Pilates Apparatus Incline Mechanism for Dynamic Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional Pilates apparatuses lack the ability to dynamically adjust exercise intensity during workouts, requiring exercisers to stop and change spring resistance levels, which limits the variability and effectiveness of the exercise routine.
Innovation Solution
An exercise machine inclination device that uses a hinge and actuator to adjust the angle of a Pilates apparatus support structure, allowing for rapid changes in exercise intensity by inclining one end of the machine during use, without altering the preset resistance settings, utilizing a powered actuator and control system to manage the incline.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If spring resistance levels are changed to adjust exercise intensity, then exercise intensity is modified, but the exerciser must stop the workout and the routine is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is transformed from a static horizontal configuration to a dynamic inclined configuration. The incline mechanism allows the support structure to change its angle during exercise, enabling continuous adjustment of exercise intensity without requiring the exerciser to stop or change spring resistance settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the physical parameter of the support structure's angle of inclination to control exercise intensity. By varying the incline angle, the effective resistance changes continuously, allowing intensity adjustment without altering the preset spring resistance settings or interrupting the workout flow.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional Pilates apparatuses use fixed spring resistance, then the structure is simple, but exercise intensity cannot be dynamically adjusted during workouts
Solution Approach 1:
The Pilates apparatus is divided into separate functional components: the base, the support structure, and the incline mechanism. This segmentation allows the support structure to be independently inclined while the rest of the apparatus remains stationary, adding dynamic functionality without completely redesigning the entire system.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary incline mechanism is introduced between the base and the support structure. This intermediary component enables angle adjustment of the support structure without directly modifying the spring resistance system, thereby adding adaptability while maintaining the original resistance mechanism.
3Productivity
If the support structure is inclined during exercise, then exercise intensity varies continuously, but the mechanism requires additional components like hinge and actuator
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the apparatus and simultaneously acts as the inclining surface that varies exercise intensity. The hinge and actuator components are multi-functional, providing both structural connection and active angle control.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinge and actuator mechanisms are integrated into the support structure assembly rather than being separate add-on components. This merging reduces the overall component count and simplifies the mechanism while maintaining the ability to dynamically adjust the incline angle for effective exercise variation.
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AI summary
An exercise machine inclination device for providing variable exercise intensity on an exercise machine by inclining the exercise machine. The exercise machine inclination device generally includes a base adapted for being positioned upon a floor, a support structure adapted for supporting the exercise machine, a hinge pivotally connecting the base and the support structure and an actuator connected between the base and the support structure, wherein the actuator adjusts an angle of the support structure.