Modular Stand Walking Exercise Device With Rotating Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing walking assist devices are costly, difficult to install, and limited in their ability to support comprehensive muscle use and fall prevention for users with mobility difficulties, particularly the elderly, who face risks of injury during rehabilitation exercises.
Innovation Solution
A stand-type walking exercise device with a modular design featuring a body structure, prop structure, safety pad, and rotating lower structure that allows for easy assembly and disassembly, providing support for the user's body and preventing falls through adjustable height settings and independent foot rotation, enabling comprehensive muscle engagement and fall prevention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a typical walking assist device is used, then it can support the user's body during walking exercise, but it has a risk of fall when weak and elderly people with mobility difficulties use the device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a safety pad that can be bound to the prop structure to support the user's buttocks area. This safety device is prepared in advance and can prevent falls by providing additional support, thereby cushioning against the harmful effect of falls before they occur.
2Reliability
If a walking rehabilitation robot is used, then it can help rehabilitation of the user, but it requires expensive costs and is not easily installed
Solution Approach 1:
The walking exercise device is divided into multiple separable components: a body structure, a prop structure, a safety pad, and a lower structure. Each component can be assembled and disassembled independently through fastening frames and coupling mechanisms, making the device easier to install and transport while maintaining rehabilitation effectiveness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a typical walking assist device is configured to assist only one directional walking exercise, then it is simple in structure, but lower body muscles and waist muscles of the user may not be entirely and variously used
Solution Approach 1:
The lower structure includes a support frame with a pair of rotating parts that can rotate independently in different directions. This dynamic capability allows the device to support various walking directions and exercise patterns, enabling comprehensive muscle engagement without significantly complicating the overall structure.
4Ease of operation
If the device is designed as a modular structure that can be separated and assembled, then ease of installation and carriage convenience are improved, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The safety pad is designed as a separable component that can be bound to or removed from the prop structure. This extraction of the safety function into a separate, easily attachable component improves ease of installation and adjustment while keeping the assembly process simple through the use of binding mechanisms.
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 device effectively assists in muscle strengthening and dementia prevention while reducing the risk of falls and injuries, and enhances ease of installation and portability due to its modular design, allowing users to perform various exercises safely and efficiently.
Implementation Method 1
a pair of rotating parts which are formed on the support frame and on which both feet of the user are loaded, and each of the pair of rotating parts independently rotates
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AI summary
A stand type walking exercise device includes a body structure including a pair of side frames positioned at both the left and right sides of a user, a front frame for connecting the pair of side frames at the front of each of the pair of side frames, and a pair of first fastening frames protruding upward from each of the pair of side frames, a prop structure connected to the upper side of each of the pair of side frames, a safety pad separably bound to the lower side of the prop structure, and a lower structure including support frames which are connected to the lower sides of the pair of side frames and which are in contact with and are supported on the ground, and a pair of rotating parts formed on the support frames.