Pet Life Jacket with Floatable Collar Loop and Side Wings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pet life vests are cumbersome, uncomfortable, and poorly designed, often causing pet hair tangling and difficulty in keeping the pet's head above water, with a lack of floating ability in the collar strap and complicated wearing structures.
Innovation Solution
A pet life jacket with detachable floatable collar arms forming a collar loop, adjustable belly flaps, and double locking mechanisms, along with floatable side wings and a reflective layer, providing a simple and comfortable wearing configuration that keeps the pet's head above water and prevents hair tangling, without requiring complex structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the floatable back panel is made big enough to support the pet's weight, then the floating ability is improved, but the device becomes cumbersome and uncomfortable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the floatable structure into multiple segments: a back panel and two side wings. This segmentation allows the floating function to be distributed across smaller components rather than requiring one large cumbersome panel, thereby maintaining reliability while reducing device complexity and improving comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the floatable structure laterally with two side wings that protrude from the back panel. This dimensional extension provides additional buoyancy in a different spatial direction, improving floating ability without increasing the forward-backward size that would make the device cumbersome.
2Reliability
If the collar strap and belly strap are tightly tied to secure the life jacket, then the reliability is improved, but the pet's movement is impeded and comfort deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the traditional collar strap and belly strap components entirely, extracting the problematic securing mechanism that impeded movement. Instead, it uses a simplified structure where the floatable back panel and side wings provide both buoyancy and securing function through their configuration around the pet's body.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the floating function and securing function into a single integrated structure. The floatable back panel and side wings simultaneously provide buoyancy and secure the life jacket to the pet's body, eliminating the need for separate restrictive straps and thereby maintaining reliability while improving movement freedom.
3Reliability
If the collar strap is made floatable to keep the pet's head above water, then the floating ability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the head support function with the existing floatable back panel and side wings structure. The side wings extend laterally to provide buoyancy that naturally supports the pet's upper body and head position in water, eliminating the need for a separate floatable collar strap and thereby maintaining reliability while avoiding increased device complexity.
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
The life jacket ensures great floating stability, comfort, and ease of use, while preventing pet hair entanglement and securely fastening to the pet's body, making it an effective and economic solution for supporting pets in water.
Implementation Method 1
the floatable back body 11 and the two floatable side wings 12, 13 provide a buoyancy to support the pet in the water
Implementation Method 2
a reflective layer 19 is provided on the floatable back body 11, such that the reflective layer 19 is arranged for locating above the water when the pet floats in the water
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AI summary
A pet life jacket includes a jacket body and a wearing mechanism. The jacket body includes a floatable back body, two floatable side wings sidewardly extended from the floatable back body, and two floatable collar arms frontwardly extended from the floatable back body. The wearing mechanism includes a belly lock provided at the floatable side wings and a collar lock provided at the floatable collar arms to form a floatable collar loop. The jacket body is adapted to be worn by a pet via the wearing mechanism at a position that the floatable back body is retained at a back of the pet, the floatable side wings are retained at two sides of the pet, and the floatable collar loop is encircled around a collar of the pet via the collar lock.