Telescopic Roller Massager with Movable Handles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional handheld massage devices for treating muscles are too long and not designed for carrying during travel or exercise, limiting their portability and usability.
Innovation Solution
A portable roller massager with an elongate center shaft and a rotatable roller section, featuring movable handles that allow manual operation to rotate the roller section for massage, and various connection mechanisms such as thread-to-connect, twist-to-connect, and push-to-connect for compact storage and easy carrying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional handheld massage devices are made long to provide effective massage coverage, then massage efficacy is improved, but portability and ease of carrying deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The roller massager is designed with a telescopic structure where the roller section can be inserted into and nested within the handle, allowing the device to collapse to a compact size for portability while maintaining full extension length for effective massage coverage when needed
2Productivity
If the roller section extends between the first and second ends of the shaft, then massage coverage is maximized, but the device becomes less compact for carrying
Solution Approach 1:
The roller section is designed to be movable relative to the shaft, allowing it to dynamically change position between an extended state for maximum massage coverage and a retracted state for compact storage, with the roller able to slide along the shaft between the first and second ends
3Stability of the object's composition
If fixed handles are used on the shaft, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability and ease of adjustment deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The handles are designed with movable connections to the shaft, allowing them to be adjusted along the shaft length and locked at different positions, providing both structural stability when locked and adaptability for different user preferences and massage applications
Data Source
AI summary
A portable roller massager includes an elongate center shaft having a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end, a roller section rotatably positioned about an outer surface of the elongate center shaft and extending not entirely between the first and second ends, a first handle member movably attachable to the first end of the elongate center shaft, and a second handle member movably attachable to the second end of the elongate center shaft. The elongate center shaft, roller section, first handle member, and second handle member cooperate to form a portable roller massager for massaging and treating a person's muscles.