Foldable Plyometric Box Structure for Storage and Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing plyometric boxes are difficult to store and transport due to their large and heavy nature, limiting their use to gym environments and hindering mobility to outdoor locations.
Innovation Solution
A plyometric exercise device with a folding support frame that allows conversion between an exercise position and a storage position, featuring collapsible side panels and support studs, enabling compact storage and transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional rigid plyometric boxes are used to ensure sturdiness and mechanical strength, then the device can withstand repeated impact forces, but the device becomes difficult to store and transport due to large size and weight
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is divided into multiple legs that can be folded relative to the base, allowing the device to be segmented into compact configuration for storage while maintaining full structural integrity during exercise use
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic collapsible structure, enabling the device to change its configuration between exercise position (extended legs providing full support) and storage position (folded legs reducing size)
2Reliability
If plyometric boxes are made large and heavy to provide adequate exercise height and stability, then the device can support powerful impact forces, but the device becomes awkward to move around and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The box is segmented into separable components (base, support frame with foldable legs, and top surface) that can be independently positioned during exercise for stability, but easily reconfigured and moved when folded for transport
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame incorporates dynamic folding legs that allow the device to transition between a stable extended configuration during exercise and a compact folded configuration for mobility, enabling the same structure to satisfy both stability and mobility requirements
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AI summary
A plyometric exercise device having an extended exercise position and a collapsed storage position. The plyometric exercise device has a flat top for use as a jump-off platform when raised above a ground surface, and a support frame that can be extended or assembled into the extended exercise position, or collapsed into the collapsed storage position. A base can be used as part of the support frame or as a separate component provided in the extended exercise position as a secure footing of the plyometric exercise device onto the ground surface.