Transparent Steering Wheel Document Pouch for Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
During vehicle stops, occupants often need to rummage through compartments to produce identification documents, increasing tension and the risk of misinterpretation, leading to potential escalation of force by law enforcement.
Innovation Solution
A transparent multi-pocket pouch is attached to the steering wheel, allowing essential documents like driver's licenses and insurance to be stored and displayed, enabling retrieval without hand movement, thus reducing tension and ensuring hands remain visible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If occupants rummage through compartments to produce identification documents, then documents can be retrieved, but tension increases and perceived threat level increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by placing identification documents in a transparent pouch attached to the steering wheel before the traffic stop occurs. This allows the driver to have documents ready for immediate presentation without rummaging through compartments during the stop, thereby reducing tension and perceived threat while maintaining ease of document retrieval.
2Ease of operation
If hands are removed from steering wheel to retrieve documents, then documents become accessible, but hands are no longer visible increasing tension
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by moving the document storage from the driver's possession (requiring hand movement) to the steering wheel itself (within reach but not requiring hand removal). The transparent pouch attached to the steering wheel creates a new spatial dimension where documents are accessible while hands remain on the wheel, maintaining both document access and hands visibility simultaneously.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If documents are stored in concealed compartments, then security is maintained, but retrieval requires movement increasing tension
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the principle of transparency by using a clear/transparent pouch that allows documents to be visible while still contained. This transparent container provides a middle ground between concealed storage (secure but hard to access) and open display (easy to access but less secure), allowing for easy document retrieval while maintaining a degree of security and organization.
Data Source
AI summary
A hands-on wheel, transparent multi-pocket pouch for displaying personal identification documents uses a multi-pocket pouch, a transparent exterior pocket and an external device fastener to mount a user's identification documents on the steering wheel of a vehicle. The multi-pocket pouch includes a transparent enclosure that has an interior pocket. The transparent exterior pocket includes a front face of the multi-pocket pouch to hold prioritized documents (e.g., a driver's license) above important, but lower priority, identification (and supporting) documents stored within the multi-pocket pouch. Supporting documents may include vehicle registration, proof of insurance, etc. The external device fastener may be connected to a rear face of the multi-pocket pouch so that the multi-pocket pouch can be attached to the vehicle's steering wheel. The present apparatus may also be made of flexible materials capable of conforming to the shape of the steering wheel.