Fitness Ball Ring With Adjustable Band Slots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices with balls and straps lack versatility and adjustability in resistance levels and exercise configurations, limiting the variety of effective workouts that can be performed.
Innovation Solution
A ring platform with contoured band retaining slots and adjustable resilient bands with handgrips, allowing for temporary engagement and positioning around a fitness ball to vary resistance and exercise configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed straps are secured around the exercise ball, then the device provides basic resistance, but the versatility and adjustability of exercise configurations are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the resistance band system into multiple independent segments, each with its own engagement slot positioned at different locations and orientations around the ring platform. This allows each band to be independently positioned and adjusted, enabling diverse exercise configurations without requiring a complex overall system design.
Solution Approach 2:
The ring platform with multiple engagement slots serves as a universal base structure that can accommodate various band configurations for different exercises. The same ring platform and band system can be adjusted to provide multiple exercise options, making the device multi-functional without requiring separate specialized components for each exercise type.
2Adaptability or versatility
If resilient bands are permanently fixed, then the structure is simple, but the ability to adjust resistance levels and band lengths is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement slots are designed to allow dynamic repositioning of the resilient bands along the ring platform. Users can easily move bands between different slots to adjust resistance levels and band lengths according to their exercise needs, providing adaptability while maintaining operational simplicity through the intuitive slot-based system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple independent bands are allowed to move freely, then exercise variety increases, but the bands may become disorganized or misplaced
Solution Approach 1:
The ring platform is pre-configured with multiple engagement slots positioned at specific locations and orientations around the ball. These pre-planned slot positions provide designated home positions for each band, ensuring that even though bands can be moved and repositioned for different exercises, they always return to organized, predictable locations when not in use.
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
Enables a range of exercises and modified ball configurations by allowing adjustable band lengths and positions, enhancing user engagement and workout variety.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of resilient band engagement slots for receiving and temporarily retaining resilient resistant bands
Data Source
AI summary
An exercise apparatus having a resilient band attachment assembly for use with an exercise ball. An exercise ball engagement ring provides multiple attachment points for resilient bands selectively and adjustably secured thereto. During use, a user rests a portion of their body on the exercise ball while pulling the resistant straps elongating same for varied resistance depending on strap length, diameter and attachment point within the ball engagement ring.