Elastic Seat-Gap Pockets With Lighted Retrieval Web
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automobile seat designs often feature small gaps between seats and consoles, making it difficult to locate and retrieve items that have fallen off, as they can slide into these gaps and be hard to access.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a stretchable, elastic connecting web with attached gap pockets and a light module, secured around the automobile seat, which extends to catch and secure fallen items and features a remote-controlled LED light for illumination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If adjustable seats are used to aid in finding objects, then accessibility to gaps is slightly improved, but the ability to retrieve items remains insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extends the retrieval solution from the horizontal seat surface into the vertical gap space beneath the seat. By placing pockets in the gaps between seat cushions and between seats, the system utilizes the previously unused vertical dimension to intercept items before they are completely lost, transforming the retrieval problem from deep horizontal searching to accessible vertical pocket retrieval.
Solution Approach 2:
The pockets serve as an intermediary structure between the seat surface and the deep gap space. Instead of directly reaching into hard-to-access gaps, users interact with the pockets that extend into these spaces, providing a intermediate storage zone that bridges the gap between easily accessible seat surface and the difficult-to-reach underlying spaces.
2Shape
If gaps between seats and consoles are maintained for design purposes, then vehicle interior layout is preserved, but item retrieval difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pockets are nested within the existing gap spaces between seat cushions and between seats. Rather than altering the fundamental gap structure for design purposes, the invention places functional pockets inside these existing spatial voids, utilizing the negative space created by the vehicle's interior layout without requiring structural modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The pockets are constructed from flexible, stretchable material that can conform to the irregular shapes and varying dimensions of the gaps between seats and consoles. This flexibility allows the pockets to be installed in tight, irregular spaces while maintaining their structural integrity and functionality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If stretchable elastic material is used for the connecting web and pockets, then adaptability to different seat configurations is improved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting web and pockets utilize stretchable elastic material that dynamically adapts to different seat gap dimensions and configurations. The material's elastic properties allow it to stretch and conform to varying spaces while maintaining tension and structural coherence, providing both adaptability and stability through its dynamic mechanical response.
Solution Approach 2:
The device employs composite construction combining stretchable elastic material for the connecting web and pockets with potentially rigid components for the frame or support structure. This composite approach allows different parts of the device to have optimized properties - flexibility where adaptability is needed and rigidity where structural stability is critical.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables fast and convenient retrieval of dropped items by securing them in the gap pockets and providing illumination to aid in locating objects within the vehicle's hard-to-reach spaces.
Implementation Method 1
The connecting web 1 and the plurality of gap pockets 2 are made from a stretchable, elastic material, allowing the automobile gap filling device to be stretched from its original shape and size, then return to its original shape and size.
Implementation Method 2
The light module 3 emits a light source along the front underside of an automobile seat.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is an automobile gap filling device that has a connecting web, gap pockets, a light module, and a remote controller. The connecting web is split into separate straps wherein there is a rear strap and front straps. The rear strap has loops along the ends and the front straps have loops and fasteners along opposite ends. These allow the connecting web to secure to the gap pockets and light module. The gap pockets has a left pocket, a right pocket, a gap pocket proximal end, and a gap pocket distal end. The gap pocket proximal end has fasteners and a top lip. The light module, which is designed to emit a light, has fastener receivers, a light receiver, and a light fixture. The connecting web secures the gap pockets to each other below an automobile vehicle seat, allowing the present invention to catch falling objects.