Free Weight Swing Attachment for Horizontal Exercise
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current weight and cable machine equipment restricts movement to a fixed path, which can aggravate injuries and fail to effectively develop horizontal strength and power, essential for athletic performance, while free weights require more effort to position correctly.
Innovation Solution
A free weight exercise swing attachment apparatus with adjustable nylon straps and steel pins that allow for flexible, all-direction movement, enabling users to perform exercises with barbells or dumbbells from various angles and positions, including horizontal directions, using a support structure like a power rack.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If fixed movement path machines are used, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus transitions from fixed machine guides to dynamic, freely movable weight attachments that adapt to user movement patterns. The weight can be positioned anywhere within the strap's range of motion, allowing dynamic adjustment rather than fixed paths.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus serves multiple functions by combining elements of fixed machines (support structure, weight attachment) with free weight versatility. It can accommodate various exercise movements including horizontal, vertical, and diagonal planes, making it universally applicable for different training goals.
2Adaptability or versatility
If free weights are used, then adaptability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The strap and attachment mechanism serve as an intermediary between fixed machines and free weights. It provides the portability and freedom of free weights while incorporating the supportive structure and ease of positioning from fixed machines through the attached support structure.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fixed movement path machines are used, then stability is improved, but object-affected harmful factors worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus allows dynamic movement paths that adapt to individual anatomy and injury limitations, replacing rigid fixed paths with flexible, user-controlled trajectories that avoid harmful positions while maintaining stability through the support structure.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If free weights are used, then object-generated harmful factors are reduced, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus combines multiple functions into a single device: it provides free weight versatility, incorporates support structure stability, enables various movement planes, and reduces injury risk through controlled positioning, eliminating the need for multiple separate equipment pieces.
Data Source
AI summary
An exercise apparatus including two straps where each strap includes a first end and a length. The first end being configured to be received by a supporting structure. Each strap including a plurality of loops along its length where each loop is sized and configured to removably support a free weight. The straps and placement of the free weight allowing a user to perform various exercises in a horizontal direction.