Multi-Configurable Pet Leash with Modular Storage and Wearable Mounts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet products lack adaptability and customization options for pet owners, who often need to carry various accessories during walks or runs with their pets, and these products do not easily allow for changing the purpose or number of accessories based on the activity.
Innovation Solution
A multi-configurable pet product system that includes a leash with storage units and user mounts, featuring collapsible and expandable zippered pouches, adjustable connectors, and multiple usage configurations, allowing for customizable attachment of accessories and adaptability between walking a pet, carrying accessories, or wearing the system as a user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If pet owners carry multiple accessories during walks or runs, then the functionality and utility are improved, but the complexity of managing multiple separate accessories increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate pet accessories (leash, storage units, waste bag dispensers, water bottles, treats) into a single integrated system. The leash serves as the central structure to which various functional components are attached, eliminating the need for pet owners to manage multiple separate items while maintaining all necessary functionalities.
Solution Approach 2:
The leash system is designed with multi-functionality, where a single product serves multiple purposes: restraining the pet, storing accessories, dispensing waste bags, providing water, and offering treats. This universal design allows one product to replace several separate accessories, reducing complexity while enhancing versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If pet products are designed for specific activities, then the functionality for that activity is optimized, but the adaptability to change activity purpose is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The leash system incorporates dynamic adjustability through removable connectors and adjustable straps that allow the configuration to change based on activity needs. Users can add or remove storage units, adjust leash length, and reconfigure components depending on whether they are walking, running, or traveling with their pet, making the system adaptable without complicating its use.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into modular segments that can be independently attached or detached. Storage units, waste bag dispensers, and other accessories are connected via removable connectors, allowing users to easily reconfigure the system for different activities while maintaining simple operation through standardized connection mechanisms.
3Reliability
If accessories are permanently attached to the leash, then the stability and security are improved, but the flexibility to reconfigure for different activities is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanism uses dynamic connectors that provide secure attachment during use but allow easy detachment when reconfiguration is needed. This dynamic design ensures reliability during activities while maintaining adaptability for different purposes, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and reconfigurability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs intermediary connector components that mediate between the leash and accessories. These connectors provide secure attachment through mechanical engagement during normal use but can be easily released when needed, enabling both reliable attachment and flexible reconfiguration without compromising either aspect.
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-configurable pet product and accessories are disclosed. The pet product can include a leash with a handle, clasp and leash connectors. A storage unit can be removably attached to the leash via storage unit connectors. The storage unit can have zippered pouches that are collapsible and expandable for storage of other items. In addition, the pet product can include a user mount that is wearable by the user via user mount connectors. Accordingly, the pet product can include multiple configurations for usage with a pet or without a pet.