Interchangeable Pet Collar Clip for Removable Tracking Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet tracking devices require battery recharging or servicing, necessitating removal from the animal, leaving them collar-less and unable to support multiple functions or interchangeable use across different activities.
Innovation Solution
A tracking device for pets or farm animals that can be easily attached and detached from collars, harnesses, or clothing using omega circlips, allowing multiple devices to be interchanged based on activity needs, with a secure and resilient attachment system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the device is mounted on the collar using buckles or slots, then the device is securely attached to the collar, but the collar must be removed to service or recharge the battery
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate components: the collar remains on the animal while the electronic device can be independently attached and detached. This segmentation allows the device to be serviced or recharged without removing the collar from the animal.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device is extracted from the collar structure itself, allowing it to be mounted on or removed from the collar independently. This enables servicing or battery recharging of the device without taking the collar off the animal.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the device is integrated with the collar, then the device is stable and secure, but multiple devices cannot be interchanged or used for different activities
Solution Approach 1:
The collar is designed with universal attachment features (buckles or slots) that can accommodate different types of electronic devices. This allows the same collar to be used with multiple devices for different activities such as tracking, identification, or training.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system allows the device to be dynamically mounted and removed from the collar. This dynamic capability enables users to interchange devices based on activity needs while maintaining secure attachment when the device is mounted.
3Ease of manufacture
If the device is mounted using buckles or slots, then the device can be attached to the collar, but the attachment system is complex and requires removing the collar for device changes
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is segmented into simple components: the collar has fixed buckles or slots, and the device has corresponding attachment points. This simple segmented design avoids complex integrated mechanisms while enabling easy attachment and detachment.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy battery servicing without removing the collar and allows multiple devices to be used interchangeably, providing versatile tracking and identification solutions for various activities.
Implementation Method 1
The omega circlip is made up of a semi-toroidal base from which emanate a pair of fingers that are substantially perpendicular to the semi-toroidal base and ends of which are bent at right angles in opposite directions
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an interchangeable collar system (i.e., collars, leashes, harnesses, vest harnesses, clothing or wearables for animals), which hold a mobile device for pets, which has the particular feature of being interchangeable thanks to the peculiar clip system (or any other fastening means that could have the same purpose, which is to be interchangeable with a large variety of models and accessories for pets), wherein the lugs that protrude at each end of the body of the device and the omega circlips mechanically attached to the collar cooperate to secure the body of the device to the collar, allowing devices and collars to be easily interchanged.