Vertical Body Board Rack for Multi-User Fitness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional body boards are designed for single-user horizontal use, limiting exercises that involve stretching or pulling parallel to the user's bodyline and preventing simultaneous use by multiple users.
Innovation Solution
A vertical body board fitness device with a stand, featuring planar surfaces and pad eyes for running resistance cables, allowing two users to perform exercises simultaneously and enabling bodyline exercises.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the body board is designed for horizontal floor placement, then it is simple in structure and easy to manufacture, but it can only accommodate one user at a time and limits exercise directions
Solution Approach 1:
The body board is transformed from a horizontal floor-based configuration to a vertical wall-mounted configuration. This dimensional change allows multiple users to perform exercises simultaneously in different directions (pushing/pulling against the wall) while maintaining structural simplicity through the use of a straightforward vertical mounting frame with attachment points
2Productivity
If the body board is designed for single-user horizontal use, then the structure remains simple, but simultaneous use by multiple users is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The vertical body board structure incorporates multiple independently positioned attachment points (pad eyes, hooks) distributed across the vertical surface. This segmentation allows multiple resistance bands to be attached at different heights and positions, enabling multiple users to exercise simultaneously with independent movement paths without requiring complex mechanical interconnections
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AI summary
Disclosed is a new vertical body board fitness device. The device comprises a vertical body board comprising a plurality of pad eyes for running resistance bands therethrough and a stand to which the body board is secured. In one embodiment, the device comprises a vertical rectangular frame in lieu of the body board.