Patent Publication Number: US-2018049398-A1

Title: Vehicle Pet Holder

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/375492 filed on Aug. 16, 2016. The above identified patent application is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety to provide continuity of disclosure. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a pet holder. More specifically, the present invention provides vehicle pet holder having a basket that is configured to be mountable to an interior side of a vehicle door via one or more hooks. 
     Devices have been disclosed in the known art that relate to vehicle pet holders. These include devices that have been patented and published in patent application publications. These devices in the known art have several known drawbacks. For example, these known vehicle pet holders fail to provide hooks for attaching to an interior side of a vehicle door and a pet harness for connecting therewith. In this way, the present invention allows for a secured pet to be safely positioned adjacent a vehicle window within the holder. 
     In light of the devices disclosed in the known art, it is submitted that the present invention substantially diverges in design elements from the devices in the known art and consequently it is clear that there is a need in the art for an improvement to existing vehicle pet holder devices. In this regard, the instant invention substantially fulfills these needs. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of vehicle pet holders now present in the art, the present invention provides a new vehicle pet holder wherein the same can be utilized for providing convenience for the user when safely positioning a pet therein, and securely affixed to an interior of a vehicle for transit. The vehicle pet holder includes a basket having a sidewall that forms an interior volume for housing the pet. One or more hooks extend from the sidewall, wherein the hooks are configured to mountably affix the basket to an interior side of a vehicle door. A harness is selectively attachable to fit to a torso of the pet. The harness includes a fastener, wherein a strap can removably couple to the fastener and affix the harness to the basket. 
     It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved vehicle pet holder configured to operable connect a pet harness to the basket for preventing falling of a pet positioned within the interior volume thereof. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide a J-shaped hook that allows the basket to mount flush with the interior side of the door. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle pet holder that may be readily fabricated from materials that permit relative economy and are commensurate with durability. 
     Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Although the characteristic features of this invention will be particularly pointed out in the claims, the invention itself and manner in which it may be made and used may be better understood after a review of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like numeral annotations are provided throughout. 
         FIG. 1  shows a perspective view of the vehicle pet holder mounted to an interior side of a vehicle door. 
         FIG. 2  shows a side view of the vehicle pet holder mounted to an interior side of a vehicle door. 
         FIG. 3  shows a cross sectional view of the vehicle pet holder taken along line  3 - 3  of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  shows a pet harness of the vehicle pet holder with fasteners disposed thereon. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Reference is made herein to the attached drawings. Like reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to depict like or similar elements of the vehicle pet holder. For the purposes of presenting a brief and clear description of the present invention, the preferred embodiment will be discussed as used for vehicle pet holder. The figures are intended for representative purposes only and should not be considered to be limiting in any respect. 
     Referring specifically to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , there is shown a perspective view and a side view of the vehicle pet holder mounted to an interior side of a vehicle door, respectively. The vehicle pet holder  10  provides a device for attaching to an interior of a vehicle, specifically to an interior side  16  of a vehicle door that allows a pet to be positioned safely therein. The vehicle pet holder  10  comprises a basket  11  having a sidewall  12  forming an interior volume  13 , wherein the basket  11  is adapted to support a pet therein. One or more hooks  14  extend from the sidewall  12  of the basket  11  and each hook  14  is configured to mountably affix the basket  11  to an interior side of a vehicle door. In the shown embodiment, the hooks  14  extend from a first side  15  of the basket  11 , and extend past an upper end  18  of the sidewall  12 . 
     In the shown embodiment, the basket  11  comprises an oval or circular shape. However, in alternative embodiments, the basket  11  may have rectangular or other shape adapted to house a pet therein. Additionally, a blanket  17  is removable positionable over an interior surface of the basket  11 . In one embodiment, the blanket  17  is removable positionable via one or more fasteners, such as hook and loop fasteners, that secure the relative position of the blanket  17  within the interior volume  13  thereof. In one embodiment, the one or more hooks  14  comprise four hooks disposed on the first side  15  of the basket  11 , wherein each of the four hooks are spaced at fixed intervals therealong. In this way, the basket  11  is supported evenly. In addition, each of the hooks  14  are dimensionally similar or identical. 
     Referring specifically to  FIG. 3 , there is shown a cross sectional view of the vehicle pet holder taken along line  3 - 3  of  FIG. 1 . In the shown embodiment, the vehicle pet holder  11  includes one or more hooks  14  that each comprises one or more inverted J-shaped hooks  14 A. Each of the J-shaped hooks  14 A include a first member  20  disposed perpendicular to a second member  21 , wherein the second member  21  is perpendicular to the sidewall  12 . Further, the first member  20  of the one or more inverted J-shaped hooks  14 A vertically offsets the basket  11  at a height  22  from the second member  21 . The height  22  allows a pet positioned within the basket  11  to remain safely within the vehicle pet holder  10  while maintaining a view out of the vehicle through the vehicle door window. 
     In the shown embodiment, the second member  21  has a length  23  configured to rest a first side  15  of the basket  11  flush with the interior side  16  of the vehicle door. The one or more hooks  14  are configured to fit between a gap  24  formed between a door vehicle window  25  and door vehicle window compartment  26 . As shown, the first member  20  is configured to engage the interior side  16  of the vehicle door by selectively positioning within the gap  24  of the vehicle door such that the basket  11  is in a cantilever position thereto and is adapted to support a pet therein. 
     Referring specifically to  FIG. 4 , there is shown a pet harness of the vehicle pet holder with fasteners disposed thereon. The pet harness  30  is configured to removably fit around a torso or body of the pet  32 . The pet harness  30  includes a fastener  31  that allows the harness  30  to be removably and selectively affixed to the basket  11  via a strap  33 . In the shown embodiment, the strap  33  is removably coupled to the fastener  31  disposed on a back panel thereof, such that the pet  32  is safely disposed within the basket  11  via connection to the harness  30 . 
     It is therefore submitted that the instant invention has been shown and described in what is considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments. It is recognized, however, that departures may be made within the scope of the invention and that obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art. With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.