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US 12,522,147 B2Granted
Pet carrier system for vehicle seat
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMinsu Lee, Jongsuk An, Kwangseok Yu, Ilhan Kim
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Abstract
A carrier system for carrying a pet in a vehicle includes a seat having a seat bottom and a seat back. A carrier is integrated into the seat back. The carrier has at least one panel movable between a stowed state in the seat back and a deployed state projecting from the seat back.
Claims11
A pet carrier system for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat having a seat bottom and a seat back, wherein the seat bottom includes a seating surface, and wherein the seat back has a front side and a rear side, with the front side facing toward the seat bottom and the rear side facing away from the seat bottom;
- a carrier integrated into the seat back on the rear side, the carrier having a base panel movable between a stowed state in the seat back and a deployed state projecting away from the seat bottom and out from the rear side of the seat back, and disposed substantially horizontal, wherein the carrier defines a dedicated space for the pet and the base panel is configured to support the pet, wherein forward movement of the pet is limited by the seat back, wherein the seat back includes a recess into which the base panel fits when in the stowed state, and wherein the carrier, when in the deployed state, is configured to carry the pet in a space defined by the carrier and the recess;
- and a monitoring system configured to evaluate restraint and positioning of the pet, wherein the monitoring system includes:
- an anchor connected to the seat;
- a tether configured to connect with the anchor and with the pet;
- a first tether sensor disposed at a first end of the tether and configured to detect whether the tether is connected with the anchor;
- and a second tether sensor disposed at a second end of the tether and configured to detect whether the tether is connected with the pet.
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A pet carrier system for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat having a seat bottom and a seat back, wherein the seat bottom includes a seating surface, and wherein the seat back has a front side and a rear side, with the front side facing toward the seat bottom and the rear side facing away from the seat bottom;
- a carrier integrated into the seat back on the rear side, the carrier having a base panel movable between a stowed state in the seat back and a deployed state projecting away from the seat bottom and out from the rear side of the seat back, and disposed substantially horizontal, wherein the carrier defines a dedicated space for the pet and the base panel is configured to support the pet, and wherein forward movement of the pet is limited by the seat back;
- and a monitoring system configured to evaluate restraint and positioning of the pet, wherein the monitoring system includes:
- an anchor connected to the seat;
- a tether configured to connect with the anchor and with the pet;
- a first tether sensor disposed at a first end of the tether and configured to detect whether the tether is connected with the anchor;
- and a second tether sensor disposed at a second end of the tether and configured to detect whether the tether is connected with the pet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.