Roller Attachment Exercise Device Posture Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices do not adequately assist users in maintaining proper posture and balance during squatting exercises, particularly for individuals with shoulder or neck issues or those who struggle with traditional squat methods.
Innovation Solution
A roller attachment device that includes a frame member with a rotating roller and a bracket for attachment to exercise machines or other supports, providing support and maintaining balance by rotating as the user performs squats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional squat methods are used, then exercise effectiveness is achieved, but users with shoulder or neck issues cannot perform the exercise properly
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the barbell component from the traditional squat exercise and replaces it with a roller attachment that contacts the back. This removes the harmful element (shoulder/neck burden) while preserving the squatting motion and muscle engagement benefits.
Solution Approach 2:
The roller attachment serves as an intermediary between the user's back and the support structure. Instead of placing weight on the shoulders, the roller mediates the contact point, allowing users with shoulder or neck issues to perform squats safely while maintaining proper posture.
2Reliability
If support mechanisms are added to assist posture, then balance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The roller attachment is designed to rotate dynamically as the user performs the squatting motion. This dynamic rotation provides continuous posture support and balance assistance throughout the exercise range of motion, rather than requiring a complex static support structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The roller attachment serves multiple functions: it provides posture support, maintains balance, and enables the squatting motion itself. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate support mechanisms, thereby limiting device complexity while achieving reliable posture support.
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 roller attachment device helps users maintain proper posture and balance during squatting exercises, assists in muscle isolation and strength development, and provides a therapeutic benefit through myofascial release.
Implementation Method 1
a roller attached to the frame member so that the roller may rotate about a longitudinal axis
Implementation Method 2
provides a therapeutic benefit through myofascial release
Data Source
AI summary
A roller attachment for an exercise machine includes a frame member, a roller attached to the frame member via an axle member so that the roller may rotate about a longitudinal axis, and a bracket for attachment to an exercise machine, structure, or to another desired support. The roller attachment is removably attachable to the frame of a home gym system, so that a user may perform squat exercises with his or her back pressed against the roller. As the user performs squats, the roller rotates in one direction when the user is moving downwardly into the squat position, and the roller rotates in an opposed direction when the user is moving upwardly, back into an upright position. The roller attachment helps the user to maintain balance, and further, assists in maintaining proper posture during the squatting exercises.