T-Shaped Pet Console Seat Bridging Vehicle Seats
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Solution Overview
Problem
Pets often attempt to climb from the backseat to the front seat via the center console in vehicles, causing potential injury to themselves and the driver, as well as damaging the vehicle, and existing solutions do not adequately address the need for a user-friendly, safe, and cost-effective pet console seat system.
Innovation Solution
A pet console seat system featuring a T-shaped cushion with a bottom-board insert and a protective cover, including metal rings for a pet-safety harness, which bridges the gap between front and back seats, providing a safe and comfortable path for pets while preventing damage to the vehicle's console and allowing storage for pet supplies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If pets are allowed to travel freely in the vehicle, then pet comfort and accessibility are improved, but vehicle safety and console protection deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a center console pet seat as an intermediary structure between the front and back seats. This mediator provides a designated travel path for pets that prevents direct contact with the vehicle's center console, thereby protecting the console from damage while still allowing pets to move freely between seating areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the pet travel function from the vehicle's original seating system by adding a separate, dedicated pet seat on the center console. This separation allows pets to have their own designated space that serves their travel needs without exposing the vehicle's original center console to harmful contact.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a pet seat system is added to protect the console, then console protection and pet safety are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The center console pet seat is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it protects the vehicle's center console from damage, provides a safe travel path for pets, offers additional storage capacity for pet supplies, and maintains aesthetic compatibility with the vehicle interior. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate protective devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the pet seat with the center console structure, combining protective functionality with the existing vehicle architecture. By integrating the pet seat into the center console area rather than adding a completely separate system, the overall device complexity is reduced while achieving console protection.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a rigid protective structure is used to protect the console, then console protection is improved, but pet comfort and ease of manufacture deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible, upholstered cover that drapes over the center console pet seat structure. This flexible covering provides adequate protection for the console while being simpler and less costly to manufacture than rigid protective structures, and it enhances pet comfort by providing a softer surface.
4Ease of operation
If storage compartments are added to the pet seat, then pet supply accessibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates storage compartments and pockets that are nested within or integrated into the sides and structure of the center console pet seat. This nesting approach allows storage functionality to be added without significantly increasing the overall device complexity or requiring separate storage systems.
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AI summary
A pet console seat system for bridging a gap between a front seat and a back seat in a vehicle has a pet console seat forming a pet console seat assembly having a Tee-shaped cushion including a first end, a second end, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side; a bottom-board insert; and a protective cover coupled to the Tee-shaped cushion. The pet console seat bridges a gap between the front seat and the back seat of the vehicle by creating the seat and a planar path for the pet to travel between the front seat to the back seat. The pet console seat protects a console of the vehicle from damage caused by nails scratching and chewing with sharp incisors of the pet.