ATV Pet Seat Base Shaping to Eliminate Injury Gaps

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Solution Overview

Problem

Side-by-side ATVs have problematic spaces around the back seat where a pet's paw or leg could slip down, potentially causing injury, especially between the seat and console or door, and during sudden stops.

Innovation Solution

A customizable pet seat apparatus with a seat base and support apparatus that fits the ATV's contours, featuring customized sides and support posts to secure the seat in place, reducing gaps and preventing pet entrapment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a standard back seat is used in the ATV, then the seat can be easily manufactured and installed, but problematic spaces are created between the seat and ATV components where pets can get injured

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepet safetyVSAvoidseat structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The seat base is designed with customized sides that have different configurations tailored to specific ATV models. Each side of the seat base is shaped to fit the contours of particular ATV components (console, door, etc.), eliminating gaps locally where pets could be injured while maintaining overall seat functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The seat base is divided into multiple sides (first side, second side, third side, fourth side) that can be independently configured. This segmentation allows each side to be customized for different ATV components, enabling precise fitting to eliminate harmful spaces while keeping the overall structure manageable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If a customized seat base is designed to fit ATV contours, then pet safety is improved by eliminating gaps, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepet safetyVSAvoidseat base production

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The support apparatus is designed as a universal component that can be used across different ATV models. The adjustable support posts and mounting mechanisms can accommodate various seat base configurations, reducing the need for model-specific custom parts and simplifying manufacturing while maintaining safety.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Stability of the object's composition

If support posts are used to secure the seat base, then the seat stability is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveseat stabilityVSAvoidsupport structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support posts are designed with adjustable features that allow them to adapt to different mounting positions and angles. This dynamic adjustability enables the support structure to achieve optimal stability for various ATV configurations without requiring complex fixed structures for each model.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12575539B2Pet seat apparatus for ATVs

Publication Date: 2026.03.17 MAXWELL RICKY GEORGE

AI summary

A pet seat apparatus for a side-by-side ATV. The pet seat apparatus includes a seat base with at least one customized side to closely fit contours of a part of the ATV. The seat base includes a first support side for supporting a pet in the ATV and a second support side. The pet seat apparatus also includes a support apparatus for holding the seat base at a desire position in the ATV.