parameter variation is achieved through the ring's geometric design itself
3Area of stationary object
If a larger cross-sectional area is used at one portion of the ring, then the gripping surface area is increased, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise ring is designed as a universal device that performs multiple functions through its varied cross-sectional geometry. The same ring structure provides both a standard gripping surface and an extended false grip support surface, eliminating the need for separate components or attachments. This multi-functionality is achieved through the ring's inherent geometric design rather than added parts
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the functions of multiple ring designs into a single integrated structure. The first and second portions with different cross-sectional areas are combined into one continuous ring, providing both standard gripping support and enhanced false grip assistance without requiring separate components, thereby simplifying manufacturing while increasing functional capability
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to an exercise training ring for use in sports such as cross-fit and gymnastics. The training ring is an annular ring of rigid material having a uniform cross-section around at least part of the ring circumference, and inner and outer annular support surfaces which are flat in the axial direction. The flat inner annular support surface forms a platform of predetermined width for supporting at least part of the palm of a user's hand when gripping the ring in a false grip.