Horse Training Aid Bungee Assembly Dynamics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional horse training aids require excessive physical strength, are unadjustable, and can cause harm by exerting improper pressure, leading to incorrect muscle development and balance issues in horses.

Innovation Solution

A horse training aid featuring a flexible leather strap with adjustable secondary rings and a bungee assembly that relieves pressure on the poll, allowing free neck movement and engaging deeper muscles, requiring minimal physical strength from the trainer.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional horse training aids are used, then training control is achieved, but excessive physical strength is required from the trainer

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovePhysical strength requirementVSAvoidTraining control

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a bungee cord instead of a rigid strap, allowing the training aid to dynamically adapt to the horse's movements. The elastic material provides continuous, gentle pressure that maintains control without requiring the trainer to exert significant physical strength, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and training control reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the physical parameters of the training aid by using elastic material with specific elasticity coefficients and adjustable length. This allows the aid to maintain appropriate pressure on the horse's body while reducing the physical strength requirement for the trainer, balancing control and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If conventional horse training aids are used, then training control is maintained, but they are unadjustable causing improper fit

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveTraining controlVSAvoidAdjustability to horse size

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent incorporates adjustable components that allow the training aid to dynamically adapt to different horse sizes and body types. The adjustable length and positioning mechanisms enable proper fit for various equine animals, maintaining training control effectiveness across different sizes while improving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If conventional horse training aids exert pressure, then training control is achieved, but improper pressure creates harmful effects

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveTraining controlVSAvoidImproper pressure on horse anatomy

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a flexible bungee cord that distributes pressure evenly across the horse's body surface rather than concentrating it at specific points. This flexible approach maintains training control while eliminating harmful localized pressure that causes muscle damage or discomfort, applying pressure in a beneficial distributed manner.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the pressure application parameters by using elastic material with specific elasticity coefficients that provide gentle, adaptive pressure. This modifies the pressure characteristics to be beneficial rather than harmful, maintaining training effectiveness while preventing anatomical damage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

4Reliability

If conventional horse training aids are used, then training control is maintained, but they are not flexible impededing correct balance

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveTraining controlVSAvoidFlexibility and balance

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a dynamic elastic system that allows the training aid to flex and move with the horse's natural movements. This flexibility enables the horse to maintain correct balance and posture during training while the system continues to provide necessary control, resolving the contradiction between control reliability and flexibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

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 training aid promotes correct form and muscle development by encouraging the horse to raise its neck and engage its hindquarters, minimizing harm and maintaining balance, thus enhancing training efficiency and performance.

Implementation Method 1

The bungee assembly has a first bungee cord and a second bungee cord... The first bungee cord is extended through a bit of the horse... The bungee assembly relieves pressure on the poll, allowing free neck movement

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS10696538B2Horse training aid

Publication Date: 2020.06.30 NELSON CRYSTAL LYNN

AI summary

A horse training aid has a strap and a bungee assembly. The strap has a primary ring attached to a first end, a buckle attached adjacent a second end, and a plurality of secondary rings provided in spaced-apart manner along the strap between the primary ring and the buckle. The bungee assembly has a first bungee cord and a second bungee cord, the two bungee cords connected together at about their central portions by a sleeve with each bungee cord having opposing first and second ends, and each having a clip secured at each of the first and second ends of each bungee cord.