Reversible Animal Harness with Adjustable Straps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing animal harnesses are typically designed for specific animal sizes and lack adjustability, making them unsuitable for a wide range of sizes, and reversible harnesses often fail to accommodate different sizes effectively.
Innovation Solution
A reversible animal harness with adjustable straps and a rotatable leash connector, allowing for secure fitting around both the neck and waist regions, utilizing multiple fabric portions and loops to ensure comfort and versatility across various animal sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a reversible harness is designed in a single size to accommodate a specific size of animal or range of sizes, then the harness structure is simple, but it cannot effectively accommodate different sized animals
Solution Approach 1:
The harness incorporates adjustable straps with sliding mechanisms that allow dynamic modification of the harness dimensions. The first adjustable strap with first adjusting slide and the second adjustable strap with second adjusting slide enable the harness to adapt to different animal sizes by modifying the effective length and configuration of the straps, transforming a static single-size design into a dynamic multi-size solution.
Solution Approach 2:
The harness is divided into separable components including the chest piece, back piece, and multiple adjustable straps that can be independently configured. The chest-side tethering strap and back-side tethering strap with their respective loops and adjusting slides allow the harness to be segmented and reconfigured in different arrangements to fit various animal sizes while maintaining the reversible functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable straps are added to the harness to accommodate different animal sizes, then the adaptability to different sizes is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable straps serve multiple functions: they provide size adaptability, maintain the reversible harness capability, and ensure proper fitting around different body regions (neck and waist). The first adjustable strap and second adjustable strap with their adjusting slides enable a single harness design to function effectively across multiple animal sizes without requiring separate harnesses for each size category.
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AI summary
A reversible harness for an animal having a neck region and a waist region. The harness includes a chest piece, and a back piece having a back-side tethering strap. A leash connector is rotatably disposed on the tethering strap. The reversible harness further includes a first adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the neck region of the animal, and a second adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the waist region of the animal. The harness is adapted to fit a wide variety of sizes of animals. Additionally, owing to at least one top fabric portion and at the least one bottom fabric portion of the back piece, and a first chest-side fabric portion and a second chest-side fabric portion of the chest piece, the harness is reversible.