US 5,479,892 AGranted

Vehicle safety seat for pets

OwnerMyrtis C. Edwardsinventor

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Abstract

A vehicle safety seat for pets includes four relatively low walls about a central pet seating area, with the walls extending upward from a storage compartment situated below a removable pet seating floor. The pet seating floor may include cushioning and/or padding thereon, which may provide increased grip for a pet occupying the floor area of the seat. The rearward portions of the side walls and the back wall may include strap passages and straps extending therefrom, attachable to a harness or halter which is in turn secured about the upper torso of the pet. The storage compartment area below the floor of the seat includes passages for the vehicle seat belt, to secure the pet safety seat within the vehicle. When the pet and seat are properly secured, the pet seat is positively secured within the vehicle, and the pet is positively secured to the pet seat, thus precluding serious injury to the pet in the event of an accident. The storage compartment provides convenient storage of various articles (pet food, toys, cleaning supplies, etc.) with the pet and seat during travel, in order that all pet related articles will be located in a single convenient area.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle safety seat for pets, comprising:

a base portion having a floor with opposite forward and rearward walls and opposite first and second side walls extending upwardly from said floor, with said walls each having an upper edge, an upper portion, a lower portion, and an intermediate differentiation between said upper portion and said lower portion of each of said walls;
a pet seating portion removably disposed within said base portion along said intermediate differentiation of said walls with said upper portion of each of said walls extending upwardly beyond said pet seating portion, and said floor portion, said lower portion of each of said walls, and said pet seating portion defining an enclosed storage volume when said pet seating portion is installed to said base portion;
each said lower portion of said first and second side walls including vehicle seat belt passages therethrough and below said removably disposed pet seating portion, with said passages adapted for the removable installation of a vehicle seat belt therethrough and through said storage volume and beneath said pet seating portion;
said upper portion of at least one of said walls including a restraining strap passage therethrough and adjacent said upper edge, said restraining strap passage adapted for the attachment of a restraining straps thereto and providing for the securing of a pet harness to said vehicle safety seat by means of said restraining strap, whereby;
said vehicle safety seat is secured to the vehicle passenger seat by securing the vehicles seat belt through said vehicle seat belt passages of said base portion, said pet seating portion is installed to said base portion, the pet is secured to the safety seat by said restraining strap secured to said restraining strap passage of said upper portion of at least one of said walls and attached to the pert harness, and the pet is securely and safely restrained in the vehicle for travel.

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A vehicle safety seat for pets and pet harness, comprising in combination:

a vehicle safety seat base portion having a floor with opposite forward and rearward walls and opposite first and second side walls extending upwardly from said floor, with said walls each having an upper edge, an upper portion, a lower portion, and an intermediate differentiation between said upper portion and said lower portion of each of said walls;
a pet seating portion removably disposed within said base portion along said intermediate differentiation of said walls with said upper portion of each of said walls extending upwardly beyond said pet seating portion, and said floor portion, said lower portion of each of said walls, and said pet seating portion defining an enclosed storage volume when said pet seating portion is installed to said base portion;
each said lower portion of said first and second side walls including vehicle seat belt passages therethrough and below said removably disposed pet seating portion, with said passages adapted for the removable installation of a vehicle seat belt therethrough and through said storage volume and beneath said pet seating portion;
said upper portion of at least one of said walls including a restraining strap passage therethrough and adjacent said upper edge, said restraining strap passage adapted for the attachment of a restraining strap thereto;
a pet harness removably attachable to said restraining strap, said pet harness providing for the securing of a pet to said vehicle safety seat by means of said restraining strap, whereby;
said vehicle safety seat is secured to the vehicle passenger seat by securing the vehicle seat belt through said vehicle seat belt passages of said base portion, said pet seating portion is installed to said base portion, the pet is secured to the safety seat by said restraining strap secured to said restraining strap passage of said upper portion of at least one of said walls and attached to said pet harness, and the pet is securely and safely restrained in the vehicle for travel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/403,933Filed 14 Mar 1995
Granted: 2 Jan 1996
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A01K 1/0272
Transport boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses for animals; Fittings therefor: boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses especially adapted for…
B60N 2/24
Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles: for particular purposes or particular vehicles
B60R 21/02
Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic…
B60R 22/10
Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles: specially adapted for children or animals