No Choke Pet Harness with Side-Mounted Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional collars, harnesses, and halters pose a safety risk for high-energy or aggressive pets due to the potential for choking and injury from components that cross the throat, neck, or chest area, leading to muscular, vascular, and airway restriction issues during strong pulling or jumping.
Innovation Solution
The 'no choke, control harness' design features leg loops and a body loop that do not cross the chest or neck area, using slidable cam buckles and adjustable straps to distribute pressure evenly, ensuring no components constrict the throat or neck, and includes a control mechanism to discourage pulling through balanced redirection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional collars, harnesses, or halters are used to restrain or lead a pet, then the pet can be controlled and led, but the pet is at risk of choking and injury from components that cross the throat, neck, or chest area during strong pulling or jumping
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the problematic component that crosses the front of the pet's body from the harness design. By eliminating this crossing component, the harness maintains its ability to control and lead the pet while removing the source of choking and injury risk associated with conventional harnesses that have straps or components crossing the chest or neck area
Solution Approach 2:
The invention repositions the control mechanism from a front-crossing configuration to a side-mounted configuration with the control component positioned at the side of the harness rather than crossing the front. This dimensional change allows the leash attachment to function effectively while avoiding contact with the pet's throat, neck, and chest areas
2Ease of operation
If a collar encircles the throat, neck, trachea and esophagus region to restrain a pet, then the pet can be controlled, but muscular and vascular injury, crushing damage to bone and cartilage, and airway and vascular restriction can occur
Solution Approach 1:
The invention eliminates the collar component that encircles the pet's neck and throat area. By removing this potentially harmful encircling component, the design maintains control capability through alternative means (the side-mounted harness system) while eliminating the risk of neck and throat injury
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a body loop that circumvents the pet's body behind the throat and neck area, serving as an intermediary control point. This body loop allows control forces to be applied to the pet's body without directly contacting or constricting the vulnerable throat, neck, and airway regions
3Ease of operation
If a harness component crosses the front of the pet to provide control, then the pet can be led and restrained, but the component slides upward on the pet during hard pulling causing dangerous pressure and compression to the throat, trachea, esophagus, and neck area
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the front-crossing component that slides upward during pulling. By eliminating this component entirely, the harness maintains its leading and restraining capability through the side-mounted control system while removing the mechanism that causes dangerous pressure on the pet's throat and neck area
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having the control component cross the front of the pet and pull forward, the invention inverts the configuration by positioning the control component at the side of the harness and having it extend backward or laterally. This inversion prevents the upward sliding motion that occurs with front-crossing designs during pulling
Data Source
AI summary
A no choke, control harness for a quadruped with left and right slidably adjustable fixed aperture removable leg loops which are joined by a main harness strap that traverses over the back and interconnects the frontal left and right leg loops with rear body loop and having a plurality of leash connection points for an adaptive leading experience. Other embodiments are described and shown.