Universal Gym Mounting Bracket With Internal Rod Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gym equipment mounting brackets are typically designed for specific sizes and configurations, limiting their interchangeability and requiring multiple brackets for different rigging sizes, which increases costs and clutter, and often fail to withstand both downward and upward forces effectively.
Innovation Solution
A multi-use mounting bracket with a face plate and side flanges featuring multiple pairs of holes sized and positioned to fit various gym rigging configurations, including 2×2, 2×3, and 3×3 rigging, along with an extension that supports therapeutic devices, providing secure attachment and resistance to both downward and upward forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple brackets are used for different rigging sizes, then compatibility with various gym equipment configurations is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed with multiple pairs of holes in different configurations on the face plate, allowing a single bracket to accommodate various gym rigging sizes (2×2, 2×3, 3×3) and hole patterns. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for multiple separate brackets, directly resolving the contradiction by providing universal compatibility while maintaining simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket incorporates multiple pairs of holes segmented into different groups, each group configured for specific rigging sizes. This segmentation allows selective use of appropriate hole pairs based on the equipment being mounted, enabling one bracket to serve multiple purposes without requiring multiple specialized brackets.
2Device complexity
If a single bracket is used for multiple configurations, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
During manufacturing, multiple pairs of holes are pre-positioned and pre-drilled in the face plate at precise locations corresponding to different rigging configurations. This preliminary action during manufacturing ensures that when installation occurs, the correct hole pair can be quickly selected and aligned without requiring complex adjustments, thereby reducing installation complexity while maintaining the precision needed for multiple configurations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extension length is increased to support therapeutic devices, then functionality is improved, but structural stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The extension incorporates an internal support rod nested within its structure. This nested support rod provides internal reinforcement that maintains structural stability and prevents bending or sagging, enabling the extension to support therapeutic devices at increased lengths without compromising the stability of the overall bracket assembly.
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AI summary
Described herein are examples of multi-use mounting brackets having an extension with an internal support rod configured to support gym accessories. A single multi-use mounting bracket fits gym rigging or gym racks of different sizes and hole configurations. This accomplished by including multiple pairs of holes that are sized and positioned to be compatible with different gym rigging configurations. The multi-use mounting brackets described herein are advantageously designed to resist both downward and upward forces.