Patent Application
20240068263
This application claims priority benefit to Chinese utility model application Serial No. 202222303420.X which was filed on Aug. 31, 2022, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The present application relates to the technical field of outdoor products, and in particular to a tent based on or supported by an external support structure.
A foldable tent in the conventional technology mostly includes a tent support frame and a tarpaulin covered on the tent support frame. The tent support frame includes multiple support rods which are radially connected to a top connecting seat at the center of the top of the tent to form a tent ceiling. The tent ceiling is supported by at least three support rods, and each support rod is pivotally or slidably connected by one leg tube or at least two leg tubes. For the tent in the conventional technology, the tarpaulin covers the outside of the tent support frame, and when the tent is opened for use, the tent support frame is located inside the tent, while the interior of the tent is use space for users, so the support frame inside the tent may affect the aesthetics of the tent during use and occupy the use space inside the tent. Therefore, a tent based on an external support structure is provided. The support frame of the tent is located outside the tarpaulin, and when the tent is opened for use, the support frame is located outside the tarpaulin, so that the support frame does not occupy the use space of the tent, and as the support frame is located outside the tarpaulin, the tent looks more beautiful from the inside for tent users. However, the tent with this structure has the following problems: in the market, there is a kind of tent that can be quickly supported by rods and the tent shape thereof can be maintained by elastically reverse positioning of the support rods. For the tent with this structure, when the support rods are arranged outside the tarpaulin, in order to achieve the same opening size of the tarpaulin, the length of the leg tube of the external support structure is longer, and it is easy to happen that the length of the leg tube exceeds an elastic extension range of the fabric. When folding, the leg tubes of the tent ceiling are folded downward, and the leg tubes connected to the center of the top of the tent are pressed against the tarpaulin below the leg tubes, and the tarpaulin may block the folding process and lead to the bursting of the fabric, resulting in the product being unable to be used normally.
In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present application is to provide a tent based on an external support structure, and to optimize the tarpaulin structure of the tent ceiling, so that the tent based on the external support structure can be smoothly folded.
To achieve the above object, the following technical solutions are provided according to the present application.
A tent based on an external support structure includes multiple support rods which are radially connected to a top-middle connecting piece in the center of the top of the tent to form a tent ceiling. The tent ceiling is supported by at least three support rods, and a shape of a tarpaulin is maintained by elastically reverse positioning of the support rods. A breach is formed in the center of the tarpaulin on the top surface of the tent. The top-middle connecting piece is connected with the tarpaulin on the top surface of the tent through a first connecting sheet. The first connecting sheet encloses the top-middle connecting piece and the breach at the center of the top of the tent to form a folding reserved space, and the folding reserved space has a folding reserved height. When the tent is opened for use, the folding reserved space is located on an exterior side of the tarpaulin, that is, the side facing the outside when the tent is in use. When the tent is folded, the top-middle connecting piece drives the first connecting sheet to retract toward an interior side of the tarpaulin, where the interior side is the side facing the inside when the tent is in use.
Preferably, the first connecting sheet is made of a same fabric as the tarpaulin.
Preferably, the tarpaulin of the tent ceiling is connected with the respective support rod through a second connecting sheet, where the second connecting sheet forms a pipe sleeve, and the support rod is sleeved in the pipe sleeve formed by the second connecting sheet.
Preferably, the pipe sleeve of the second connecting sheet is formed by a gluing fabric sheet.
Preferably, the top-middle connecting piece includes a bottom plate and a connecting seat above the bottom plate, wherein the connecting seat is provided with at least three connecting grooves, the middle part of the connecting seat is provided with a central hole extending through the connecting seat and the bottom plate, each connecting groove is arranged along a radial direction of the connecting seat, all the connecting grooves are distributed in a circumferential array with the central hole as the center, and the respective support rod is connected into the corresponding connecting groove through a hinge.
Preferably, a screw is arranged at the central hole, one end of the screw forms a lifting ring, one end of the lifting ring is located below the bottom plate, and the extension lines of the axes of the support rods connected in the connecting grooves intersect at the central hole.
In the above structure according to the present application, since the folding reserved space makes up the difference between the length of the support rods and the length of the fabric of the tent ceiling, the support rods are not blocked by the tarpaulin of the tent ceiling when folded, and this structure also prevents the central tarpaulin of the tent ceiling from being broken by the support rods due to insufficient folding space.
1 support rod, 2 tarpaulin, 3 top-middle connecting piece, 31 bottom plate, 32 connecting seat, 4 first connecting sheet, 41 folding reserved space, 5 second connecting sheet, 61 screw, 62 lifting ring, 71 connecting sleeve.
The quick support tent in the conventional technology relies on the elastic effect between the support frame and the fabric to maintain the shape of the tent body. Therefore, the difference between the length of the support rod 1 and the length of the fabric is a key factor affecting the folding of the product. In this application, the connection between the support frame and the tarpaulin 2 is improved, and a new tent based on an external support structure is proposed. As shown in
Preferably, in the above structure, since there is a folding reserved height between the top-middle connecting piece 3 and the center of the tent ceiling, in order to maintain the folding reserved height, the tarpaulin 2 of the tent ceiling is connected with each support rod 1 through a second connecting sheet 5. After the tent is opened for use, the distance between the support rods 1 and the tarpaulin 2 of the tent ceiling is also the folding reserved height H. In other words, the second connecting sheet may have a dimension corresponding to the folding reserved height H. Preferably, the second connecting sheet 5 forms a sleeve by connecting lateral sides of the connecting sheet, for instance, by stitching, or gluing which can be a child-parent gluing belt. The support rod 1 extends thought the sleeve.
The application is used as follows.
Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it can be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and cannot be construed as restrictions on the present application. Those skilled in the art can change, modify, replace and transform the above embodiments within the scope of the present application without departing from the principle and purpose of the present application.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202222303420.X | Aug 2022 | CN | national |
