Vehicle Seat Protector With Grip Pads for Stable Child Seat Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protective seat covers for vehicle seats do not effectively secure child safety car seats of various sizes, leading to uneven weight distribution and potential instability.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle protective seat cover with a seat cover bottom panel featuring frictional grip pads attached to its lower surface, which protrude above and below the panel, and apertures that accommodate these pads to ensure secure engagement with child safety car seats, providing enhanced frictional grip and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing protective seat covers are used, then the seat is protected, but the child safety car seat cannot be securely held and weight distribution is uneven
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adding frictional grip pads at specific locations on the seat cover bottom panel. These pads are positioned to contact the car seat at key points, providing localized high-friction zones that improve security and weight distribution without modifying the entire seat cover structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The frictional grip pads are segmented into multiple discrete pads rather than a single continuous surface. This segmentation allows each pad to independently contact different portions of the car seat base, distributing the holding force across multiple points and improving both security and weight distribution uniformity.
2Reliability
If fixed grip structures are used, then secure engagement is achieved, but adaptability to various car seat sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The frictional grip pads are made of a compliant material that allows them to deform and adapt to the contours of different car seat bases. This dynamic capability enables the same seat cover design to securely engage various car seat sizes and shapes while maintaining reliable contact through the pads' ability to conform to different geometries.
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 solution ensures secure and even weight distribution of child safety car seats across the vehicle seat, preventing instability and providing a liquid-tight seal, while accommodating different seat sizes through adjustable grip pads.
Implementation Method 1
Four frictional grip pads are provided, engaged with four apertures... The frictional grip pads include four upper grippers sized and positioned so that child safety car seats of various sizes overlap all four of the upper grippers at least in part
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AI summary
A vehicle protective seat cover for use under a child safety car seat. The cover includes at least a seat cover bottom panel having upper and lower opposed surfaces. Frictional grip pads are attached to the lower protective panel. In one form. the frictional grip pads include four upper grippers protruding above the upper surface, sized and positioned so that child safety car seats of various sizes overlap all four of the upper grippers at least in part, as well as four lower grippers protruding below the lower surface. In another form, four apertures are formed in the seat cover bottom panel. The apertures are sized and positioned so that child safety car seats of various sizes overlap all four of the apertures at least in part. Correspondingly, four frictional grip pads are configured so as to be retained in respective ones of the apertures.