Pet Treadmill With Adjustable Belts For Unequal Stride Lengths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet treadmills lack stimulation devices, are not easily customizable, adjustable, or portable, and do not effectively accommodate pets with unequal stride lengths or gait issues.
Innovation Solution
A treadmill with adjustable belts for unequal stride lengths, a removable and customizable attachment module featuring video displays, treat dispensers, and sensors for pet height and position, allowing for personalized exercise programs and incline adjustments, along with a handle for easy storage and portability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the treadmill is designed with fixed belts, then the structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate pets with unequal stride lengths or gait issues
Solution Approach 1:
The treadmill employs adjustable belt mechanisms that allow the length and tension of each belt to be dynamically modified. This enables the treadmill to adapt to pets with unequal stride lengths by independently adjusting each belt's parameters, transforming a static structure into a dynamic one that can accommodate various gait patterns and physical conditions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the treadmill includes multiple stimulation devices and customization features, then the exercise experience is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The treadmill system is divided into modular components including attachment modules, stimulation devices, and control systems that can be independently configured and adjusted. This segmentation allows the complex functionality to be broken down into manageable parts, each serving specific purposes such as treat dispensing, video playback, or sensory stimulation, while maintaining overall system adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The treadmill incorporates multiple stimulation devices and features that serve various functions within a single integrated system. The attachment modules can provide treat dispensing, video displays, and sensory stimuli, while the control system manages exercise programs, making the device universally applicable to different exercise needs and pet preferences without requiring separate equipment.
3Ease of operation
If the treadmill is designed for easy portability, then the weight and size are reduced, but the structural strength and stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The treadmill features collapsible or foldable structural elements that allow the frame to be dynamically reconfigured between a stable operational state and a compact storage state. This dynamic design enables the treadmill to maintain structural strength during use while reducing its footprint for portability and storage, resolving the contradiction between stability and ease of transport.
Data Source
AI summary
A treadmill may include two separate left and right belts rotating around two sets of rollers, four legs having an adjustable height via air suspension to customize an inclination of the treadmill, a thermoelectric assembly, a fragrance assembly having a rotating fragrance cartridge to emit various smells toward a user of the treadmill, a display on which exercise programs are played, and an attachment module having a dispensing tray on which treats are dispensed. A handle of the treadmill may have a sensor to sense a height and front-rear position, and a belt divider provided between the left and right belts may have position or proximity sensors to sense a left-right position. An inclination of the treadmill may be automatically adjusted according to positions detected by the sensors, and the fragrance assembly, attachment module, and inclination may be automatically operated in accordance with an exercise program played on the display.