Modular Weight Plate With Detachable Sections for Fast Load Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Changing weights on dumbbells or barbells is time-consuming and cumbersome, requiring multiple plates that take up space and are prone to loss or misplacement.
Innovation Solution
A weight plate design with primary and additional weight portions that can be removably connected, allowing incremental weight adjustment without removing the plate from the bar, using a latching mechanism for secure attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate plates are used to provide different weights, then a wide range of weights can be achieved, but the system becomes cumbersome, time-consuming to adjust, and requires more storage space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple weight portions into a single integrated plate structure. The plate includes a body with multiple weight portions that can be selectively connected or disconnected, allowing one plate to replace multiple separate plates. This merging approach maintains weight versatility while reducing the total number of plates needed in the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The plate is segmented into a body and multiple detachable weight portions that can be selectively connected. This segmentation allows the plate to be configured in different weight states by connecting or disconnecting specific portions, providing adaptability without requiring multiple complete plates.
2Productivity
If weights need to be changed rapidly between exercises, then training efficiency improves, but traditional plate systems require time-consuming adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The plate incorporates dynamic elements through detachable weight portions that can be quickly connected or disconnected from the body. This dynamic configuration allows rapid weight changes during exercise routines without requiring complete plate removal or complex adjustments, significantly reducing weight change time while maintaining training efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a large number of plates are kept to provide different weights, then weight versatility is maintained, but storage space increases and plates are prone to loss or misplacement
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple weight portions into a single plate body, the system reduces the total number of separate plates needed. One integrated plate with selectable weight portions replaces what would traditionally require multiple separate plates, thereby reducing storage space requirements while maintaining the same weight options.
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AI summary
A plate (5, 5a, 5b) for a dumbbell or barbell (1), the plate (5, 5a, 5b) comprising a body (17), the body (17) comprising: one or more primary weight portions (35a, 35b) extending in a direction radially out from a plate axis (23) passing through a centre point (25) of the plate (5, 5a, 5b), the primary weight portions (35a, 35b) forming at least part of a total weight of the plate (5, 5a, 5b); one or more additional weight portions (57a, 57b) removably connectable to the body (17), such that connecting and disconnecting the additional weight portions (57a, 57b) incrementally varies the total weight of the plate (5, 5a, 5b).