Compact Rotational Exercise Device for Tire-Flipping Workouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gyms and weight rooms often lack the space for tire-flipping exercises, necessitating a compact device that allows adjustable weight, easy gripping, and durability while being inexpensive to manufacture.
Innovation Solution
A compact exercise apparatus with a base and a weight mechanism that allows rotational engagement, featuring a semi-circular elastomeric tire section for flipping, adjustable auxiliary weights, and integrated gripping features, along with optional data recording and rope-pulling capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a full-size weighted tire is used for tire-flipping exercises, then the exercise effectiveness is improved, but the space required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the full-size tire into two separate half-tire weights, each mounted on its own base. This segmentation allows the exercise equipment to be compact enough for indoor gym spaces while still providing the tire-flipping exercise experience. The half-tire configuration reduces the space footprint compared to a full-size tire while maintaining exercise effectiveness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the weight of the exercise object is fixed, then the device structure is simpler, but the adaptability to different workout intensities is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements adjustable weight mechanisms on each half-tire assembly, allowing users to modify the weight according to different workout intensities and fitness levels. This dynamic adjustment capability enhances versatility while the modular design keeps the overall structure manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates multiple functions including tire-flipping exercise, adjustable weight resistance, and various grip positions. This multi-functionality increases adaptability for different workout styles without requiring separate equipment, achieving versatility through a single integrated apparatus.
3Ease of operation
If the weight is designed without gripping features, then the structure is simpler, but the ease of gripping and user control is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates specific gripping features such as handholds and textured surfaces on the half-tire weights at locations optimized for user grip. These localized quality enhancements provide excellent gripping ease without requiring complex overall structural changes, maintaining simplicity while improving usability.
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AI summary
An exercise apparatus for use by a person on a support surface comprises a base that includes a bottom side and a top side, the top side having a rigid support mechanism projecting upwardly therefrom. A weight has a first side and a second side and is adapted for rotational engagement with the support mechanism of the base between a first position on one side of the support mechanism and a second position on an opposing side of the support mechanism. Multiple standoffs projecting upwardly from the base are each adapted to contact and support the weight when in either the first position or the second position, defining a gap between the weight and the base to facilitate the gripping of the weight by the person. At least one auxiliary weight support may be included to receive at least one auxiliary weight thereon.