Rotating Glider Platform for Portable Functional Strength Training

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing athletic training devices fail to effectively improve movement capacities and muscular strength, particularly in explosive strength, while also being portable and adaptable to various training environments and conditions.

Innovation Solution

A modular and portable athletic training device with a low-profile chassis, dual-axis glider, and adjustable components that allow for variable resistance and orientation, enabling exercises that mimic actual athletic movements and enhance proprioception.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a traditional athletic training device is used, then training effectiveness may be achieved, but portability and adaptability to various environments are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveportability and adaptabilityVSAvoidtraining effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The training device is divided into modular components including a platform base, adjustable support structures, and separate resistance mechanisms that can be independently configured or detached, enabling the device to be portable while maintaining training effectiveness through reconfiguration at different locations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The device incorporates adjustable and movable components such as height-adjustable support legs, reconfigurable platform orientations, and variable resistance settings that allow the training system to adapt dynamically to different training requirements and environments without sacrificing effectiveness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed training device is used, then training consistency is maintained, but adaptability to different athletic needs and environments is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to different athletic needsVSAvoiddevice configuration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The training device is designed with multi-functional capabilities, allowing the same platform to support various exercise types through adjustable support structures and resistance mechanisms, enabling it to address different athletic needs without requiring multiple separate devices or overly complex configurations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Strength

If resistance training is increased to improve explosive strength, then muscular strength develops, but the risk of injury and strain increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveexplosive strengthVSAvoidinjury and strain risk

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The device allows systematic variation of training parameters including resistance levels, platform orientations, and exercise ranges through adjustable components, enabling progressive overload and controlled stress application that builds explosive strength while managing injury risk through measurable and controllable training variables

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250345652A1Athletic Training Device for Functional Strength Training

Publication Date: 2025.11.13 MOTUR LLC

AI summary

In an athletic training device, a wheeled frame is configured to roll on a surface, and a rotatable platform is rotatably attached to the wheeled frame. The rotatable platform is configured and dimensioned to support a user's foot, feet or hands on the upper surface during usage of the athletic training device. The length of the bottom platform (the wheeled chassis) is greater than or equal to the width of the rotatable platform, and the rotatable platform and wheeled frame are configured and dimensioned such that the rotatable platform can rotate relative to the frame without obstruction by the wheeled platform or the wheels.