Inelastic Braided Exercise Ring With Ergonomic Handles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise equipment, such as elastic resistance bands, limit the variety of workouts and fail to effectively target multiple muscle groups, leading to underdeveloped muscles, poor joint strength, and increased risk of injury and disease associated with a sedentary lifestyle.
Innovation Solution
A flexible, inelastic exercise ring with equiangularly disposed handles provides a gripping surface, allowing users to perform various exercises by generating resistance through controlled movements, with options for handle material and configuration to enhance grip and comfort, enabling engagement of multiple muscle groups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If elastic resistance bands are used, then users can perform limited workouts, but the device fails to effectively target multiple muscle groups and provides limited exercise variety
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise ring is segmented into multiple functional components: a continuous closed ring made of flexible inelastic material, and multiple handles disposed at different positions around the ring. This segmentation allows users to grip different handles for different exercises, significantly increasing exercise variety without complicating the overall device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The exercise ring serves multiple functions through its versatile design. The same ring with multiple handles can be used for various exercises targeting different muscle groups by simply changing which handles are gripped. This multi-functionality approach allows one device to replace multiple specialized exercise tools.
2Ease of operation
If handles are added to the exercise ring, then gripping comfort is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The handles are merged with the exercise ring through a simple attachment mechanism where handles are disposed on the ring at specific positions. This integration provides ergonomic gripping surfaces without creating a complex assembly, as the handles and ring function as a unified exercise device.
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 exercise ring allows for a dynamic range of exercises that effectively engage multiple muscle groups, improving strength and flexibility, and reducing the risk of injury and disease by providing constant resistance and ergonomic comfort.
Implementation Method 1
a ring comprising a flexible, inelastic material
Implementation Method 2
the plurality of handles comprise a material having a coefficient of friction greater than one
Data Source
AI summary
An exercise ring includes a ring comprising a flexible and inelastic material, and the ring includes a plurality of strands in a braid. A plurality of handles are disposed on opposing sides of the ring. The plurality of handles includes a cylindrical body having a first end, a second end, and a center portion, and the plurality of handles can provide an ergonomic gripping surface.