EP1975347A1 - Verfahren zum schnellen Aufschlagen eines Zelts - Google Patents

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EP1975347A1
EP1975347A1 EP07006676A EP07006676A EP1975347A1 EP 1975347 A1 EP1975347 A1 EP 1975347A1 EP 07006676 A EP07006676 A EP 07006676A EP 07006676 A EP07006676 A EP 07006676A EP 1975347 A1 EP1975347 A1 EP 1975347A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/34—Supporting means, e.g. frames
    • E04H15/42—Supporting means, e.g. frames external type, e.g. frame outside cover
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/34—Supporting means, e.g. frames
    • E04H15/44—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type
    • E04H15/46—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type telescoping and foldable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/34—Supporting means, e.g. frames
    • E04H15/44—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type
    • E04H15/48—Supporting means, e.g. frames collapsible, e.g. breakdown type foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/64—Tent or canopy cover fastenings

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  • the present invention relates to a method, especially to a method for quickly pitching a tent.
  • a tent is a necessary piece of camping equipment. Pitching or striking a tent is a necessary part of setting up or striking camp, and most campers want to take as little time as possible to pitch or strike the tent. Furthermore, campers want to use as much of their available time as possible to enjoy nature so quickly pitching or striking the tent adds to the campers' enjoyment.
  • conventional tents need many complicated procedures to be pitched and struck. Therefore, the campers need to use much time to pitch and stick the conventional tents,
  • the present invention provides a quickly pitching method for a tent to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
  • the main objective of the present invention is to provide a quickly pitching method for a tent.
  • the quickly pitching method for a tent comprising acts of: pivoting the bottom section of each pole relative to the middle section of the pole; securely aligning the bottom section of each pole relative to the middle section of the pole; attaching the poles securely to the ground; pushing the center hub upward to pivot the top section of each pole relative to the middle section of the pole; securely fastening the top section of each pole relative to the middle section of the pole when an included angle between the top and the middle sections is an obtuse angle.
  • a tent quickly pitched by and struck by a method in accordance with the present invention comprises a frame (10) and a cloth housing (20),
  • the frame (10) comprises a center hub (30) and multiple poles (40),
  • the poles (40) are mounted respectively pivotally on the center hub (30).
  • Each pole (40) comprises a top section (41), a middle section (42), a bottom section (43), an end cap (44) and two joints (45),
  • the top section (41) is mounted pivotally on the center hub (30).
  • the top, middle and bottom sections (41,42,43) connect pivotally to each other and have the same length.
  • the end cap (44) is attached securely on the bottom section (43).
  • the joints (45) are mounted between the sections (41, 42, 43) to pivotally connect the sections (41, 42, 43) to each other.
  • each joint (45) comprises a male leaf (46), a female leaf (47), a lock (48), a bolt (49) and a nut (490).
  • the male leaf (46) connects to one of the sections (41, 42, 43) of the pole (40) and comprises an attachment sleeve (461) and a male head (463).
  • the attachment sleeve (461) is mounted around the corresponding section (41, 42, 43) of the pole (40).
  • the male head (463) is formed on an end of the attachment sleeve (461) and has an inner surface, an outer surface, a center, an edge, a keyhole (464), a keyway (465) and an arched limit groove (466).
  • the keyhole (464) is formed through the male head (463) near the edge of the male head (463).
  • the keyway (465) is formed radially in the keyhole (464),
  • the arched limit groove (466) is formed in the inner surface of the male head (463) near the edge of the male head (463) and separates from the keyhole (464).
  • the female leaf (47) connects to the adjacent section (41,42,43) of the pole (40) and comprises an attachment sleeve (471) and a female head (473).
  • the attachment sleeve (471) is mounted around the corresponding section (41, 42,43) of the pole (40).
  • the female head (473) is formed on an end of the attachment sleeve (471) and has an inner surface, an outer surface, a center, an edge, a lock hole (474) and a limit stub (475).
  • the lock hole (474) is formed in the inner surface of the female head (473) near the edge of the female head (473) and selectively aligns with the keyhole (464) in the male head (463).
  • the lock hole (474) aligns with the keyhole (464) while the included angle between the top section (41) and the middle section (42) is a predetermined obtuse angle such as 120 degrees, 135 degrees, 150 degrees, 160 degrees, etc. to form a roof of the tent.
  • the lock hole (474) aligns with the keyhole (464) while the included angle between the middle section (42) and the bottom section (43) is 180 degrees to form a sidewall of the tent.
  • the limit stub (475) is formed on and extends out of the inner surface of the female head (473), is mounted slidably in the limit groove (466) in the male head (463) and selectively abuts two ends of the limit groove (466),
  • the lock (48) is mounted movably in the keyhole (464) in the male head (463) and has a sidewall, an inner end, an outer end, a key (481), an annular flange (482), a spring (483), a diametric hole (484) and a pull ring (485).
  • the key (481) is formed radially on the sidewall of the lock (48) near the outer end of the lock (48), selectively abuts the outer surface of the male head (463) and selectively aligns and engages the keyway (465) in the male head (463). When the key (481) misaligns with the keyway (465), the key (481) abuts the outer surface of the male head (463).
  • the annular flange (482) is formed radially on the sidewall of the lock (48) near the inner end of the lock (48).
  • the spring (483) is mounted around the lock (48) and respectively abuts annular flange (482) and an outer end of the keyhole (464) in the male head (463).
  • the diametric hole (484) is formed radially through the lock (48) adjacent to the outer end of the lock (48),
  • the pull ring (485) extends through the diametric hole (484).
  • the bolt (49) extends through the centers of the male and female heads (463, 473).
  • the nut (490) is screwed onto an end of the bolt (49) to hold the male and female heads (463, 473) together and to allow the male leaf (46) and the female leaf (47) to pivot relative to each other.
  • the cloth housing (20) is suspended on the frame (10) and has a canopy (21), multiple flexible loops (22), multiple clips (23), multiple end connectors (24) and multiple pegs (25).
  • the flexible loops (22) are attached securely to canopy (21).
  • Each clip (23) is attached securely on one of the flexible loops (22) and is mounted slidably around a corresponding one of the poles (40).
  • Each end connector (24) connects between the canopy (21) and the bottom section (43) of one of the poles (40).
  • the pegs (25) extend respectively through the end connectors (24) to anchor the tent to the ground.
  • a quickly pitching method for a tent in accordance with the present invention comprises acts as follows:
  • the completely folded tent is stowed in a carry bag (50) and is bound by a buckle (60).
  • the poles (40) are folded so that the top, middle and bottom sections (41, 42, 43) are parallel with each other.
  • the keyhole (464) of each joint (45) disaligns with the corresponding lock hole (474) of the joint (45) to allow the male leaf (46) pivoting relative to the female leaf (47).
  • the buckle (60) is released and the carry bag (50) is removed
  • the poles (40) are unfolded to pivot the bottom section (43) of each pole (40) relative to the middle section (42) of the pole (40) via the male leaf (46) pivoting relative to the female leaf (47) of each joint (45) between the bottom and middle sections (42).
  • the limit stub (475) of each joint (45) between the middle and bottom sections (42, 43) slides along the corresponding limit groove (466) of the joint (45).
  • the lock (48) is rotated via the pull ring (485) to align the key (481) with the keyway (465). Accordingly, the key (481) is allowed to slide in the keyway (465) and the lock (48) can be moved relative to the male head (463).
  • each bottom section (43) of each pole (40) when the bottom section (43) of each pole (40) is pivoted to align with the middle section (42) of the pole (40), the keyhole (464) of each joint (45) between the bottom and middle sections (42, 43) will align with the corresponding lock hole (474) of the joint (45).
  • the lock (48) With the alignment of the keyhole (464) with the corresponding lock hole (474), the lock (48) is pushed to extend into the lock hole (474) with the force provided by the spring (483) to stop the pivoting rotation of the male leaf (46) relative to the female leaf (47). Therefore, each bottom section (43) securely aligns with the corresponding middle section (42).
  • the pegs (25) are driven respectively through the end connectors (24) to attach the poles (40) securely to the ground so as to anchor the tent to the ground.
  • campers can quickly pitch and strike the tent. Therefore, the campers can get as much of their available time as possible to enjoy nature.

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Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2467529B (en) * 2009-01-30 2013-03-06 Hughes Safety Showers Ltd Frame for a shelter
US20160348394A1 (en) * 2015-05-28 2016-12-01 Sportsman Corporation Tent Assembly

Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2273723A (en) * 1992-12-23 1994-06-29 Stipton Ltd Pre-assembled collapsible tent
US6776179B1 (en) * 2003-01-21 2004-08-17 Yeong-Shu Chen Quick-pitch/strike tent

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2273723A (en) * 1992-12-23 1994-06-29 Stipton Ltd Pre-assembled collapsible tent
US6776179B1 (en) * 2003-01-21 2004-08-17 Yeong-Shu Chen Quick-pitch/strike tent

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2467529B (en) * 2009-01-30 2013-03-06 Hughes Safety Showers Ltd Frame for a shelter
US8820340B2 (en) 2009-01-30 2014-09-02 Hughes Safety Showers Limited Frames and hinges
US20160348394A1 (en) * 2015-05-28 2016-12-01 Sportsman Corporation Tent Assembly
US9752346B2 (en) * 2015-05-28 2017-09-05 Sportsman Corporation Tent assembly
CN106193789B (zh) * 2015-05-28 2018-07-27 能昌实业股份有限公司 帐篷结构

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