Punching Bag with Compressible Foam Insert and Removable Fill Pouches

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional punching bags pose a risk of injury due to their dense punch-absorbing materials, and their pre-filled state makes shipping difficult and expensive.

Innovation Solution

A heavy bag design featuring a foam insert with an open central channel and removable pouches filled with dense materials like sand or water, allowing for adjustable weight and easier storage by compressing the foam insert for shipping.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional heavy bags use dense punch-absorbing material, then they provide effective impact absorption, but they increase the risk of injury to hands and feet

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimpact absorptionVSAvoidinjury risk

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The heavy bag is divided into multiple layers with different materials serving different functions: an outer foam layer for safety and a inner dense layer for impact absorption. This segmentation allows each layer to optimize its specific function without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The heavy bag uses a composite structure combining foam material and dense punch-absorbing material in distinct layers. The foam outer layer provides cushioning to reduce injury risk, while the dense inner layer maintains effective impact absorption, creating a multi-functional composite system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Ease of operation

If heavy bags are shipped in a pre-filled state, then they are ready for immediate use, but shipping becomes difficult and expensive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereadiness for useVSAvoidshipping weight

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSWeight of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The heavy bag is segmented into separate components (outer cover, foam insert, removable pouch, and fill material) that can be shipped separately in a compressed state and easily assembled by the user upon receipt, reducing shipping costs while maintaining ease of setup.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The heavy bag incorporates a removable pouch that can be filled with adjustable amounts of material, allowing the weight and density to be dynamically adjusted based on user preferences and shipping requirements, rather than being fixed in a pre-filled state.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

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

Reduces the risk of injury during training by using a foam insert to absorb impacts and allows for cost-effective shipping by compressing the bag for storage and transport.

Implementation Method 1

The foam insert includes an open channel and has a monolithic one-piece construction... reduces the risk of injury during training by using a foam insert to absorb impacts

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectImpact absorption: Damping

Data Source

PatentUS20240390760A1Punching bag and method of storing the same

Publication Date: 2024.11.28 JAWAID IMRAN

AI summary

Disclosed herein is a heavy bag including an outer cover. The heavy bag also includes a foam insert retained in and covered by the outer cover. The foam insert includes an open channel and has a monolithic one-piece construction. The heavy bag further includes at least one removable pouch in the open central channel. The heavy bag additionally includes a fill material in the at least one removable pouch.