Torso Harness Apparatus for Pet Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional leashes connected to neck collars often lack control over animals, especially when they are aggressive or exposed to stimuli, and can apply undesirable forces, while traditional harnesses are cumbersome to attach.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus that forms a stable animal harness using an existing strap leash and collar, featuring a housing with a latch mechanism, a bolt snap, and elongated channels to create a loop around the animal's torso, allowing easy attachment and removal with a user-actuated release mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional leashes are connected only to neck collars, then the structure is simple, but control over the animal is insufficient and undesirable forces are applied to the neck
Solution Approach 1:
The restraining system is divided into two separate connection points: one at the neck collar and another at the torso via the looped leash configuration. This segmentation distributes the restraining forces across multiple body regions, preventing concentration of force on the vulnerable neck area while maintaining effective control over the animal.
2Reliability
If traditional harnesses are used to provide greater control, then control over the animal is improved, but the device becomes cumbersome to attach and remove
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus serves multiple functions through a single integrated design: it provides torso restraint, enables easy attachment and removal via the release mechanism, and works with standard leashes and collars. The looped leash configuration combined with the quick-release mechanism delivers harness-like control without the complexity of traditional harnesses, allowing rapid deployment and removal.
3Reliability
If a looped leash is used around the torso for better control, then control is improved, but the attachment mechanism becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The leash configuration is designed to be self-securing through the looped arrangement that passes through the channel and around the animal's torso. The friction and geometry of the looped configuration naturally maintain the restraint position without requiring complex locking mechanisms, while the release mechanism provides simple operator-controlled detachment.
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AI summary
An apparatus that couples an animal leash and animal collar to form a harness assembly. The apparatus is placed on the back of an animal and contains two separate channels configured to hold and maintain a flat leash in a loop encircling the animal's torso. The elongate and narrow shape of the channels prevents the contained leash from turning or becoming tangled in the around the animal. The apparatus is detachable into two separate components to allow the loop to be removable from the animal. The apparatus also contains a snap bolt connecter for attaching the collar.