Multi-Directional Exercise Device With Rotatable Spheres
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable body weight exercise devices for the upper body and core primarily focus on limited muscle groups and ranges of motion, leading to imbalanced muscle development, increased injury risk, and reduced flexibility and strength.
Innovation Solution
A multi-directional exercise device with planar support members and a handle that allows for multiple orientations and ranges of motion, engaging virtually all upper body muscles, including those typically underdeveloped in prior devices, by incorporating rotatable components and adjustable orientations to accommodate supinated and pronated hand positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If prior art translatable exercise devices are used, then the device structure is simple and portable, but the range of motion is limited and only limited muscle groups can be exercised
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into multiple planar support members (first planar support member, second planar support member) that can be positioned at different orientations. Each support member provides a distinct plane for exercise movement, enabling comprehensive upper body exercise coverage while maintaining a modular, portable structure that can be easily transported and set up.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces multiple dimensional planes of movement through the first and second planar support members extending at angles to each other. This allows exercises in multiple ranges of motion across different planes (horizontal, vertical, diagonal), transforming a single-plane limited device into a multi-dimensional exercise system that engages all upper body muscle groups.
2Adaptability or versatility
If prior art exercise devices focus on limited muscle groups, then the device design is simple, but muscle development becomes imbalanced and injury risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed as a multi-functional component with a gripping portion and multiple contact points that can engage with both the first and second planar support members. This universal handle design enables various grip positions (supinated and pronated) and exercise configurations, allowing a single device to comprehensively target all upper body muscle groups including chest, shoulders, back, and core muscles.
3Adaptability or versatility
If prior art devices allow only pronated hand position, then the device structure is simple, but supinated muscle groups remain underdeveloped
Solution Approach 1:
The first and second planar support members are arranged at asymmetric angles to each other, creating non-symmetric exercise planes. This asymmetric configuration, combined with the handle orientation, enables both supinated and pronated hand positions during exercise, ensuring balanced development of all upper body muscle groups including those specifically targeted by supinated movements.
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AI summary
A multi-functional exercise device that enables a user to exercise different muscle groups. The exercise device has a first planar support member, a second planar support member extending from the first planar support member, and a handle having a first end coupled to the first planar support member, a second end coupled to the second planar support member, and a gripping portion therebetween. The gripping portion of the handle is oriented generally parallel to the first planar support member and generally perpendicular to the second planar support member. The exercise device also includes a first plurality of rotatable components engaging the first planar support member and adapted to rotate relative thereto, and a second plurality of rotatable components engaging the second planar support member and adapted to rotate relative thereto. The rotatable elements may comprise spheres.