Tethered Aquatic Exercise Vest with Elastic Bungee Rope
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals face challenges in performing efficient aquatic exercises due to the limited size of pools, which leads to fatigue and inefficiency, and the inconvenience of sharing public pools, resulting in costly memberships and waiting times, as well as collisions with other swimmers.
Innovation Solution
A tethered aquatic exercise system comprising a vest with a D-ring attachment and an elastic bungee rope anchored to a fixed point, allowing swimmers to perform full-body workouts in place without advancing forward, suitable for pools of any size, reducing collisions and eliminating the need for expensive memberships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If individuals swim forward to perform aquatic exercises, then they can complete full-body workouts, but they advance forward in the pool causing fatigue and collisions with other swimmers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a tethering system consisting of a vest with D-ring attachment, elastic bungee rope, and anchor as intermediary elements. This mediator prevents the swimmer from advancing forward while allowing full-body exercise movements, thereby eliminating collisions and waiting time without sacrificing exercise efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the positional parameter of the swimmer from mobile (advancing forward) to stationary (anchored in place). The elastic bungee rope provides dynamic resistance that adapts to movement while maintaining the stationary position, resolving the contradiction between completing exercises and avoiding forward advancement
2Adaptability or versatility
If individuals use public pools for aquatic exercises, then they can access exercise facilities, but they come in the way of each other and require expensive memberships
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables self-service aquatic exercise by providing a portable tethering system that individuals can use independently in any pool. The vest, rope, and anchor combination allows swimmers to anchor themselves and perform exercises without requiring pool memberships or sharing facilities with others
Solution Approach 2:
The tethering system is universally applicable in pools of any size and type. The elastic bungee rope and anchor configuration works in home pools, public pools, and ocean beaches, providing multi-functional exercise capability without requiring expensive memberships or dedicated facilities
3Ease of operation
If individuals perform aquatic exercises in small pools, then they can use available facilities, but they cannot efficiently perform exercises due to limited space
Solution Approach 1:
The tethering system acts as a mediator that enables efficient exercise performance in small pools by preventing forward advancement. The elastic bungee rope provides sufficient resistance and range of motion for full-body workouts without requiring extensive pool space, thereby resolving the contradiction between pool size and exercise efficiency
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables effective full-body aquatic workouts in any pool size without forward movement, reducing fatigue, collisions, and the need for costly memberships, while providing a cost-effective and time-saving solution for pool users.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic bungee rope anchored to a fixed point, allowing swimmers to perform full-body workouts in place without advancing forward
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a swimming and aquatic exercise system and a method of use thereof. The exercise system includes a modified vest that has a ring rotatably affixed to a back portion of the vest. The vest has adjustable straps and a waist belt to secure the vest around a swimmer. A rope is removably attached to the ring using a cord hook wherein the opposite end of the rope is fastened to an anchor or any other fixed point around a pool. In use, the vest is worn by a swimmer to enable the swimmer to perform a full body aquatic workout while the fastened rope prevents the swimmer from advancing forward, and therefore enables the swimmer to swim and perform water exercises in place without getting in the way of other users of the pool.