Pet Carrier Wireframe Isofix Restraint Impact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional animal carrier devices in vehicles lack structural integrity to withstand dynamic impacts, potentially injuring both the animal and vehicle occupants, and fail to restrain the animal during and after such events, hindering emergency medical responses.
Innovation Solution
A pet carrier system comprising a plurality of panels, a wire frame, a clip, and iso clips, which securely attaches to vehicle Isofix anchors and seatbelts, providing structural support and maintaining the animal's enclosure shape, while allowing air flow and visibility, and featuring a strap for additional securing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional carrier devices use quasi-rigid materials or flexible materials, then the device can be manufactured and used for animal restraint, but the device cannot withstand dynamic impact forces and may shatter or yield during vehicle impact events
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier device combines rigid wireframe structure with flexible mesh panels to create a composite system that provides both impact strength and flexibility. The wireframe maintains structural integrity during dynamic events while the mesh panels can deform to absorb energy, preventing catastrophic failure.
Solution Approach 2:
The device uses materials with appropriate mechanical properties - the wireframe provides high stiffness and strength to resist impact forces, while the mesh panels use materials with controlled flexibility to yield in a predictable manner during impact, changing the mechanical response parameters to balance strength and energy absorption.
2Ease of operation
If conventional carrier devices are made flexible for storage and portability, then the device can be folded and transported easily, but the device creates in-vehicle debris and allows animal displacement during impact
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier is divided into a rigid wireframe structure that maintains shape and provides impact resistance, combined with flexible mesh panels that can be configured for different storage states. The segmented design allows the rigid components to maintain structural integrity while flexible components can be adjusted for portability.
3Ease of operation
If harness or vest type devices are used for animal restraint, then the device can be positioned around the animal's chest, but the device cannot prevent animal displacement toward forward occupants during impact
Solution Approach 1:
The rigid wireframe structure acts as an intermediary barrier between the animal and the external environment. It provides a structural boundary that the animal cannot penetrate during impact, preventing direct contact with forward occupants while the harness components secure the animal within this protected space.
Data Source
AI summary
A carrier for an animal includes a plurality of panels, a wire frame, a clip and an iso clip. The plurality of panels are configured to form a hollow enclosure for housing the animal. The wire frame supports at least one of the panels so as to maintain the shape of the enclosure. The clip is on a front surface of the carrier, and configured to receive a belt portion of a seat belt of a vehicle. The iso clip is on at least one of a rear surface and a bottom surface of the carrier, and configured to couple to an iso anchor of the vehicle.