Flexible Textile Platform for Shock Absorption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional rider-controlled recreation vehicles lack comfort and shock absorption, as they typically have rigid platforms that do not flex or adjust to the rider's weight, leading to a less-than-ideal riding experience.
Innovation Solution
A rider-controlled recreation vehicle with a platform medium suspended between spaced apart supports, made from textile fibers, which is intentionally tensioned to flex, bow, or bounce, providing a flexible and adjustable surface for improved comfort and shock absorption, and includes a mechanism for adjusting tension based on skill level and surface conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a rigid platform is used for the rider board, then structural strength and stability are improved, but comfort and shock absorption deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional rigid platform with a flexible platform medium that can be made from textile fibers, foam, rubber, or other compliant materials. This flexible platform acts as a shock-absorbing element that conforms to the rider's body while filtering out road vibrations, directly resolving the contradiction between structural strength and comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite material structures combining rigid supports with flexible platform media. The rigid supports provide necessary structural strength and stability, while the flexible platform medium provides shock absorption and comfort. This composite approach allows both requirements to be satisfied simultaneously.
2Ease of manufacture
If a fixed tension platform is used, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to different skill levels and surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces adjustable tensioning mechanisms that allow the platform medium's tension to be dynamically changed based on riding conditions. The tensioning system can be adjusted to provide more support for beginners or more flexibility for advanced riders, and can be modified for different surface conditions, thereby achieving adaptability without significantly complicating manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables parameter changes in the platform's mechanical properties through adjustable tensioning. By changing the tension parameter of the platform medium, the system can adapt to different skill levels and surface conditions while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure that is easy to manufacture.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a flexible platform medium is used, then comfort and shock absorption are improved, but structural stability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the platform structure into distinct functional components: rigid supports that provide structural stability and positioning, and a flexible platform medium that provides shock absorption. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its specific function without compromising the other, with the rigid supports anchoring the flexible medium to maintain overall platform stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite material construction combining rigid support elements with flexible platform media. The rigid supports maintain structural stability and proper platform positioning, while the flexible medium provides shock absorption and comfort. The interaction between these composite elements achieves both stability and shock absorption simultaneously.
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 flexible platform medium enhances comfort by providing a super-smooth ride, absorbing road vibrations, and allowing for customizable tension, resulting in improved performance and user experience across various riding surfaces and skills.
Implementation Method 1
the medium is intentionally non-rigid to at least perceptively flex, bow, stretch, and/or bounce when a rider stands, kneels, sits, or lays upon the medium
Implementation Method 2
the medium is intentionally tensioned from the ends only to at least perceptively flex, bow, stretch, and/or bounce
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AI summary
A system and method for a rider with an improved rider-controlled recreation vehicle. A recreational vehicle with a platform medium, for example a wide fabric strap rider platform (versus a hard surface like metal, wood or the like) supported only at the ends. Advantages may include that it provides shock absorption, more road “feel”, different performance characteristics, and more comfort than a traditional hard platform. The platform may also be adjusted for more or less tension for different riding surfaces and conditions and the strapping can easily be replaced with natural wear or to personalize the look with custom graphic designs.