Patent Application
20240318456
The present disclosure relates to the field of canopy technology, specifically involving a quick-up canopy frame.
Canopy is a common outdoor sunshade and leisure product, consisting of peripheral support frames and a top sunshade component. The sunshade part covers the top ends of the support frames on all four sides and is securely connected with connectors. The present canopy frames utilize a rotating connection of multiple rod bodies, as provided in patent number CN201611265786.5. This introduces a canopy frame that can be folded by moving the vertical rods from the four sides toward the center. However, its frame composition is overly complex. With multiple rod bodies connected in a rotatable manner, if any one of them fails to rotate, the entire canopy cannot extend or fold. During the folding and storage process, it slowly folds inward from the outside, and due to the excessive number of rod bodies, the operation steps are increased, making the folding process cumbersome or requiring multiple operations. Additionally, regarding commonly seen canopies on the market with separate ceiling and rod body structures, there's a need to increase installation steps between the ceiling and rod bodies, making the operation overly cumbersome. Similarly, concerning sunroofs serving the same purpose as canopies, those available in the market typically consist of a top sunshade cloth and four or more vertical rods. They require the vertical rods to be combined with the sunshade cloth buckles for support, which necessitates at least five or more steps to complete the installation process. This involves extending the four telescopic poles to their maximum length and then individually combining the rod bodies at the four corners with the sunshade cloth buckles, a process that is excessively intricate.
this present disclosure addresses the technical problem by providing a quick-up canopy frame that is structurally simple, folds up easily for storage, and offers enhanced stability during use.
To address the issues mentioned above, this present disclosure adopts the following technical solutions:
The quick-up canopy frame comprises a top middle connector, telescopic poles, upper connecting rods, and lower connecting rods. The upper edge of the top middle connecting component is hinged with five or more upper connecting rods along its circumference. At the other end of the upper connecting rod is hinged with the middle top tee connector. The middle top tee connector is hinged at both ends with lower connecting rods, and adjacent lower connecting rods at the other end are hinged to side top tee connectors. The side top tee connector also has hinged telescopic legs. The upper connecting rods hinged on the top middle connector, and the lower connecting rods hinged with the top tee connector and the side top tee connector, enclosing more than five rhombic surfaces.
A further technical solution involves telescopic legs consisting of upper and lower telescopic poles. These telescopic legs can extend and retract as per prior art. The upper and lower telescopic poles can slide into each other to achieve folding, not limited to just two poles, but can also involve three or more for folding and extending.
A further technical solution is that both the upper connecting rod and the lower connecting rod are elastic connecting rods, which must possess a certain degree of elasticity to achieve folding support. The upper and lower connecting rods can be elastic fiber rods or other types of elastic rod bodies.
The present disclosure has the following beneficial effects: A quick-up canopy frame is provided. It comprises five or more upper connecting rods hinged on the top middle connector and lower connecting rods hinged on the middle top tee connector and side top tee connector to enclose at least five rhombic surfaces or more, forming the support structure for the entire canopy. The rhombic surface structure provides better stability and support, making it less prone to swaying, wind-resistant, and durable. Moreover, since the support structure is integrated, compared to canopies with separate ceilings and sunshades or ordinary sunroofs, this structure can be folded in three simple steps, making folding more convenient and swift, thus serving as a replacement for commonly used sunroofs on the market.
A brief introduction to the drawings required for the embodiments or prior art described herein will be provided below to provide a clearer illustration of the technical solutions in the embodiments or prior art descriptions. It is evident that the drawings described below are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technical personnel in this field, without exerting creative effort, additional drawings can also be derived based on these
The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are detailed below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. This will facilitate a better understanding of the advantages and features of this present disclosure for technical personnel in the field, leading to a clearer and more precise definition of the scope of protection for this present disclosure.
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The telescopic legs 5 comprises an upper telescopic pole 52 and a lower telescopic pole 52. The telescopic legs 5 can telescope as per prior art. The upper 52 and lower 52 telescopic poles can telescope with each other to achieve folding, not limited to just two telescopic poles, but can also be three or more telescopic poles for extending and folding. The upper connecting rod 2 and the lower connecting rod 4 are elastic connecting rods, possessing sufficient elasticity for folding support. They can be made of elastic fiber rods or other elastic rod bodies.
In this embodiment, when folding, the upper telescopic pole 52 and the lower telescopic pole 52 are first extended to shorten the entire telescopic leg 5. Then, the top middle connector 1 is pulled down, as shown in
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The top middle connector 1 of the five-way, seven-way, or eight-way structure achieves the same technical effect of rapid folding as the top middle connector 1 of the six-way structure when hinged with the upper connecting rod 2. As shown in
It is important to note that, in this document, the terms “comprising,” “consist of,” or any other variant is intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, thereby allowing processes, methods, items, or equipment that include a range of elements to include not only those elements explicitly listed but also other elements not specifically stated or inherent elements for such processes, methods, items, or equipment.
The above embodiments are merely examples of the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Any technical solutions that are identical or equivalent to the content described in the claims of the present disclosure shall be included within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202420541429.0 | Mar 2024 | CN | national |
