Modular Adjustable Frame for Adaptable Obstacle Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing training equipment for preparing children for obstacle courses like American Ninja Warrior lacks adaptability to accommodate growth and increasing difficulty levels, as it is often fixed and not easily modifiable for varying user competency and size changes.
Innovation Solution
A modular adjustable frame with interchangeable sections, quick-connect attachment means, and crossbeams that can be easily assembled and disassembled to create different obstacles and tower configurations, allowing for adjustments in size and difficulty as the user grows and becomes more competent.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed training equipment is used, then structural stability is maintained, but adaptability to user growth and skill level changes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The training equipment is divided into modular frame sections that can be independently assembled and configured. Each frame section can be connected to form towers of varying heights and configurations, allowing the structure to adapt to different user sizes and skill levels while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The equipment transitions from a fixed configuration to a dynamic, adjustable system where frame sections, crossbeams, and obstacles can be repositioned and reconfigured. This allows the training apparatus to evolve with the user's growth and developing skills, providing progressively more challenging configurations as the user advances.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fixed obstacle configurations are used, then equipment simplicity is maintained, but ability to increase difficulty levels deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Obstacles are designed as separate, interchangeable modules that can be attached to the frame sections. This segmentation allows different obstacle types and configurations to be easily swapped out, enabling progressive difficulty adjustment without requiring complex manufacturing or assembly processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame sections and connection mechanisms are designed with universal compatibility, allowing the same basic components to serve multiple functions and configurations. This universality enables a single set of equipment to provide progressively harder challenges as users advance, eliminating the need for multiple specialized equipment sets.
3Ease of operation
If permanent installation is used, then structural stability is improved, but ease of setup and relocation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The equipment is constructed from discrete, connectable frame sections with standardized attachment points. This segmentation allows the structure to be quickly assembled and disassembled using simple connection mechanisms, enabling easy relocation while maintaining structural stability during use through robust joint design.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame sections and connection components are pre-designed with built-in alignment features and attachment mechanisms that simplify assembly. This preliminary design work ensures that when the equipment is assembled, it achieves stable configuration quickly without requiring complex installation procedures or specialized tools.
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AI summary
A modular adjustable frame can be used to construct a tower to support various obstacles, challenges for providing exercise for muscle building or preparing for competition in such events as provided by American Ninja Warrior. The adjustable frame is provided with quick-connect/disconnect attachment means to afford rapid set up, change out and teardown.