Wall-Mount Weightlifting Rack Bracket for Narrow-Stud Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing weightlifting rack assemblies require additional studs to be secured to wall studs, increasing their footprint and limiting placement options, especially in spaces with narrow studs.
Innovation Solution
A weightlifting assembly with a wall mount bracket that suspends the rack above the ground, using elongated brackets with support arms and receivers to connect a bar, allowing for secure mounting without engaging the ground and minimizing space usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a traditional squat rack is used, then weightlifting can be performed, but the rack occupies a large amount of floor space
Solution Approach 1:
The squat rack is transformed from a floor-standing structure to a wall-mounted structure, changing the spatial dimension from horizontal floor occupation to vertical wall utilisation. The rack system attaches to wall studs and distributes weight loads to the wall structure rather than requiring floor space, effectively moving the support function from the floor plane to the wall plane.
Solution Approach 2:
The wall-mounted squat rack is divided into multiple separate components including vertical posts, horizontal bars, safety bars, and wall mounting brackets. These segmented components can be independently assembled and configured, allowing the system to adapt to different space requirements while maintaining weightlifting functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the rack is designed to be adjustable for different users, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rack incorporates adjustable components including height-adjustable safety bars and positionable horizontal bars that can be moved along the vertical posts. These dynamic elements allow the rack configuration to be changed based on user requirements while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through the use of standardised adjustment mechanisms.
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AI summary
A weightlifting assembly includes a wall mount bracket configured for mounting to a wall surface and a weightlifting rack assembly connected to the wall mount bracket. The weightlifting rack assembly may have various configurations, including a foldable weight rack assembly, a pull-up bar, a fixed weightlifting rack, a wall-mount weightlifting rack, or various other configurations. The wall mount bracket may be elongated along a lateral width thereof and may have a first mounting region and a second mounting region spaced from each other along the lateral width the wall mount bracket. The wall mount bracket may also include a central panel that is spaced from the wall surface to provide clearance for fasteners for connection to the weightlifting rack assembly, and in some embodiments, the weightlifting rack assembly may be connected to multiple wall mount panels.