AU2019100141A4

AU2019100141A4 - A tent door and a tent

Info

Publication number: AU2019100141A4
Application number: AU2019100141A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Tom Hancock
Original assignee: Skytent Pty Ltd
Current assignee: Skytent Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2019-02-11
Filing date: 2019-02-11
Publication date: 2019-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-11

Abstract

A tent door and a tent is disclosed. The tent comprises one or more doored side boards, one or more side boards which are beside said doored side boards or another side board, a rooftop covering which is on said doored side boards and said side boards. The doored side boards, side boards and a rooftop covering are made of transparent polycarbonate (PC) materials, which offers the tent a capability of advanced natural lighting and better strength, rigidity to cope with bad weathers. By replacing door flaps for usual tents with said doored side board which comprises a door hinged on a side of its door opening, simply pushing or pulling the door will make it open or closed, which eliminates the need of pulling zipper tape on and off, thus improves the door's durability and enriches comfortable camping experience. Fig. 1 Fig. 2

Description

A TENT DOOR AND A TENT

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The presented invention relates to a tent equipment. More specifically, the present invention relates to a tent door and a tent.

BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION [0002] Most tents comprise a door. A door flap is usually attached to a portion of the perimeter of a door opening by a zipper and is fixed by a clasp and a loop when a door is opened. When closing a door, a door flap needs to be released from a clasp and a loop, then be attached by a zipper. The process of opening and closing the door is complex, time-consuming and the zipper is prone to break.

[0003] To solve such a defect, this invention has been specially devised in order to provide a tent door and a tent to open, fix and close the tent door without need of operating a zipper, which improves the tent’s durability and enriches comfortable camping experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] A tent door and a tent in accordance with this invention comprises one or more doored side boards, one or more side boards which are beside said doored side boards or said side boards, a rooftop covering which is on said doored side boards and said side boards.

[0005] As a further improvement, said doored side boards, side boards and a rooftop covering are made of transparent polycarbonate (PC) materials.

[0006] As a further improvement, each said doored side board or said side board comprises two or more second grooved transition strips which are attached to one side of said doored side board or side board and stacked with another second grooved transition strip of the adjacent doored side board or side board, and one or more second bolts to fasten the said stacked second grooved transition strips; the said rooftop covering comprises one or more first grooved transition strips which are stacked on said stacked second grooved transition strips, and one or more first bolts to fasten stacked first grooved transition strips and second grooved transition strips.

[0007] As a further improvement, each said doored side board comprises a door opening, a door canopy on the door opening, a door, a seal strip attached to all sides of the door, and one or more door hinges on one side of the door to join the door to one side of the door opening.

[0008] As a further improvement, each said doored side board or side board comprises a bottom supporter which fixes the doored side board or the side board to floor.

[0009] By adoption of the above technical schemes, by assembling said doored side boards, side boards and a rooftop covering which are made of transparent polycarbonate (PC) materials, the tent provides advanced natural lighting and is strong enough to cope with heavy snow, strong winds, as well as heavy rain, so that comfortable camping experience can be guaranteed. Meanwhile, by replacing the door flap with said doored side board which comprises a door hinged on one side of the door opening, simply pushing or pulling the door will make it open or closed, which eliminates the need of pulling zipper tape on and off, thus improves the door’s durability and enriches comfortable camping experience

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2019100141 11 Feb 2019 [0010] It should be noted that any one of the aspects mentioned above may include any of the features of any of the other aspects mentioned above and may include any of the features of any of the embodiments described below as appropriate.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING [0011] Preferred features, embodiments and variations of the invention may be discerned from the following Detailed Description which provides sufficient information for those skilled in the art to perform the invention. The Detailed Description is not to be regarded as limiting the scope of the preceding Summary of the Invention in any way. The Detailed Description will make reference to a number of drawings as follows.

[0012] Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a tent door and a tent.

[0013] Figure 2 shows an installation view of first bolt.

[0014] Figure 3 shows a perspective view of doored side board.

[0015] Figure 4 shows an installation view of second bolt.

DRAWING COMPONENTS [0016] The drawings include the following integers.

rooftop covering first grooved transition strip first bolt doored side board door opening door canopy door seal strip door hinge side board second grooved transition strip second bolt bottom supporter

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0017] The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings and the following description to refer to the same and like parts. Dimensions of certain parts shown in the drawings may have been modified and/or exaggerated for the purposes of clarity or illustration.

[0018] As shown in Figure 1, a tent door and a tent provided in the present invention comprises one or more doored side boards (20), one or more side boards (30) which are beside doored side boards (20) or another side board (30), a rooftop covering (10) which is on doored side boards (20) and side boards (30) and is used for ventilation while opening.

[0019] As a further improvement, doored side boards (20), side boards (30) and a rooftop covering (10) are made of transparent polycarbonate (PC) materials. Furthermore, an anti-UV layer is covered on the PC materials to protect from sunshine.

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2019100141 11 Feb 2019 [0020] As a further improvement, as shown in Figure 2, 3 and 4, each doored side board (20) or side board (30) comprises two or more second grooved transition strips (40) which are attached to one side of the doored side board (20) or the side board (30) and stacked with another second grooved transition strip (40) of the adjacent doored side board (20) or side board (30), and one or more second bolts (50) to fasten the stacked second grooved transition strips (40); a rooftop covering (10) comprises one or more first grooved transition strips (11) which are stacked on stacked second grooved transition strips (40), and one or more first bolts (12) to fasten stacked first grooved transition strips (11) and second grooved transition strips (40). Meanwhile, first grooved transition strips (11) and second grooved transition strips (40) are able to prevent dust and water from entering the tent through gaps between doored side boards (20) and side boards (30). First bolts (12) and second bolts (50) can also be used as supporting points to hang curtains.

[0021] As a further improvement, as shown in Figure 3, each doored side board (20) comprises a door opening (21), a door canopy (22) on the door opening (21), a door (23), a seal strip (24) attached to all sides of the door (23), and one or more door hinges (25) on one side of the door (23) to join the door (23) to one side of the door opening (21). The seal strip (24) can seal the gap between the door opening (21) and the door (23) while the door (23) is closed.

[0022] As a further improvement, as shown in Figure 1 and 4, each doored side board (20) or side board (30) comprises a bottom supporter (60) which fixes the doored side board (20) or side board (30) to floor and prevent water from entering the tent.

[0023] A method of pitching a tent comprises the following steps: the positions of all doored side boards (20) and side boards (30) are determined; second grooved transition strips (40) are laid at both sides of doored side boards (20) or side boards (30) and stacked with another second grooved transition strip (40) of the adjacent doored side board (20) or side board (30); second bolts (50) are fitted to fasten two stacked second grooved transition strips (40); after all doored side boards (20) and side boards (30) are installed, a rooftop covering (10) is placed on doored side boards (20) and side boards (30); first grooved transition strips (11) are stacked on second grooved transition strips (40), then first bolts (12) are fitted to fasten the stacked first grooved transition strips (11) and second grooved transition strips (40); bottom supporters (60) at the bottom of doored side boards (20) and side boards (30) are attached to floor.

[0024] A method of using the tent comprises the following steps: the tent is transparent and provides advanced natural lighting to offer people in the tent a feeling that they are in a nature environment; simply pushing a door (23) on the tent will open the door (23); simply pulling the door (23) will close the door; curtains can be hung on first bolts (12) and second bolts (50) to keep privacy if necessary. Thus, the door’s durability is improved and comfortable camping experience is guaranteed.

[0025] A method of striking a tent comprises the following steps:, bottom supporters (60) at the bottom of doored side boards (20) and side boards(30) are detached from floor; first bolts (12) are released to unfasten the stacked first grooved transition strips (11) and second grooved transition strips (40); first grooved transition strips (11) are disassembled with second grooved transition strips (40); a rooftop covering (10) is removed from doored side boards (20) and side boards (30); second bolts (50) are released from stacked second grooved transition strips (40), then second grooved transition strips (40) are detached; doored side boards (20) and side boards (30) are taken apart from each other.

[0026] In the present specification and claims (if any), the word comprising and its derivatives including comprises and comprise include each of the stated integers but does not exclude the inclusion of one or more further integers.

Claims

The claims defining the invention are as follows:

1. A tent door and a tent comprising one or more doored side boards, one or more side boards which are beside said doored side boards or another side board, a rooftop covering which is on said doored side boards and said side boards.
2. A tent door and a tent as in claim 1, wherein said doored side boards, side boards and a rooftop covering are made of transparent polycarbonate (PC) materials.
3. A tent door and a tent as in claim 1, wherein each said doored side board or said side board comprises two or more second grooved transition strips which are attached to one side of said doored side board or side board and stacked with another second grooved transition strip of the adjacent doored side board or side board, and one or more second bolts to fasten the said stacked second grooved transition strips; the said rooftop covering comprises one or more first grooved transition strips which are stacked on said stacked second grooved transition strips, and one or more first bolts to fasten stacked first grooved transition strips and second grooved transition strips.
4. A tent door and a tent as in claim 1, wherein each said doored side board comprises a door opening, a door canopy on the door opening, a door, a seal strip attached to all sides of door, and one or more door hinges on one side of door to join door to one side of the door opening.
5. A tent door and a tent as in claim 1, wherein each said doored side board or side board comprises a bottom supporter which fixes the doored side board or the side board to floor.