Exercise Slider Assembly With Grip Pad and Low-Friction Base
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floor exercise sliders lack improved designs that enhance user comfort and versatility, particularly in accommodating both hands or feet and providing adequate resistance and intensity for various exercises.
Innovation Solution
A slider assembly with an attachment device on a frame, featuring a resilient pad with raised blocks and a low-friction slide plate, allowing for attachment of multiple sliders to form a single assembly that can accommodate both hands or feet, and providing a comfortable gripping surface through a waffle-like pattern of grooves and blocks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a simple flat pad design is used, then the device complexity is low, but the user comfort and gripping surface quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The pad surface is designed with localized variations in texture and structure, featuring raised blocks with grip-enhancing patterns in specific areas while maintaining smoother regions elsewhere. This local differentiation provides enhanced gripping surfaces exactly where the user's hands or feet make contact, improving comfort and control without adding complex structures throughout the entire device.
Solution Approach 2:
The pad surface is segmented into multiple raised blocks separated by grooves, creating distinct functional zones. Each block can be independently optimized for grip characteristics, and the segmentation allows the surface to conform better to user anatomy. This segmented approach enhances comfort through targeted contact points while keeping the overall structure relatively simple.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a single slider design is used, then the device complexity is low, but the versatility and exercise variety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The slider assembly is designed to accommodate multiple exercise configurations and user preferences. The attachment mechanism allows sliders to be connected in various arrangements, and the pad surface can accommodate different hand or foot placements. This multi-functionality enables a wide range of exercises including pushes, pulls, and core workouts, making the device universally applicable for diverse fitness needs without requiring multiple separate equipment pieces.
Solution Approach 2:
The slider assembly incorporates dynamic connectivity through the attachment mechanism, allowing the configuration to change based on exercise requirements. Users can dynamically reconfigure the slider arrangement during workout sessions, transitioning between different exercise modes. This dynamic adaptability enhances versatility while maintaining a relatively simple base structure that can be reconfigured rather than requiring multiple fixed designs.
3Force
If a high-friction bottom surface is used, then the slider provides more resistance, but the ease of sliding and exercise flow deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bottom surface of the slider is designed with localized friction characteristics, featuring a low-friction material or coating specifically on the contact surfaces that slide against the floor. This local modification allows the slider to move smoothly with minimal resistance during the sliding phase of exercises, ensuring ease of operation and continuous exercise flow, while other parts of the slider maintain appropriate friction for user grip and stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances user comfort and versatility by allowing for a range of exercises with improved grip and resistance, accommodating both hands or feet, and enabling efficient sliding movements with adjustable attachment options.
Implementation Method 1
A low friction slide plate may be joined to a bottom surface of the frame
Implementation Method 2
A resilient pad may be attached to an upper surface of the frame
Data Source
AI summary
A floor exercise slider may have an attachment device on a side of a frame. A resilient pad is attached to an upper surface of the frame, with the resilient pad having raised blocks separated by grooves. A slide plate may be joined to a bottom surface of the frame. The raised blocks may be evenly spaced apart laterally and/or longitudinally by the grooves. Two sliders may be attached via the attachment devices to form a slider assembly which can accommodate both of the user's hands or feet.