Extensible Exercise Assembly With Smooth Base For In-Line Skating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise assemblies for in-line skating lack a design that provides minimal friction and adjustable support for users, limiting the effectiveness and comfort of the exercise experience.
Innovation Solution
A base with a smooth upper surface and extensible front and rear tubes, along with positionable side bars and a crossbar, configured to allow users to grasp and support themselves during exercises, providing adjustable support and minimizing friction for in-line skating and other sliding exercises.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a base with smooth upper surface is used, then friction is minimized for sliding, but support stability for the user is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is segmented into multiple extensible tubes (front tubes and rear tubes) with nested sections, allowing independent adjustment of each support element to provide both stability and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The extensible tubes with nested sections enable dynamic adjustment of support height and position, allowing the support structure to adapt to different user needs and exercise positions while maintaining stability
2Adaptability or versatility
If extensible tubes with nested sections are used, then adjustable support is provided, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tubes are constructed with nested sections where one tube is placed inside another, allowing compact storage and simplified structure while maintaining extensibility for adjustable support
Solution Approach 2:
The extensible tube structure serves multiple functions: providing adjustable support, enabling different exercise positions, and offering stability control, reducing the need for separate adjustment mechanisms
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design allows for comfortable and effective in-line skating and sliding exercises by minimizing friction and offering adjustable support, enhancing the user's exercise experience through improved stability and control.
Implementation Method 1
a base that has an upper surface with a smooth texture to provide minimal friction to sliding
Data Source
AI summary
An exercise assembly for practicing in-line skating includes a base that has an upper surface with a smooth texture to provide minimal friction to sliding. Each of a pair of front tubes and each of a pair of rear tubes extends perpendicularly from a respective opposing side of the base. A crossbar extends between the pair of front tubes distal from the base. Each front tube comprises a plurality of nested sections. Each rear tube comprises a plurality of nested segments. The front tubes and the rear tubes are selectively extensible from the base. Each of a pair of side bars extends between a respective front tube and an associated rear tube. The side bars and the crossbar are selectively positionable relative to the base and are configured to be grasped in hands of a user to support the user exercising on the base.