Orientable Arm Gymnastic Apparatus for Precise Muscle Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gymnastic apparatuses, such as bench models, often require auxiliary equipment like dumbbells and bars, and users may unintentionally alter their posture and force direction during exercises, leading to ineffective muscle training.
Innovation Solution
A gymnastic apparatus with orientable arms connected to a bench, allowing for adjustable resisting forces that can be precisely directed to target specific muscle groups without the need for additional equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional gymnastic apparatuses use auxiliary equipment like dumbbells and bars, then the training exercise can be performed, but the user may unintentionally modify posture and force direction, leading to ineffective muscle training
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the bench structure with integrated arms that directly connect to contrast means (resistance mechanisms), eliminating the need for separate auxiliary equipment like dumbbells and bars. This integration ensures that the resistance force is always applied through the predetermined arm mechanism, preventing users from inadvertently changing force direction while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The arms act as intermediary elements between the user and the contrast means. These arms are designed with specific orientations and connection points that mediate the force transmission, ensuring that the resistance force is applied in the correct direction to target specific muscle groups regardless of user posture variations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the gymnastic apparatus requires auxiliary equipment, then various exercises can be performed, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bench is designed with multiple arms that can be oriented in different directions and connected to various contrast means, allowing a single device to perform multiple exercise functions. The arms can be adjusted to target different muscle groups (abdominal, upper limb, lower limb), providing exercise variety without requiring separate auxiliary equipment for each exercise type.
3Ease of operation
If the training force direction cannot be precisely controlled, then the apparatus is simpler to use, but the muscles for which the exercise is intended are not trained effectively
Solution Approach 1:
Each arm is designed with specific local characteristics including predetermined orientations, connection points, and structural properties tailored to target specific muscle groups. The arms have different geometries and attachment configurations optimized for specific exercise types, ensuring precise force direction control while maintaining intuitive ease of use through consistent operational patterns.
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AI summary
A gymnastic apparatus (1) for muscle training, which comprises a bench (2) or the like to which at least one arm (3) is connected which can be connected to at least one contrast means (4) adapted to generate a resisting force to contrast the force generated by a user during training. The at least one arm (3) is orientable with respect to the bench (2) in order to allow to vary the direction of the resisting force generated by the contrast means (4) and transmitted to the user.