Modular Weightlifting Rack Assembly With Gusseted Frame Joints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing weightlifting rack assemblies lack modular and customizable designs that can efficiently support various weightlifting machines and exercises, including cable-based and traditional weightlifting equipment, while providing a stable and adjustable platform.
Innovation Solution
A weightlifting rack assembly with rectangular cross-sectional frame members, gusseted end brackets, and bottom end plates that allow for modular assembly and disassembly, enabling customizable configurations and stable support for different weightlifting structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional weightlifting rack designs are used, then structural stability is achieved, but adaptability and modularity are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The weightlifting rack is divided into modular components including vertical frame members, lateral frame members, gusseted end brackets, and bottom end plates that can be independently assembled and configured. This segmentation enables different configurations while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The gusseted end brackets and bottom end plates serve multiple functions: providing structural reinforcement, enabling adjustable configurations, facilitating assembly and disassembly, and supporting various weightlifting machine types. This multi-functionality increases adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Ease of operation
If modular components with gusseted end brackets are used, then adaptability and ease of assembly are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gusseted end brackets and bottom end plates are pre-assembled and pre-reinforced during manufacturing, creating ready-to-install modular units. This preliminary action simplifies on-site assembly while concentrating manufacturing complexity in controlled production environments where precision reinforcement can be efficiently applied.
3Strength
If rectangular cross-sectional frame members are used, then structural stability and load-bearing capacity are improved, but weight and material usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure utilizes composite construction with gusseted end brackets and bottom end plates that combine multiple structural elements into reinforced assemblies. This composite approach optimizes the strength-to-weight ratio by strategically placing reinforcement only where structurally necessary, rather than uniformly throughout the entire frame.
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AI summary
A weight rack assembly may include a plurality of vertical frame members and a plurality of lateral frame members extending between the plurality of vertical frame members. The weight rack assembly may also include a first lateral frame member that includes a gusseted end bracket at one end, where the gusseted end bracket includes a base plate, a lateral extension, a vertical extension, and a top gusset that extends along a side of the first lateral frame member and where the top gusset extends from an upper edge of the lateral extension. The weight rack assembly may further include a second lateral frame member that includes a bottom end plate at one end, where the bottom end plate includes a tab that extends from a lower surface of the bottom end plate and is received in a slot on a foot plate.