Exercise Device With Resistive Weight Wheel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional home workout devices require multiple pieces of specialized equipment, leading to clutter and inadequate space in home gyms, and existing multi-purpose devices lack a wheel with a resistive weight system for efficient muscle group workouts.
Innovation Solution
A multi-purpose home workout device featuring a wheel with a resistive weight housed in its open interior, an axle between bracer arms, and a cylindrical block design that allows controlled back-and-forth motion, redistributing user weight across an outer frame with handholds for varied exercises.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pieces of specialized equipment are used to provide complete workout routine, then exercise versatility is improved, but device complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple exercise functions into a single integrated device. The outer frame structure supports multiple bracer arms that can be positioned at different locations, allowing various exercise movements (push-ups, pull-ups, dips, etc.) to be performed using one compact device rather than multiple separate pieces of equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed with universal applicability for working multiple muscle groups. The bracer arms can be configured in different positions and orientations, enabling the same device to perform functions equivalent to multiple specialized exercise machines, thus achieving multi-functionality in a single apparatus.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pieces of specialized equipment are used to provide complete workout routine, then exercise versatility is improved, but home gym space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple exercise functions into one compact device, dramatically reducing the space required in a home gym. Instead of needing separate equipment for different muscle groups, users can perform various exercises using the single integrated device with its configurable bracer arms.
3Volume of moving object
If resistive weight is housed in wheel interior, then device compactness is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The resistive weight is nested within the hollow interior of the wheel, creating a compact design where one component (weight) is contained within another (wheel). This nesting arrangement maximizes space utilization and maintains device compactness while avoiding the need for separate mounting structures.
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 a complete workout routine in a compact, clutter-free space with increased exercise intensity and versatility, using durable materials for economic fabrication.
Implementation Method 1
a wheel designed to rotate about the axle in a controlled back and forth motion that alternatingly pushes the resistive weight outward and then pulls the resistive weight back inward
Implementation Method 2
the bracer arms are designed to receive the axle and to redistribute the weight of a user across the outer frame
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AI summary
A multi-purpose home workout device. The device comprises a resistive weight with an open channel designed to allow an axle to pass therethrough, such that the axle is operably connected to a wheel, and an outer frame. The outer frame further includes a pair of bracer arms designed to receive the axle and to redistribute the weight of a user across the outer frame. The wheel includes an open interior space and is positioned between the bracer arms such that the resistive weight can rest on the axle within the interior space. Furthermore, the orientation of the wheel and the outer frame allow both to rotate about the axle without interfering with one another's movement. As such the outer frame is predisposed to tilting at non-horizontal angles when in use, and thereby forces a user to train their balance, strength and coordination simultaneously.