Deployable Pet Harness Cape with Integrated Storage Pouch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pet rain gear often require a collar for protection from rain while being leashed, but they do not provide a convenient and effective way to deploy or conceal a cape for full-body protection against precipitation.
Innovation Solution
A pet harness with an elongate pouch that houses a deployable cape, allowing it to be draped over or wrapped around the pet, and a pet collar with a deployable cape or coat that can be used to cover the pet's back and sides, both utilizing adjustable strap assemblies and water-repellent materials for protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional pet rain gear is used, then protection from precipitation is provided, but the device requires separate collar and rain gear components increasing complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the collar and rain gear into a single integrated harness unit. The collar is incorporated as part of the harness structure, eliminating the need for separate collar and rain gear components. This merging reduces device complexity while maintaining full functionality for both leashing and precipitation protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The harness is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a leashing device and a rain protective covering. The integrated design allows the single device to replace multiple separate products, providing universal utility for both control and weather protection needs.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional rain gear is used, then precipitation protection is provided, but deployment and concealment of the cape is inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The cape is nested within the harness structure, stored in a compartment or pouch that is part of the harness itself. This allows the cape to be conveniently concealed when not in use and quickly deployed when needed, improving ease of operation without requiring separate storage containers or complex attachment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The cape is pre-positioned and stored within the harness structure in advance, ready for deployment. This preliminary arrangement eliminates the need for separate storage and setup steps, allowing the user to simply access and deploy the cape when precipitation protection is needed.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional rain gear is used, then precipitation protection is provided, but additional collar is required for leashing increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The collar functionality is merged into the harness structure itself. The harness includes integrated collar elements that provide both the leashing function and the rain protective covering in a single unified device, eliminating the need for an additional separate collar.
Solution Approach 2:
The harness is designed as a multi-functional device that simultaneously provides leashing capability and rain protection. The single device replaces the need for separate collar and rain gear, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining all necessary functions.
Data Source
AI summary
A combination pet harness and pet raincoat includes a pouch configured to extend longitudinally along a back of a mammalian quadruped, chest and waist strap assemblies for securing the pouch on the back of the pet and a cape that is selectively storable in the pouch and deployable from the pouch.