Portable Glide Exerciser With Offset Handles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home exercise equipment is often bulky, requires multiple pieces to target all muscle groups, and lacks portability, making it impractical for spaces with limited room and difficult to store.
Innovation Solution
A portable exercise device with offset gripping devices and low friction gliding pads that allow for versatile exercise motions in multiple planes, featuring replaceable glide discs for adjustable resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pieces of home exercise equipment are used to exercise all muscle groups, then exercise coverage is improved, but space occupation and storage difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple exercise functions into a single integrated device. The push-up device includes multiple handle configurations and exercise modes (push-ups, sit-ups, pull-downs, etc.) that can be performed using one unified structure, eliminating the need for multiple separate equipment pieces and thereby reducing space occupation while maintaining comprehensive muscle group coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to perform multiple exercise functions through a single apparatus. The adjustable handles and base structure enable various exercise types targeting different muscle groups, making the device universal enough to replace multiple specialized equipment pieces while occupying less space
2Stability of the object's composition
If permanent installation is used for home exercise equipment, then stability is improved, but installation flexibility and portability worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The device employs a dynamic design where the base can be positioned and secured in different locations without permanent installation. The handles and exercise components can be adjusted and reconfigured, providing both stability during use and flexibility for relocation, thus resolving the contradiction between stability and installation flexibility
3Weight of moving object
If non-permanent exercise equipment is used, then portability is improved, but exercise effectiveness and stability worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into modular components including the base, handles, and exercise mechanisms that can be easily assembled and disassembled. This segmentation maintains portability while ensuring that when assembled, the device provides stable and effective exercise support, thus achieving both portability and exercise effectiveness
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables effective strength training and muscle building across multiple muscle groups with a lightweight, inexpensive, and compact device that can be used in various exercise regimens without occupying much space.
Implementation Method 1
Each glide disc or pad forms a low friction surface to allow the user to move the device along a surface while providing force in more than one plane
Data Source
AI summary
An exercise device is provided having a pair of handles supporting a pair of glide discs that allows the user to support themselves while moving the handles in one or more planes. The portable exercise device and method for using the same that is adaptable for working numerous muscle groups. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.