Slant Board Exercise Machine with Rotating Cylinder
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current exercise machines fail to effectively exercise both extensor and flexor muscles simultaneously, often requiring separate machines and being expensive when they do.
Innovation Solution
An exercise machine design featuring a base with upright walls and tracks, a rotating fulcrum with guide bearings, a slant board with adjustable resistance, and a seat support, allowing users to engage both extensor and flexor muscles with a single, cost-effective setup.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single exercise machine is designed to exercise both extensor and flexor muscles, then the need for multiple machines is eliminated and cost is reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two separate exercise functions (extensor and flexor muscle exercise) into a single integrated machine. The machine includes a base with upright walls, a fulcrum with rotating cylinder, a slant board, and a seat support that work together to enable both extensor exercise (via foot movement on the slant board) and flexor exercise (via handlebar movement), eliminating the need for two separate machines
Solution Approach 2:
The exercise machine is designed with universal functionality to perform multiple exercise types. The slant board can be adjusted to different angles and positions, and the handlebars can move independently, allowing the same machine structure to serve multiple muscle groups and exercise purposes, making it adaptable to various workout needs
2Adaptability or versatility
If expensive machines are used to exercise both extensor and flexor muscles, then comprehensive workout capability is achieved, but the cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The machine is divided into distinct functional segments (base with tracks, fulcrum with rotating cylinder, slant board, seat support, handlebars) that can be manufactured separately and assembled. This segmentation allows for simpler, more cost-effective production of each component using standard manufacturing processes, rather than requiring a single complex expensive machine
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs simple, durable components that can be manufactured at low cost, such as the rotating cylinder with guide bearings, the slant board with basic adjustment mechanisms, and the handlebars. These components provide comprehensive workout capability without requiring expensive materials or complex manufacturing processes
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and cost-effective exercise of both extensor and flexor muscles, providing a comprehensive workout without the need for multiple machines.
Implementation Method 1
a rotating cylinder rotatably disposed within the frame, wherein guide bearings extend from opposing sides of the frame and are slidably disposed within the tracks; a slant board disposed substantially above the base and resting on the rotating cylinder
Implementation Method 2
guide bearings extend from opposing sides of the frame and are slidably disposed within the tracks
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AI summary
An exercise machine that enables a user to exercise extensor and flexor muscles. The exercise machine includes a base with a rolling cylinder configured to roll from a front end of the base to a rear end of the base. The exercise machine further includes a slant board resting on the rolling cylinder.