Rotating Exercise Platform with Curved Track and Locking Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current exercise devices lack the ability to effectively target various abdominal muscle regions and provide a comprehensive aerobic and cardiac workout with adjustable resistance and motion options.
Innovation Solution
The exercise device features two selectably rotatable platforms with a rolling mechanism that rides on a curved track, allowing for multiple locking positions to achieve front-to-back, side-to-side, and rotational movements, with optional resistance mechanisms to increase exercise intensity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current exercise devices are used, then simple exercise functions are provided, but the ability to target various abdominal muscle regions and provide comprehensive aerobic workout is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device is divided into multiple independent platforms (first platform, second platform, third platform) that can be selectively locked at different positions. Each platform can be independently controlled to provide specific movement patterns, allowing targeted engagement of different abdominal muscle regions while maintaining a modular device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates selective locking mechanisms that allow platforms to be fixed or moved dynamically during exercise. The rolling mechanism enables the second platform to roll along curved tracks, providing dynamic motion options that target different muscle groups based on the combination of locked and unlocked platforms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple locking positions are added to provide front-to-back, side-to-side, and rotational movements, then exercise versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple locking positions and movement functions are combined into a unified platform system where the first, second, and third platforms work together. The selective locking mechanisms are integrated across platforms, allowing complex multi-directional movements to be achieved through coordinated locking/unlocking of existing components rather than adding separate mechanisms for each function.
3Power
If resistance mechanisms are added to increase exercise intensity, then workout effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
Exercise intensity is controlled by changing the configuration parameters of existing components rather than adding resistance mechanisms. By adjusting which platforms are locked and which are free to move, the device changes the mechanical advantage and movement resistance, providing variable exercise intensity without additional weight or complex resistance equipment.
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AI summary
An exercise device provides a revolving range of motion around an axis designed to provide an exercise of the whole torso muscles in one block. Multiple embodiments include a base frame, an arm portion connected to and extending from the base frame and a rotatable platform mounted on the arm portion. In some embodiments, the arm portion is adjustable and is configured to form a plurality of angles with the base frame, and the platform is configured to be mounted on the arm portion at a plurality of distances from a center of the base frame. Other embodiments include a base frame, a substantially enclosed track mounted on the base frame, a rolling mechanism that rides on the substantially enclosed track and a rotatable platform that rides on the rolling mechanism.