Open-Loop Hooks for Resistance Band Anchoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices fail to accommodate various types of resistance bands, suspension straps, and stretch straps efficiently, often requiring proprietary bands, using cumbersome closed-loop anchoring systems, and limiting multi-user functionality and angled exercise safety.
Innovation Solution
A resistance band exercise station with open-loop hooks mounted on vertical and horizontal surfaces, allowing flexible anchoring of standard resistance bands, suspension straps, and stretch straps, enabling multiple users and safe angled exercises through elongated and curved safety hooks with barrier members.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If closed-loop anchoring systems are used to secure resistance bands, then the bands can be firmly anchored, but the system becomes cumbersome and limits compatibility with standard resistance bands
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using closed-loop systems where bands must be threaded through anchored loops, the invention inverts the approach by providing open hooks that the band ends can be directly attached to. This eliminates the need to thread bands through closed loops, making installation simpler and more compatible with standard band designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The anchoring system is segmented into multiple independent open hooks rather than a single closed-loop system. This allows bands to be attached to individual hooks at different positions, providing flexibility and simplicity in band installation while maintaining secure anchoring.
2Device complexity
If proprietary resistance bands are required for wall-mounted exercise devices, then the device structure can be simplified, but the versatility and adaptability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The open hook mounting structure is designed to be universal, accommodating various types of resistance bands (standard bands, JC bands, flat bands) and other exercise equipment (suspension straps, stretch straps). This multi-functional design eliminates the need for proprietary bands while maintaining structural simplicity.
3Device complexity
If single-user exercise devices are designed, then the device structure can be optimized for one user, but multi-user functionality and space utilization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise station is divided into multiple independent mounting units (first mounting unit, second mounting unit, etc.) that can be positioned at different locations. Each unit has its own open hooks, allowing multiple users to simultaneously use the station at different positions or for different exercises.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a single-point anchoring to a distributed multi-point anchoring arrangement in three-dimensional space. Multiple mounting units positioned at different locations and orientations enable multiple users to exercise simultaneously without interfering with each other.
4Stability of the object's composition
If fixed anchoring points are used for resistance bands, then the band positioning is stable, but the ability to perform angled exercises safely is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The open hooks are designed with asymmetric orientations, allowing bands to be attached at multiple angles. The hook geometry enables secure anchoring while accommodating various exercise angles, providing both stability and adaptability for different movement planes.
Solution Approach 2:
The anchoring system extends into multiple spatial dimensions with hooks oriented in different directions. This three-dimensional arrangement allows bands to be positioned stably while enabling exercises in various angles and planes of motion.
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AI summary
The resistance band exercise station disclosed here is a modular hooking system used to perform a myriad of exercises with various exercise tools that require anchoring such as standard resistance bands, suspension straps and stretch straps. The resistance band exercise station includes multiple components: one or more lower units each having column(s) of vertically spaced safety hooks for exercises performed at various heights, from the ankle to eye level, and an upper unit having one or more safety hooks used for exercises performed above the head. The multiple lower and upper units are wall mounted in varying heights. The safety hooks are used to anchor resistance bands, suspension straps and stretch straps from one or multiple points. The safety hooks are open-loop hooks having a barrier member such as a T-bar at the tip to prevent the straps from slipping out.