Vehicle Seat Object Suspension Device with Locking Plug
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for hanging objects on vehicle seats fail to securely fasten items like shopping bags, handbags, and clothes without obstructing the driver's view or impeding access, and they often pose a risk of injury or damage during vehicle maneuvers.
Innovation Solution
A device with a fastening mechanism that includes a plug-in element with a locking mechanism and a support arm, designed to attach to vehicle seat parts, allowing for secure hanging of objects without obstructing the driver's view or access, and can be easily assembled, disassembled, or exchanged, featuring a robust and aesthetically pleasing design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If objects are hung on grab handles above doors, then objects are secured against falling, but driver's view is obstructed and access to rear seats is impeded
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the hanging function from the door area by providing a dedicated hanging location on the seat backrest, separating the object storage function from the driver's view area while maintaining security
Solution Approach 2:
The seat backrest serves as an intermediary structure between the door area and the floor, providing a safe intermediate location for hanging objects that does not obstruct the driver's view or impede access to rear seats
2Device complexity
If a fixed connection between plug-in element and support arm is used, then construction is simplified and stability improved, but space efficiency when not in use is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support arm is designed to be movable relative to the plug-in element, allowing it to be positioned in different configurations - extended for use and retracted for storage - thus adapting the device's space requirements to its operational state
3Ease of operation
If the device is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled, then ease of operation is improved, but connection robustness may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into modular components (plug-in element, support arm, housing) that can be easily assembled and disassembled through the receiving socket interface, while each component maintains its structural integrity for robust connection
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving socket acts as an intermediary connection element that enables easy assembly and disassembly while maintaining a robust connection during use, separating the ease of operation function from the connection robustness function
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device for suspending objects on a vehicle seat part, such as a backrest, head restraint or head restraint bars of a vehicle seat. A device for suspending objects which is able to be mounted on vehicle seats and on which objects such as shopping bags and handbags, jackets and clothes, either loose or on clothes hangers and in clothes bags, can be secured in a simple and rapid manner against slipping, tilting over or falling from the seat without in so doing impeding the view of the driver and impeding access into or out of the vehicle, comprises a fastening means (105, 106) for connecting the device to the vehicle seat part, with a receiving bush (102a, 102f), a plug element (103a) which can be coupled to the receiving bush (102a, 102f), a locking mechanism for locking the plug element (103a) in the receiving bush (102a, 102f), and a carrier arm for suspending the objects, wherein the locking mechanism and the carrier arm are arranged on the plug element (103a), and wherein the plug element (103a) comprises a housing which at least partially encloses the locking mechanism and the carrier arm.