Un prototype est un modèle préliminaire. Lorsqu'un projet a pour but la fabrication d'un produit physique, le créateur doit présenter un prototype fonctionnel à ses contributeurs. Cette galerie de photos, de vidéos et d'éléments visuels montre aux contributeurs ce qui a été accompli et ce qu'il reste à faire. Le processus de développement est susceptible de varier d'un projet à l'autre, mais les étapes typiques sont les suivantes :
Validation de concept
Une étude visant à tester l'idée et les fonctionnalités du produit.
Prototype fonctionnel
Un prototype qui présente le fonctionnement du produit final, mais qui n'en a pas l'aspect.
Prototype d'apparence
Une maquette qui ressemble au produit final, mais qui ne fonctionne pas.
Prototype de design
Un prototype dont l'apparence et les fonctionnalités correspondent au produit final, mais dont les méthodes de fabrication sont différentes.
Prototype de production
L'apparence, les fonctionnalités et les méthodes de fabrication sont celles du produit final.
Galerie de prototypes
Ces photos et vidéos offrent un aperçu détaillé de l'avancée du projet.
Stow Fitness has been working hard to solve this problem...and we are proud to say that we have done it! Most modern fitness equipment has a "space savings" element to it, whether it is designed to go in the corner or slide up against a wall, they just don't meet the expectations. The equipment ends up being an eye sore in a room, shoved in a room that you really didn't want to work out in, or simply not purchased due to the size of a home or apartment. Stow Fitness furniture is able to say that the fitness equipment does not take up any space when stowed away in the chair. If you have room for a chair....you now have room for full size exercise equipment!
Stow Fitness Product Line
Chair -
Commercial fabric that is cleanable with heavy duty cleaners including bleach.
Designed by manufacture with 30+ years in Commercial and Residential furniture design.
Built to Commercial design standards for high quality and durability.
4 color options to choose from (Including the Special Kickstarter edition green)
Built on standard platform so Spin Bike and Weight Bench versions are identical when fitness equipment is stowed.
Solid wood, Walnut Matte finish feet.
Spin Bike
Spin Bike
Anti-bacterial Powder Coat finish
40 pound flywheel
Fully adjustable handlebars and seat adjustments for different size riders.
Resistance adjustment.
Technology enabled cadence tracking. Just connect to your favorite cycling app through bluetooth. Works with IOS and Android.
Phone holder for fitness tracking.
Water bottle holder
Foldable bike pedals with cages
Weight Bench
Weight Bench
Anti-bacterial Powder Coat finish
Soft cushioned, easy cleanable bench top
Includes quick attach dumbbells (2)
Includes quick attach kettle ball handle (1)
Includes 90 pounds of weight plates to use with dumbbells and kettle ball handle
Bench has multiple adjustments for different exercises
Colors Available
Super easy!! Both the Spin Bike and the Weight Bench are designed to be unfolded and in use in under 30 seconds. Both of the products use the same door front and lever to release the mechanism holding in the fitness equipment. After these two steps, the weight bench unfolds completely in two steps while the spin bike unfolds in four. These steps are designed to be intuitive, simple, and quick for any user. Please watch the video and feel free to ask any questions.
Spin Bike
Weight Bench
The chair was designed to essentially replace or compliment your existing furniture. Not all chairs are created equal, but the Stow Fitness Chair will be similar in size to a large recliner or other chair you may have. The actual dimensions of the chair without the fitness equipment deployed is approximately 46" wide x 38" deep
Each of our Chair rewards can be given as a Christmas Present! Just pick the reward you want, print our Christmas Download off of stowfitness.com, and place it in a card in the tree! Make Stow Fitness a great gift this Holiday Season!
Back in 2013, I had grown annoyed with the fitness equipment that had started gathering in our living room. Our family was growing with our soon to come 3rd child, and what was once a combination fitness room and guest room had now become my daughters room. Fortunately for us, we had a basement to move our fitness equipment to. Even though we had an option, going down to the old basement while the rest of the family was upstairs was not always a great option. So with that, many of our weights, yoga mats, exercise ball, and other small pieces of equipment had started to collect in our living room. It became an eye sore and I decided that there had to be a better solution.
The project didn't get off the ground immediately, but the thought of solving the space issue for people like myself and those with even smaller spaces stayed on my mind, until I finally started addressing it.
Early Concept design
I was fortunate that I was consulting with many different manufacturing companies and had access to resources that could help me start to work on some proof of concept prototypes. Throughout 2014, I worked on refining my concept and the prototypes. Engaging engineering resources to help me with concept development and research. Eventually, I felt confident enough that this was a product that solved a real problem, that many people want would want it, and that needed to come to market!
Chair Design Concepts
In 2015, we increased the resources and started full development of the product. Working diligently to solve the problem in the most simple way possible to provide a great experience for the end user. This included many different designs for unfolding the product, stowing the product, and how simple the engagement could be with the end user.
Weight bench Prototype
By mid 2016, we were able to develop 2 high quality pieces of fitness equipment that meet all the original design criteria within a common platform for the furniture to be designed around.
The furniture design and development started with many visual concepts before we finally settled on the final design. We were able to quickly get the look and comfort level desired after a few different prototypes to provide the final Stow Fitness product line that we are offering today.
Jason
Jason Burt - STOW FITNESS FOUNDER
Jason worked at Herman Miller for 15 years in various leadership roles in Operations, Supply Management, Continuous Improvement and many others. During his time at Herman Miller, Jason was able to learn about the entire development, manufacturing, and distribution processes in the furniture industry. After his time at Herman Miller, Jason started his own business consulting company, helping manufacturing clients increase their operational capability...and has been consulting for the last 5 years. Over the last two years, Jason has been dedicated and focused on bringing Stow into your home.
Garrett is a Grand Rapids based engineering service provider that works with many clients in the West Michigan furniture industry. Garrett has also worked on many government projects and with other fortune 500 companies.
CJ Designs has over 200 years of collective experience in the design and upholstery of furniture. Full product development capabilities, Upholstery, Assembly, and Packaging
New School Advertising is a Marketing and Advertising company based in Muskegon, Michigan who has been working directly with Stow Fitness to develop a clear brand and marketing plan to drive project success.
Equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 and ANT+ dual-band technology, the RPM Cadence measures crucial cycling data and wirelessly send it to your iPhone, Android, or GPS Bike Computer. Just connect Wahoo to your favorite fitness app!
In home gyms and world-class training facilities around the world, Ironmaster weight lifting equipment and best adjustable dumbbells are regarded as the toughest and most reliable equipment on the market. Ironmaster weight lifting equipment offers a track record of proven performance through years of abuse while offering the best in ergonomics, space efficiency and safety.
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Risques et défis
Our expanded team has been working in the furniture and manufacturing industry for over 25 years with some of the most renown commercial and residential furniture companies. We have also teamed up with skilled suppliers to bring the technical fitness equipment knowledge necessary to compliment the product line. Even though we have an extremely skilled team and supply base, there are still always risks and challenges that can occur.
We have minimized the risk through multiple prototypes and functional testing at each stage of the process. There are still minimal adjustments that need to be engineered into the final product which create a risk that we will manage through.
Manufacturing Risk -
The majority of our experience is in the engineering and manufacturing of consumer goods. With that, we know that when scaling to mass production, we will need to be extremely diligent to make sure that we create processes that build the best product possible to deliver to our backers.
Lead-time Risk -
We have worked with our suppliers and engineers to predict the schedule from funding to delivery for each of the individual rewards. We have included time for final engineering, Final Testing, Tooling build, and process verification. These are all areas where delays are possible, but the team is dedicated to drive a high quality product to delivery on time for our backers and will do everything necessary to do so.
Capacity -
We have designed our campaign based on the current capability and capacities for us and our supply base. We have had many discussions and planning sessions to try and predict the anticipated demand and have adjusted our rewards accordingly. If demand were to be much greater than anticipated, processes may need to be adjusted to handle the unexpected demand. This would be a “good problem” to have and we do not believe it would create any delays, but we would need to adjust our current plans for tooling and processes to accommodate.
Overall, we expect some same hiccups along the way, but we have been in the manufacturing environment for many years and have the capability to handle these bumps in the road as they come.
We will send you a thank you letter along with a couple great STOW FITNESS stickers. This is a great way to support us if the time is not right to purchase one of our products.
Please support us and have your place in line held with $1399 pricing! We will develop our distribution so we can start delivering internationally after domestic orders are fulfilled. This pricing does not include any taxes, fees, and shipping to international destinations.
We will contact you soon after the campaign to start working on your order.
This is a great way to support Stow Fitness! You get a box of STOW FITNESS goodies, including a water bottle, T-Shirt, workout towel, and some stickers!
Your chair will be one of only 25 unique Kickstarter editions, manufactured in green fabric, by STOW FITNESS. The chair will come with a serial number and a letter of authenticity.
Your will have the choice of the Spin Bike or Weight bench versions.
You will also have access to a Christmas card download on our website describing your purchase to give as a christmas present until the Chair arrives.
