Variable Release Resistance Reaction Belt
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reaction belts lack the ability to adjust release resistance and suffer from durability issues due to deteriorating attachment structures, limiting their effectiveness in providing a consistent training challenge over time.
Innovation Solution
A detachable reaction belt system with a detaching structure that allows for multiple connection configurations, offering adjustable release resistance through a male and female portion engagement mechanism with protrusions and openings, ensuring consistent tension and durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If hook and loop material is used for attachment, then the belt can be easily detached and reattached, but the release resistance deteriorates over time compromising durability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the Dynamics principle by making the release resistance adjustable rather than fixed. The detaching structure allows users to select from multiple connection configurations (at least two different ways) that offer different release resistance levels. This dynamic adjustment capability resolves the contradiction by enabling the belt to maintain consistent performance characteristics throughout its service life, preventing the deterioration issue inherent in static hook and loop materials while preserving ease of operation through selective engagement options.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements the Parameter changes principle by providing multiple connection configurations with different release resistance values. Instead of relying on a single attachment mechanism with fixed properties, the system allows users to change the engagement parameter (release resistance) by selecting different connection ways. This ensures that the release resistance can be optimized for specific training needs and maintains consistency over time, directly addressing the durability and performance degradation issues of traditional hook and loop materials.
2Device complexity
If fixed release resistance is used, then the attachment structure is simple, but the training challenge varies inconsistently over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by introducing dynamic adjustability to the release resistance parameter. The detaching structure is designed with multiple connection configurations that allow users to select different engagement levels. This dynamic capability ensures consistent training challenges over time by preventing the unpredictable variation that occurs with deteriorating fixed- resistance materials, while the modular design keeps the overall device complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the Universality principle by designing the detaching structure to serve multiple functions: it provides several connection configurations with different release resistance levels, allows easy detachment and reattachment, and maintains consistent performance across its service life. This multi-functional design achieves reliable and consistent training challenges without requiring entirely separate equipment for different resistance levels, thereby managing device complexity effectively.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple connection configurations are provided, then release resistance can be adjusted, but the detaching structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the Segmentation principle by dividing the detaching structure into distinct components with multiple connection configurations. Rather than using a single complex adjustable mechanism, the system segments the attachment function into separate engagement options (at least two different connection ways). Each segment provides a specific release resistance level, and users select the appropriate configuration based on training needs. This segmentation achieves adaptability while keeping individual components relatively simple and manageable.
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AI summary
A cost effective training belt that offers the ability to vary the release resistance and that allows the release resistance to remain relatively constant throughout the life of the belt. In one disclosed embodiment, the reaction belt has a first and second belt detachably secured together with a detaching structure that can connect the first and second belts together in at least two different ways. Each of the connecting ways offers a different release resistance; thereby a user can select the desired release resistance by selecting which way to connect the two belts together.