Extremity Exerciser with Adjustable Beam and Selectable Weights
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern living often leads to reduced shoulder and hip mobility due to prolonged sitting, resulting in discomfort and pain, necessitating a device to aid in rehabilitation and strengthening of these areas.
Innovation Solution
An extremity flexion and extension exerciser device with a joint supported by a base, featuring a rotating arm with adjustable height, a handle or paddle, and selectively attachable weights, allowing users to perform flexion and extension exercises effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an extremity flexion and extension exerciser device is provided, then shoulder and hip mobility is improved and pain is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into distinct functional components: a base supporting a joint, a rotating arm mounted on the joint, a handle or paddle attached to one side of the rotating arm, and selectively attachable weights on the other side. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to serve multiple purposes: it can be used for both shoulder and hip exercises, accommodates different user sizes through adjustable beam height, and allows selective weight attachment for varying resistance levels. The rotating arm mechanism universally handles both flexion and extension movements for different extremities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable height beam is added to accommodate users of varying sizes, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The beam connecting the base to the joint is made adjustable in height, allowing the device to adapt to different user sizes and anatomical variations. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the same device to serve multiple users with different requirements without requiring multiple fixed-height devices.
3Adaptability or versatility
If weights are selectively attachable to the rotating arm, then exercise intensity is adjustable, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The weights are designed to be selectively attachable and detachable from the rotating arm, allowing users to adjust exercise intensity by adding or removing weights as needed. This dynamic configuration enables progression from light to heavy resistance training with the same device structure.
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 improves shoulder and hip mobility, reduces pain, and strengthens joints by providing a controlled and assisted range of motion, suitable for users of varying sizes and abilities.
Implementation Method 1
The device improves shoulder and hip mobility, reduces pain, and strengthens joints by providing a controlled and assisted range of motion
Implementation Method 2
one or more weights are selectively attachable to the second side of the rotating arm
Data Source
AI summary
An extremity flexion and extension exerciser device is described. The device includes a joint supported by a base, a rotating arm mounted on the joint, the rotating arm including a first side extending from the joint in a first direction, and a second side extending from the joint in a second direction opposite the first direction, a handle or paddle attached to a distal end of the first side of the rotating arm, and one or more weights are selectively attachable to the second side of the rotating arm.