Concealed GPS Tracker Holder in a Secure Dog Harness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current GPS tracking devices for pets, particularly dogs, are bulky and easily removable, allowing thieves to thwart location tracking after theft.
Innovation Solution
A GPS tracker holder in the form of a harness with a concealed compartment for the tracker, integrated into a dog's harness, ensuring the tracker remains hidden and secure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the GPS tracker is attached to the pet's collar using bulky systems, then the tracker is easily identifiable and accessible, but it becomes easily removable by thieves
Solution Approach 1:
The GPS tracker is extracted from the visible collar area and placed inside a concealed compartment within the harness structure. The compartment is accessed through an aperture in the harness material, allowing the tracker to be hidden from view while remaining accessible to the owner for checks or battery changes. This resolves the contradiction by removing the tracker from public view (improving security) while maintaining owner access (preserving ease of operation).
Solution Approach 2:
The GPS tracker is nested within the harness structure itself, specifically inside a compartment formed by the harness material. The compartment is integrated into the harness body, with the tracker positioned inside the material layers. This nesting approach conceals the tracker within the harness structure, making it invisible to thieves while remaining securely held within the nested compartment.
2Reliability
If the GPS tracker is made visible and accessible on the collar, then it is easy to locate and retrieve, but it can be easily removed by thieves to prevent tracking
Solution Approach 1:
The GPS tracker compartment is merged with the harness structure, forming an integrated unit. The compartment is created using the harness material itself, with the aperture formed directly in the harness fabric. This merging eliminates the need for separate tracker housings or additional attachment mechanisms, reducing overall device complexity while ensuring the tracker remains securely integrated into the harness. The tracker becomes part of the harness system rather than a separate attachable component.
3Reliability
If the GPS tracker is concealed within the harness material, then it cannot be easily seen or removed by thieves, but it requires a secure mounting structure
Solution Approach 1:
The harness material itself forms the compartment structure, using flexible fabric or synthetic material to create the tracker housing. The aperture in the harness material allows the tracker to be inserted and concealed within the flexible material layers. This approach uses the existing flexible harness material rather than rigid compartments, maintaining simplicity while providing effective concealment and security. The flexible material conforms to the tracker shape and provides secure holding without complex structural elements.
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AI summary
GPS trackers for pets are known, however known systems are visible, and are therefore easily identified and removed by thieves. The present invention enables a GPS tracker to be inserted within a compartment 90, wherein the compartment 90 is concealed behind a first part 10 or a second part 20 of a dog harness. Accordingly, if a dog is stolen while wearing the harness, the thief may be unaware of the presence or the location of the GPS tracker. This may enable the location of the dog to be ascertained by the owner so that the dog may be recovered. Furthermore, the unobtrusive and secure mounting of the GPS tracker within the GPS tracker holder may prevent it from becoming detached from the harness and lost.