Rotating Hip Thrust Attachment for Space-Saving Versatility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hip thrust exercise machines occupy significant floor space and lack versatility in use, being either standalone units or requiring dedicated structures.
Innovation Solution
A hip thrust attachment exercise system that can be selectively attached to vertical posts or used independently, featuring adjustable legs and a weight stand that rotates with handles for performing hip thrust exercises, allowing for space-saving and versatile use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional hip thrust exercise machines are used, then the exercise function is provided, but significant floor space is occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The hip thrust attachment system can be selectively attached to vertical posts of various resistance training systems or used as a standalone unit with its own support legs, allowing one piece of equipment to serve multiple functions and locations, thereby reducing the need for separate dedicated hip thrust machines in different areas
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system nests compactly onto vertical posts when attached mode is used, utilizing the existing structural space of the resistance training system rather than requiring additional floor space, similar to how nested dolls occupy space within each other
2Ease of operation
If conventional hip thrust machines are designed as standalone units, then independence is achieved, but device complexity and space occupation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support legs are designed to be selectively positionable between an extended configuration for standalone use and a retracted configuration for attachment mode, allowing the structure to dynamically adapt to different operational requirements without requiring multiple complex fixed structures
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into modular components including the attachment interface, support legs, and weight stand, allowing each segment to be independently configured for either attached or standalone operation, simplifying the overall design by breaking down the complexity into manageable functional segments
3Ease of operation
If the weight stand is designed with rotation capability, then ease of lifting is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bar connected to the weight stand is designed to rotate within the rotational support bracket, allowing dynamic adjustment of the bar's orientation during the lifting motion to optimize force application and ease of operation, while the rotation mechanism itself remains a simple bracket-based design rather than a complex mechanical system
Data Source
AI summary
A hip thrust attachment exercise system includes a bench, a support system coupled to the bench and having a support bar underneath the bench; and a bench support brace extending from the bench and coupled to the support bar; a first leg and a second leg each extending from the support bar; a weight stand having a first stand leg with a first handle; a second stand leg with a second handle; and a bar extending between the first stand leg and the second stand leg; and a rotational support bracket extending from the bench and coupled to the bar such that the bar can rotate within the rotational support bracket; the weight stand is to be lifted via the first and second handles such that the bar rotates within the rotational support bracket; and once the weight stand is lifted, the user can perform a hip thrust exercise.