Poultry Harness with Adjustable Straps for Safe Containment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional poultry harnesses are easy for birds to escape from and can be constrictive, posing a risk of injury or death due to pressure on the crop area, especially when liquid is present.
Innovation Solution
A poultry walking harness design that distributes chest pressure evenly, avoiding the crop area and using adjustable straps and connectors to secure the bird comfortably and securely, accommodating various bird sizes without the need for multiple sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional harness is used to contain poultry, then the poultry can be kept contained and exercised, but the poultry can easily escape and the harness creates dangerous pressure on the crop area
Solution Approach 1:
The harness is divided into multiple separate straps (head strap, chest strap, belly strap, leg straps) that work together to provide containment without concentrating pressure on any single area, particularly avoiding the crop region through careful strategic placement of each strap component
Solution Approach 2:
Different straps are positioned at specific locations on the poultry body (head, chest, belly, legs) to distribute the containment function across multiple local areas, ensuring that no single location experiences dangerous pressure levels while collectively providing secure containment
2Reliability
If a harness applies pressure to control the poultry, then the poultry can be contained, but the pressure on the chest pushes water up the throat into the lungs causing death
Solution Approach 1:
The harness design extracts and removes the dangerous chest pressure function by positioning straps to wrap around the belly and legs instead, eliminating the harmful effect of pushing water into the lungs while maintaining containment control through alternative pressure application points
Solution Approach 2:
The strap configuration is designed in advance to prevent the harmful action of water aspiration by avoiding chest pressure entirely and applying pressure only to safe areas (belly and legs), thereby preemptively eliminating the risk of water being pushed into the lungs
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple harness sizes are provided to fit different poultry sizes, then various sized poultry can be accommodated, but the device complexity and variety of sizes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The harness incorporates adjustable strap lengths and movable connection points that allow a single harness design to dynamically adapt to different poultry sizes, eliminating the need for multiple fixed-size harnesses while maintaining proper fit and comfort across various bird dimensions
Solution Approach 2:
The harness is designed as a universal multi-functional device that can fit various sizes of poultry through adjustable components, allowing one harness design to serve multiple size categories rather than requiring separate harnesses for each size class
Data Source
AI summary
A poultry walking harness includes a body portion, neck straps connected to the body portion and each extending in a forward direction, a leash connector connected to the neck straps to form, along with the neck straps and the body portion, a neck opening shaped to surround a neck of poultry, forward securing straps connected to at least one of the neck straps and the leash connector and extending in the forward direction and rear securing straps connected to the body portion and extending in a rearward direction, the forward and rear securing straps having removably securable connectors configured to connect to one another and, thereby, secure the body portion to a body of the poultry.