Portable Elastic Resistance Device Hexagonal Puck Array
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices are often expensive, complex, or limited in their ability to provide multi-directional resistance, making them unsuitable for home or private use, and they lack versatility and ease of storage.
Innovation Solution
A portable elastic resistance device composed of flexible hexagonal arrays of rigid plastic 'pucks' connected by shock cord assemblies, allowing for various configurations and easy assembly/disassembly, enabling a range of exercises with adjustable resistance levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If gym-based resistance devices are used, then exercise effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and storage space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device is divided into multiple independent modular components (resistance elements with attachment points) that can be individually selected and combined. Each module contains shock cord assemblies with carabiner attachments that can be independently configured to create different exercise setups, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining exercise effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The resistance device is designed as a universal system where a single set of modular components can perform multiple exercise functions. The shock cord assemblies and attachment points can be configured for various muscle groups and exercise types (chest, back, legs, arms), allowing one device to replace multiple specialized gym machines.
2Adaptability or versatility
If specialized gym equipment is used, then exercise variety is improved, but storage space and portability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses segmented modular components that can be stored separately or compressed into a compact configuration. The shock cord assemblies can be coiled and the attachment points stored in a compact manner, reducing storage volume while maintaining exercise variety through reconfigurable combinations.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates dynamic, reconfigurable elements that allow the same components to be arranged in multiple configurations for different exercises. The attachment points and shock cords can be dynamically repositioned and reconnected to create various exercise setups, providing exercise variety without requiring multiple fixed installations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multi-directional resistance devices are used, then exercise versatility is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multi-directional resistance capability is achieved through segmented attachment points positioned at various locations on each resistance element. Users can select and connect appropriate attachment points to create resistance vectors in different directions, achieving exercise versatility through modular selection rather than complex integrated mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a versatile, affordable, and space-efficient means to perform a variety of exercises with adjustable resistance, suitable for private use and easy storage, addressing the limitations of existing devices by offering a compact and lightweight solution for home or office use.
Implementation Method 1
shock cord assemblies connected to between 3 and 6 shock cord assemblies
Data Source
AI summary
The invention consists of a flexible hexagonal array composed of rigid plastic rings, sized and shaped for convenient gripping with the hands, and or pinning against floor or wall by other body parts (feet, knees, elbows, trunk, bead, etc.) each connected to 3 to 6 lengths of bungee, or equivalent elastic material, located at 60 degree intervals around the ring circumference. The array is sized for convenient use for exercise purposes, and is light enough to be readily portable, and, by virtue of its uniform stretch resistance properties, which vary with the number of strands being stretched, and the distance between gripping and/or pinning points, which controls the length of bungee being stretched, gives the opportunity of exercising all of the skeletal muscles, at a variety of resistance levels.