Platform Assembly With Textured ABS And Silicone Pads For Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional suspension trainers limit resistance and cause slipping due to shoe traction issues when the user's body angle is too steep, leading to instability during exercise.
Innovation Solution
A platform assembly with a central platform and side platforms made of textured acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic, combined with silicone pads for adhesion, and adjustable cross member supports creating incline angles between 100 to 150 degrees to enhance user stability and prevent slipping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Force
If the user's body angle is increased to provide greater resistance, then the training effectiveness is improved, but the shoe traction is reduced causing slipping
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions from a single flat surface to a multi-level platform structure with central and side platforms at different heights. This dimensional change allows users to maintain a more horizontal body angle while still achieving effective resistance through the elevated positioning, thereby preventing shoe slipping while maintaining training effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform assembly acts as an intermediary between the user and the ground. By positioning the user on elevated platforms rather than directly on the ground, the system mediates the force distribution and reduces the reliance on shoe traction alone, allowing for greater resistance without slipping.
2Ease of manufacture
If a flat surface is used for the platform, then the manufacturing is simplified, but the user stability and traction are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The platform surfaces are equipped with textured overlays that provide localized high-friction zones. This allows the bulk of the platform to remain simple and easy to manufacture, while specific contact areas have enhanced grip properties to improve user stability without complicating the overall manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform combines a base material (easy to manufacture) with a textured overlay material (provides grip). This composite structure allows the platform to benefit from both the manufacturing simplicity of the base material and the stability-providing properties of the textured surface.
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
The platform assembly effectively enables stable suspension training by maintaining traction and allowing adjustable resistance, preventing slipping and enhancing user engagement and safety.
Implementation Method 1
joined a silicone pad that provides surface adhesion
Implementation Method 2
a sheet of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic that is highly textured with a non-slip surface
Data Source
AI summary
A platform assembly has a central platform joined to a first side platform and a second side platform. A first side platform first corner socket and a first side platform second corner socket arranged through the first platform. A first cross member support is joined to the first side platform with a first cross member locking pin through the first corner socket and a second cross member locking pin through the second corner socket. A second side platform first corner socket and a second side platform second corner socket arranged through the second platform. A second cross member support is joined to the second side platform with a second cross member first locking pin through the second side platform first corner socket and a second cross member second locking pin through the second side platform second corner socket.