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US 2018/0020636 A1Published application
Pet carrier including energy absorbing elements
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorPara Valentine Weerappuli
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Abstract
A pet carrier includes an outer frame and an inner frame slidably coupled to the outer frame along an axis. The inner frame defines a pet compartment. An energy absorbing element is disposed between the inner frame and the outer frame along the axis. During a vehicle impact, momentum of a pet may move the pet toward the inner frame and may force the inner frame to slide relative to the outer frame. During this movement, the energy absorbing elements may absorb energy from the pet, softening the impact of the pet with the pet carrier.
Claims19
A pet carrier comprising:
- an outer frame;
- an inner frame slideably coupled to the outer frame along an axis, the inner frame defining a pet compartment;
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- an energy absorbing element disposed between the inner frame and the outer frame along the axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.