Rotating Exercise Targets With Adjustable Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current training devices lack a combined structure that can simulate an interactive sparring partner with high impact absorption while ensuring user safety, particularly in multi-purpose exercise and training applications such as boxing and martial arts.
Innovation Solution
An exercise assembly with an elongated support shaft and adjustable targets, including rotating targets with weighted and cushioned arms, and a resistance assembly that allows for continuous or restricted rotation, along with a base for various orientations and a head target with a spring segment for realistic training.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a heavy punching bag is used for training, then impact absorption capability is improved, but user safety deteriorates due to risk of injury to wrists and ankles
Solution Approach 1:
The training device is divided into multiple separate targets (first target, second target, third target) mounted on individual rotatable arms, rather than a single heavy bag. This segmentation allows each target to be lighter and independently movable, maintaining impact absorption while reducing injury risk through distributed mass and motion.
Solution Approach 2:
The targets are mounted on rotatable arms that allow dynamic movement during impact. The arms can rotate to absorb force and redirect impact away from the user's body, transforming the static heavy bag into a dynamic system that actively manages impact forces to protect the user.
2Device complexity
If a stationary training product is used, then structural simplicity is improved, but training versatility deteriorates due to inability to simulate interactive sparring
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates rotatable arms with targets that move in response to user input, simulating the unpredictable movements of a sparring partner. This dynamic behavior provides interactive training experience while maintaining relatively simple mechanical construction using basic rotatable joints and mounting structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The training device can be configured for multiple training modes including boxing, martial arts, and speed training by adjusting target positions and arm configurations. The same basic structure supports various training objectives, making it a universal training solution rather than a single-purpose device.
3Adaptability or versatility
If targets are made rotatable to simulate sparring partner, then training realism is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotational mechanism is segmented into individual arm assemblies rather than a complex centralized system. Each arm with its target can rotate independently on simple pivot points, reducing overall device complexity while achieving realistic multi-directional training movements.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple targets are mounted on the shaft, then training versatility is improved, but adjustment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple targets are mounted on separate rotatable arms rather than being fixed to a single shaft. This segmentation allows each target to be independently positioned and adjusted, simplifying the adjustment process while maintaining training versatility for different exercise types and user preferences.
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 exercise assembly provides a versatile and safe training experience by simulating an interactive sparring partner, allowing for continuous rotation and directional redirection of targets, enhancing user dexterity and safety through adjustable resistance and cushioning, thus addressing the need for a multi-purpose training device.
Implementation Method 1
a spring segment disposed in movably interconnecting relation between the support arm segment and the target section
Implementation Method 2
Each of the one or more rotating targets includes an elongated arm having both a weighted construction and a safety portion
Implementation Method 3
the safety portion is preferably made of a cushioning material. Such cushioning material may be in the form of a flexible material foam or the like
Data Source
AI summary
An improved exercise assembly structured to be struck by a user includes a base supporting a shaft on a supporting surface. A support shaft extends outwardly from the supporting surface. At least one rotating targets is connected to the support shaft and extends outwardly. A resistance assembly is adjustably mounted on the shaft into and out of a position relative to a path of travel of at least one rotating target. The position includes the resistance assembly in engagement with at least one rotating target. The rotating target includes an elongated arm including a predetermined weighted construction and a safety portion thereon.