Standup Paddle Board Core Activator Land Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Access to water bodies and uncontrollable weather conditions limit the ability to enjoy standup paddle surfing, restricting its benefits to a smaller audience.
Innovation Solution
A standup paddle board core activator device featuring a sloped platform, sliding footboard, rotating arm assemblies, paddle members, and tensioners that provide resistance, allowing users to engage in core-strengthening exercises on land by simulating the movements of standup paddle surfing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standup paddle surfing is performed on water, then core strengthening benefits are achieved, but accessibility is limited by water body availability and weather conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a land-based simulation device that copies the essential movements and muscle engagement of standup paddle surfing. The sloped platform replicates the wave surface, while the footboard and arm assemblies simulate the paddling motion, allowing users to achieve similar core strengthening benefits without needing water or favorable weather conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The device segments the standup paddle surfing experience into its core functional components: the sloped platform provides the inclined surface, the footboard simulates wave interaction, and the arm assemblies with paddles replicate the paddling motion. This segmentation allows the sport's benefits to be extracted and reproduced in a controlled land-based environment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a land-based simulation device is created, then accessibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses universal components that serve multiple functions. The sloped platform provides both the inclined surface for core engagement and the structural base for mounting other components. The footboard simultaneously interacts with the user's feet and simulates wave motion. The arm assemblies serve both as support structures and as mechanisms for replicating paddling motion, reducing the need for separate specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating a complex water-based system and trying to simplify it, the invention inverts the approach by creating a simple land-based structure that inherently provides the necessary challenges. The slope itself creates the core engagement requirement, eliminating the need for complex stabilization systems that would be needed on water.
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
Enables users to effectively engage their abdominal and upper body muscles, providing a land-based alternative that mimics the sport, thereby increasing accessibility and reducing weather-related limitations.
Implementation Method 1
Tensioners may connect a tensioner support structure and the rotating arm assemblies, applying resistance to the rotation of the arm assemblies about an axis created by the axles
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AI summary
A standup paddle board core activator and method of use may be provided. One embodiment may include a sloped platform, a sliding footboard, two raised support structures, at least two axels, two rotating arm assemblies, two paddle members with shafts and handles, a tensioner support structure and two tensioners. The sliding footboard may be configured to move along the sloped platform. The rotating arm assemblies may be rotatably attached by axles to raised support structures on either side of the sloped platform. Tensioners may connect to a tensioner support structure and the rotating arm assemblies, applying resistance to the rotation of the arm assemblies about an axis created by the axles. Paddle members may be inserted in the arm assemblies. A user may balance on the footboard, grasp at least one paddle member, and slide the footboard up the sloped platform.