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.

Abstract: A collapsible, folding vehicle seat and safety restraint apparatus for animals includes a padded seat pivotally extended from a generally vertically disposed seat back which is removably affixed to an otherwise conventional vehicle seat back by a pair of suspension hooks. An adjustable animal restraint harness, such as a chain, is attached to the upper end of the apparatus seat back. An opaque or translucent sun shade is securable, as by clips, to the front of the apparatus seat.