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Sleepypod Crash Test Pets
Built to Protect Your Pets
Sleepypod’s crash test pets have jobs that can’t be completed by any living pets. They are critical for testing our car safety restraint designs throughout the product design process. Over the years, Sleepypod’s crash test pets have evolved, having better weight distribution and biofidelity. Some record point-of-view video footage and others have instrumentation to measure damaging forces on a pet in a collision. All of Sleepypod’s crash test pets take the hard knocks to create safer products for our furry best friends.
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MAX 1
12 lb weighted crash test dog. MAX 1 can be seen at the Smithsonian Museum of American History's digital collection.
MAX 2
6 lb weighted crash test dog. MAX 2 can be seen at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
Shepherd
75 lb weighted crash test dog
DUKE 1.0
75 lb weighted, upright, forward-facing crash test dog
CLEO 1.0
15 lb weight cat with point of view camera footage. CLEO 1.0 can be seen at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation's digital collection.
DUKE 2.0
75 lb dog with point of view camera footage, articulated legs & waist, flexible and compressible neck & spinal structure, improved weight distribution, and instrumentation in chest that measures force in a collision.
CLEO 2.0
15 lb cat with point of view camera footage, improved weight distribution, and instrumentation that measures force in a collision
SCOUT 1.0
45 lb weighted dog in side lounging position
SCOUT 2.0
45 lb dog with improved weight distribution in side lounging position
DUKE 3.0
evenly distributed and adaptable weight from 75 to 90 pounds, steel skeleton, articulated waist and legs, and g-force instrumentation
DASH 1.0
evenly distributed and adaptable weight from 75 to 90 pounds, steel skeleton, articulated waist and legs, point-of-view camera, and g-force instrumentation
Product Information
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Clickit Sport
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Clickit Terrain
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Sleepypod Mobile Pet Bed
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Sleepypod Air
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Sleepypod Atom
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Sleepypod Mini
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Martingale Calming Harness for dogs
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Martingale Calming Harness for cats
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Power Leash
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Slim Leash
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Traffic Leash
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Power Collar
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Comfort Suede Breakaway Collar
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Locking Martingale Collar
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Yummy Travel Bowls
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Go Bag
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Cloudpuff
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Sleepypod Pendants
2024
2023
2022
Nov. 15, 2022 | New Sleepypod and Fear Free Collaboration Makes Pet Travel Stress-Free |
Jun. 21, 2022 | Sleepypod and Fear Free Collaborate to Develop Co-branded Pet Products |
2021
Oct. 11, 2021 | Sleepypod Celebrates 15 Years of Creativity and Design Innovation |
Apr. 29, 2021 | Subaru of America launches pet accessories line to keep pets protected and comfortable |
2020
Nov. 19, 2020 | Clickit Terrain Care Safety Harness Earns Highest Possible Five Star Crash Test Rating from Center for Pet Safety in New, Higher Weight Rating |
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2016
Jul. 18, 2016 | Sleepypod Pet Carriers Earn Top Honors from Center for Pet Safety in New Carrier Certification Program |
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2011
Dec. 19, 2011 | Sleepypod Products are Editors’ Choices in 2011 |
Jul. 22, 2011 | Sleepypod® Introduces Yummy Travel Bowls |
Mar. 3, 2011 | Sleepypod® Presents Sleepypod Atom |