Modular Exercise Device with Collapsible Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices often require multiple machines to perform various routines, lack flexibility and customizability, and are not easily storable or transportable, making them costly and inconvenient for users.
Innovation Solution
A modular exercise device with a vertical support tube and adjustable sections, including a base, middle, and upper section, with rotatable and collapsible components such as legs, front bars, and arm supports, allowing for multiple exercise positions and easy storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple discrete exercise machines are used to provide various exercise routines, then exercise versatility is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device employs a universal vertical support tube structure that can accommodate multiple different exercise components and attachments. The standardized tube design allows various exercise routines to be performed using a single base structure, eliminating the need for multiple discrete machines while maintaining exercise versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into modular components including a base section, middle section, and upper section that can be independently configured. Different exercise components can be attached to specific sections, allowing the system to be customized for various exercise routines without requiring complete separate machines.
2Ease of operation
If home exercise machines are designed for simplicity, then ease of operation is improved, but range of motion and flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device incorporates dynamic, adjustable components including rotatable legs, movable front bars, and adjustable arm supports. These components can be repositioned during exercise routines to accommodate different ranges of motion and exercise types, maintaining simplicity while enhancing flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The device features nested structural elements where components like the middle section can be positioned at various heights along the vertical support tube, and exercise components can be nested within the overall structure. This allows for compact design that maintains full range of motion capabilities.
3Stability of the object's composition
If exercise devices are designed with fixed structures, then stability is improved, but storage and transportation become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates collapsible and movable components including legs that can be rotated to a down position, a middle section that can be removed and repositioned, and an upper section with handles that can be collapsed. These dynamic features allow the structure to transition from a stable exercise configuration to a compact storage configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The exercise device is segmented into removable sections (base, middle, upper) that can be separated for storage. The modular design maintains structural stability during exercise while enabling easy disassembly and compact storage when not in use.
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AI summary
An exercise device is provided including a vertical support tube, base section, middle section, back support section, and upper section. The base section may include a base brace attachable to the vertical support tube, a base mounting plate attachable to the base brace, and legs. The middle section may removably attach to the vertical support tube and provide front bars and arm supports. The back support section may provide an adjustable back support pad. The upper section may provide one or more upper handles that may rotated between raised and collapsed configurations. The legs, the front bars, and the arm supports are rotatable to at least a down position and an up position.