Classifications

• • 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
  • E04H15/36—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type
  • E04H15/40—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type flexible
• • 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
  • E04H15/02—Tents combined or specially associated with other devices
  • E04H15/06—Tents at least partially supported by vehicles

Definitions

• Tent comprising a flexible fabric and means of reinforcement and assembly comprising it
• the invention relates generally tents whose fabric is tensioned by hoops.
• GB 2 340 516 discloses a tent of this type, with two slopes, comprising a web defining a living space and a frame formed of two flexible hoops.
• This tent has an extended position and a storage position. In the deployed position, each hoop is arranged, in a working position, on the periphery of a sloped panel of the fabric. The tent has in its panel in contact with the ground means for keeping apart the two sloping panels. In the storage position, the hoops are folded into loops and superimposed on one another. This tent goes by itself from its storage position to its deployed position.
• Such a tent comprising a web delimiting a living space and an armature formed of two flexible hoops arranged in sleeves.
• This tent has an extended position and a storage position.
• the hoops In the deployed position, the hoops are in a working position with a first portion of each hoop that extends on the ground and a second portion that rises from the ground to allow the volume of the canvas.
• the first portion of a hoop is opposite the second portion of the other hoop.
• the hoops In the storage position, the hoops are also folded into loops and superimposed on one another. And this tent also goes by itself from its storage position to its deployed position.
• the invention aims to improve the capacity and the conditions of use of such a tent.
• the invention proposes a tent comprising a flexible fabric and reinforcing means for tensioning said fabric, said fabric comprising sleeves, each said sleeve being adapted to house a flexible hoop belonging to said means for armature, characterized in that said tent has an extended position in which it has generally rectangular lateral faces and arranged in a cylinder having for director a regular polygon having an even number of sides, each said sleeve extending on the periphery of a said respective face, each said hoop being in a working position in said sleeves, and in that said tent has a flat position in which said sleeves are superimposed.
• the configuration of its faces gives the tent a stability allowing it to remain by itself in this position. And this configuration also makes it possible to realize tents of height and of large habitable volume.
• the tent also has said extended position and a flat position a storage position in which each said hoop is in a multi-loop position where it is formed in several superposed loops, said hoops in multi-loop position being superimposed on each other; and / or said fabric comprises side panels and a roof panel, each said side panel comprising a said sheath; and optionally the tent comprises a flexible wall for connection to a vehicle and an access opening formed in one of said side panels, said wall comprising connection means to this panel and to the rear of said vehicle; and / or the tent has four said similar faces, four hoops, said fabric having four side panels and a roof panel; and optionally the tent has two flexible arches extending crosswise against the inner surface of said web in the deployed position of said tent, each leg of said arch extending against the junction of two consecutive side panels so that said panel roofing has the shape of a dome in the center of which intersect said arches; and optionally said fabric comprises at each junction of two consecutive side
• the invention also proposes an assembly comprising a tent as previously exposed and a transport cover of said tent in storage position, said tent being disposed in said cover.
• said cover is adapted to wrap said panels and said hoops multi-loop position and has an insertion slot provided with closure means.
• FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a tent according to FIG. invention connected to a vehicle via a connecting wall;
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of this tent in its deployed position, the vehicle is not shown;
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of this tent, according to another angle;
• Figure 4 is an elevational view of a hoop of this tent;
• Figure 5 is a sectional view of the hoop taken along the plane VV shown in Figure 4;
• Figure 6 is a perspective view of a partially represented arch and two side panels of the tent on each of which is shown a sleeve;
• Figure 7 is a perspective view of the tent ready to be folded with the folded connecting wall;
• Figures 8 to 15 are perspective views of the tent showing the positions taken by the tent from the deployed position to the storage position with the intermediate position the flat position shown in Figure 11;
• Figure 16 is a perspective view of the assembly according to the invention, the tent being
• the tent 1 shown in the figures is here intended to be used in association with a vehicle 2.
• the tent 1 which is first described in its deployed position comprises four lateral faces 3, 4, 5, 6, a face of roof 7 and a floor face 8.
• the set of faces 3 to 8 generally form a parallelepiped.
• the tent 1 has four hoops 9, two hoops 10 and a canvas 11.
• This cloth 11 is made of plastic, here based on polyester, and comprises a plurality of panels that correspond to the different faces 3 to 7 of the tent 1.
• This cloth 11 has four lateral panels 12, 13, 14, 15 of the same dimensions.
• These side panels 12 to 15 have the same shape as the lateral shapes 3 to 6, that is to say a generally rectangular shape.
• each of the panels 12 to 15 is curved outwards and the four corners of the panel are rounded.
• Each panel 12 to 15 is sewn along two of its opposite edges with the two neighboring panels.
• the fabric 11 also has a roof panel 16 which has a square base dome shape.
• the four edges of the panel 16 are sewn with the edge of a panel 12 to 15.
• Each side panel 12 to 15 is provided on its periphery with a sleeve 17 ( Figure 6) in which is disposed a hoop 9.
• the sleeve 17 is formed by sewing the edge of the folded panel on itself.
• the sleeve 17 is also curved outwards and its four corners are rounded.
• the sleeve 17 is always bent outwards so that the hoop
• the sleeve 17 has an opening (not shown) at which the edge has not been sewn.
• the hoop 9 is made of stainless steel and has overall flexibility.
• the hoop 9 has a rectangular section with a width well below the length and a width that extends radially for a hoop 9 in its working position, the hoop 9 being in its working position when the tent 1 is in its position deployed.
• the hoop 9 is formed of a band of the same section as the hoop 9 and of the same length as the sleeve 17.
• the panels 12 to 15 are provided with openings.
• the panels 12 and 14 have an opening 20 of small dimensions relative to the dimensions of the panel 12, 14. This opening 20 forms a window for the tent 1.
• the openings 20 are here obstructed by a transparent plastic film. According to a variant not shown, the openings 20 are blocked by a mosquito net.
• the panels 13 and 15 each comprise a cutout 21 in U. Two portions of this cutout 21 are spaced apart from each other and parallel to the ground, these two portions being connected by a third transverse portion.
• This cutout 21 defines a flap 22 which can be fixed with the remainder of the panel 13, 15 by means of zipper means (not shown) along the cutout 21. With the aid of these closure means slide, one can separate the flap 22 from the rest of the panel 13, 15 and the cutout 21 then defines a large access opening 23 allowing users to enter or leave the tent.
• the cutting 21 of the panels 13, 15 allows the positioning for example of two tents 1 against each other, the openings 23 allowing the passage from one tent to another so as to have a larger usable space .
• the tent 1 also includes the two arches 10.
• the arches 10 have a circular section and are here fiberglass.
• Each arch 10 has several portions so as to be able to bend the arch 10. The different ends of the portions are provided with hinge means (not shown).
• Each arch 10 has an inverted U shape.
• the legs 25 of each of the arches 10 are positioned at the junction of two consecutive panels 12 to 15, each leg extending from the floor face 8 to the roof face 7.
• the arch portion 10 located between the legs 25 is rounded.
• the two arches 10 are positioned in a cross: at each junction between two consecutive panels 12 to 15 is a leg of a bow 10 and the portions between the legs 25 intersect at the center of the inner surface of the roof panel 16. These portions support the roof panel 16 and give it its dome shape.
• Sleeves 26 are provided at the junction of two consecutive panels 12 to 15 on the side of the ground face 8. Each free end of a bow 10 is disposed in a sleeve 26 for its maintenance and can be inserted into the ground when the one it's furniture.
• the tent 1 also includes a connecting appendix of the tent 1 to the car 2.
• This appendage comprises a connecting wall 30 made of the same material as the canvas 11.
• This wall 30 has a flat generally rectangular shape and has, when the tent is deployed and the wall 30 is installed between the car
• the tent 1 being shown here with a car 2 whose height is less than the height of the tent 1, the wall 30 has an inclination of its roof panel 16 to the roof roof of the car 2.
• the wall 30 is connected to the panel 15 by a zipper
• the wall 30 can also be removed to use the tent 1 independently of a car and the wall 30.
• means of connection comprising two suckers 31 intended to be used in collaboration with the roof of the car 2. Additional suction cups can to be provided to fix the side panels of the wall 30 to the sides of the car 2.
• the edge of the wall 30 serving for connection to the car 2 is elastic and comes to marry the shape of the car 2 to allow easy maintenance of the wall 30 on the car 2.
• the tailgate of the car 2 can be opened and come into contact with the inner surface of the roof panel of the wall 30.
• these doors come into contact with the side panels of the wall 30.
• a system of stays formed of ropes connected to the fabric 11 and the wall 30 and formed of stakes is provided to secure the tent 1 on the ground.
• the tent 1 is, in its deployed position, arranged in a cylinder having for director a square.
• the tent is now described in its flat position ( Figure 11). In this position, the openings 23 are closed by the flaps 22, the arches 10 have been removed and the wall 30 is folded over the panel 15.
• the panels 12 to 15 are superimposed and arranged flat so that the resulting superposition has the generally rectangular shape of any panel 12 to 15 with a thickness corresponding generally to the thickness of the four panels 12 to 15.
• the panel 16 lesser thickness since it has no hoop, is disposed against the outer surfaces of the panel 14 and the wall 30 and the outer surfaces of the panels 14, 15 are arranged vis-à-vis. From this superposition of panels, appear only the outer surfaces of the panels 12, 13. In the flat position, the hoops 9 as the sleeves 17 are superimposed.
• the tent 1 is now described in its storage position (FIG. 15).
• the hoops 9 have a multi-loop position.
• Each hoop 9 is folded in three superposed loops and the four hoops are all superimposed on each other, the different panels of the tent 1 being positioned inside this cylinder formed by the hoops 9.
• Each hoop loop 9 has globally a circular form.
• the height of the tent 1 in the stowed position is much smaller than the diameter.
• the tent 1 can be stored in a carrying case 40 (FIG. 16).
• This cover 40 has two circular flaps 41 whose diameter is slightly greater than that of the hoops 9 in their multi-loop position.
• the two panels 41 are sewn to each other on about half a circumference.
• the other half-circumference is occupied by a zipper 42 for opening and closing an insertion slot of the tent in the storage position.
• the arches 10 also take place in the cover 40 after being folded.
• the cover 40 is provided with carrying handles 43.
• the cover 40 and the tent 1 form an assembly 44 for the transport of tent 1.
• the cover 40 comprises, between its two panels 41, a cylindrical side pan for adjusting the diameter of the panels 41 to the diameter of the hoops 9 in the storage position of the tent 1. The installation is now described. of the tent 1.
• the tent 1 is deployed by simply releasing the stresses on the hoops 9. These leave their multi-loop position to take their position working in the sleeves 17 and the tent being thereby in its deployed position.
• the four hoops 9 allow the tent 1 to be self-supporting.
• the panels 12 to 15 are then stretched and flat and form with the panel 16 the tent 1 in its deployed position.
• the hoops 10 are then positioned by placing the ends of the legs 25 in the sleeves 26.
• the wall 30 is positioned by fixing it to the car 2 by the means described above.
• the wall 30 will first be connected to the panel 15 by means of the zipper if this wall 30 was not already associated with this panel 15.
• the tent 1 In order to better fix the tent 1, we stretch the ropes and plant the stakes in the ground. In the absence of car 2, the tent 1 is mounted in the same way, the wall 30 being optionally maintained by a system of stays (not shown).
• the double panel 51 is then folded onto the double panel 50 so that at the end of this movement the four panels 12 to 15 are superimposed on each other and lying on the ground.
• the panel 16 is sandwiched between the double panel 50 and the double panel 51.
• the tent 1 is then in its flat position (FIG. 11) formed of an overlay 52 of the four panels 12 to 15 and the panel 16.
• the superposition 52 has the dimensions of the panels 12 to 15. The two widths of the superposition 52 are then brought closer together to fold the latter in the wallet (FIG. 12).
• the hoop superpositions 9 form three incomplete circles 60, 61 and 62.
• the incomplete circle 60 is placed against the ground while the incomplete circles 61, 62 extend obliquely towards each other. the other.
• the incomplete circle 61 is then passed through the incomplete circle 62.
• the incomplete circle 61 is folded over the incomplete circle 60 and the incomplete circle 62 is brought closer to the incomplete circle 61.
• the circumference of the hoops multi-loop position is generally three times lower than their circumference in working position.
• the ratio between the footprint in the stowed position and the useful volume in the deployed position is particularly advantageous. This configuration of tent makes it possible to obtain a height under 16 roof panel.
• an opening in one of the side panels is provided so as to add a small tent having an opening corresponding to that of the side panel. This small tent is used for storage.
• this small tent is directly formed from the fabric 11 which has on the side panel a surplus of fabric that can be set in volume with a system of ropes and stakes. This surplus of fabric is located towards the bottom of the panel inside the surface defined by the sheath.
• the tent 1 has a greater number of side panels, for example six side panels.

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