Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
  • A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
  • A45F3/22—Hammocks; Hammock spreaders
• • 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
• • 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
  • E04H15/04—Tents combined or specially associated with other devices suspended type, e.g. from trees or from cantilever supports
• • 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
  • E04H15/32—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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a hammock and a shelter formed with one or more hammock (s).
• the invention relates in particular to a hammock that can be used to form a shelter.
• US2005 / 0188460A1 discloses a hammock usable to form a shelter.
• the hammock comprises an elongated web having two straight longitudinal edges parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fabric, and two curvilinear transverse edges formed of two arches.
• the transverse edges are reinforced by a strap that extends to allow the attachment of the hammock to a support such as a tree.
• the shelter includes a mosquito net covering the hammock, a rain blanket covering the mosquito net and hammock, and reinforcements supporting the mosquito net and blanket that are engaged in holes provided in each reinforced corner of the hammock.
• a transverse frame is held in place by a pocket located at two locations on the cover.
• Zippers make it possible to open and close a door and window of the mosquito net. Another zipper extends down the cover, from the holding pocket of the transverse frame, to form an opening to enter under the cover.
• a disadvantage of the shelter described in US2005 / 0188460A1 is that it has many parts, so that its mass and its cost are high, and that its installation is long and complex.
• An object of the invention is to provide a simple, lightweight, and inexpensive shelter.
• An object of the invention is to provide a shelter which is improved and / or which remedies, in part at least, the shortcomings or disadvantages of known shelters.
• An object of the invention is to provide a simple hammock, lightweight, inexpensive, which can be used to form the roof of a shelter.
• An object of the invention is to provide a hammock which is improved and / or which remedies, at least in part, the shortcomings or disadvantages of known hammocks.
• a hammock comprising an elongated watertight fabric along a longitudinal axis, the fabric having two longitudinal edges extending (substantially) parallel to the longitudinal axis and two edges transverse connecting the ends of the longitudinal edges, which comprises:
• a slide fastener comprising two fastening strips integral with the fabric, which extend on one face of the fabric, respectively along (and at a distance) from the two longitudinal edges, and
• Two receiving members of an armature which are integral with the fabric, face and extend on said face of the fabric, between the closure strips, and are respectively disposed (substantially) in the middle of the two longitudinal edges.
• An elongated frame can then be secured to the hammock fabric removably by inserting its end portions into the frame receiving members to support the fabric when the hammock is used to form the roof of a roof. shelter.
• hammocks may be contiguous along their respective longitudinal edges and may be secured in pairs by their respective closure strips, to form the roof of a shelter of larger size.
• the hammock preferably comprises a plurality of filamentary fastening members, such as closed loops, which are integral with the fabric and extend along each of the longitudinal edges.
• the hammock preferably comprises a plurality of reinforcing members, such as open loops formed of self-gripping strips, which are integral with the fabric and extend between the closure strips, near the ends of the longitudinal edges.
• Each of the transverse edges may be rectilinear or curvilinear, in part or in whole.
• the transverse edges of the fabric may be reinforced, preferably by at least one sleeve for receiving a deformable link such as a strap for fixing the hammock to a support such as a tree.
• the closure strips preferably comprise molded teeth - in particular injection molded - made of plastic or metal.
• a shelter comprising a roof fabric comprising a hammock according to the invention or several hammocks according to the invention which are secured edge (longitudinal) edge (longitudinal) two by two by their respective closure strips.
• a shelter comprising a watertight roof fabric elongated along a longitudinal axis, the fabric having two longitudinal edges extending (substantially) parallel to the longitudinal axis and two transverse edges connecting the ends of the longitudinal edges, which comprises:
• a slide fastener comprising two closed (toothed) fastening strips of the fabric, which extend on one face of the fabric, respectively along (and at a distance) from the two longitudinal edges;
• a first deformable elongate ridge having a first length close to and generally less than the width measured between the longitudinal edges of the fabric
• two elongated deformable armatures each having a second length close to and generally greater than the diagonal (measured between two respective opposite ends of the two longitudinal edges) of the fabric;
• Two receiving members of the first frame which are integral with the fabric, extend on said face of the fabric, between the closure strips, and are mutually opposite and respectively arranged (substantially) in the middle of the two longitudinal edges.
• the shelter preferably further comprises a holding structure for maintaining a determined spacing between two respective end portions of the two second frames which intersect at their vertices.
• This holding structure preferably comprises - and may be essentially constituted by - at least one pierced strip of at least one through hole of one of the end portions of the second frames.
• the shelter may comprise a tent - or tent - with a roof that is suspended from the second frames.
• Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of a hammock that can form at least a portion of a roof of a shelter.
• Figure 2 is a schematic plan view of another hammock that can form at least a portion of a roof of a shelter.
• Figure 3 is a schematic plan view of another hammock that can form at least a portion of a roof of a shelter.
• Figure 4 is a schematic plan view of another hammock receiving a ridge reinforcement to form at least a portion of a roof of a shelter.
• FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a first hammock suspended on two supports and a roof of a shelter adapted to the first hammock which is formed by one (or more) second hammocks (s) substantially identical (s) at the first hammock.
• Figure 6 is a schematic perspective view of a tunnel shelter whose roof comprises a hammock supported by two cross-shaped frames in the form of arches and a ridge frame.
• Figure 7 is a schematic perspective view of another tunnel shelter whose roof is formed of several identical hammocks secured in pairs by their respective closure strips.
• Figure 8 is a schematic perspective view of crossed armatures of a tunnel shelter and two strips for maintaining the mutual spacing of ends of the crossed armatures.
• Figure 9 is a schematic plan view of reinforcement intersecting in a connecting piece.
• Figure 10 is a schematic side view of a tunnel shelter with a tent.
• Figure 1 1 is a schematic perspective view of another shelter.
• the hammock 10 comprises a watertight fabric 1 1, elongated rectangular in shape along a longitudinal axis 12.
• the fabric 1 1 has two rectilinear longitudinal edges 13, 14 extending parallel to the longitudinal axis 12 and two rectilinear transversal edges 15, 16 connecting the ends of the longitudinal edges.
• the fabric 1 1 has two curvilinear transverse edges 15, 16 bent towards the inside of the fabric, whereas in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, each of the transverse edges 15, 16 is formed.
• two arcs (marked 16a, 16b) bent inwardly of the fabric and extending symmetrically with respect to the axis 12.
• the fabric 1 1 may have a width 41 of the order of one to two meters, in particular close to 1.5 meters, and a length 42 of the order of two to four meters, in particular close to three meters.
• Each transverse edge 15, 16 of the fabric may be provided with a sleeve or sheath 17 which may be formed by a hem in the fabric, which serves to reinforce the transverse edge and to receive a filiform deformable link such as a cord or strap (pins 18 Figure 5 and 1 1) for fixing the hammock to a support.
• a sleeve or sheath 17 which may be formed by a hem in the fabric, which serves to reinforce the transverse edge and to receive a filiform deformable link such as a cord or strap (pins 18 Figure 5 and 1 1) for fixing the hammock to a support.
• the sleeve 17 is open at both ends 17a, these ends being able to be bevelled as shown in FIG.
• a reinforcing tape may further be sewn with the hem 17 along each transverse edge.
• the hammock comprises a zipper having two strips 20, 21 of closure integral with the fabric and a slider or slider (not shown) sliding along one of the two strips 20, 21.
• the zipper is "open ended" so that the two strips 20, 21 are separable from each other.
• Each closure band has a series of link members or teeth, which are spaced at a constant pitch along the band.
• the cursor is used to join (nest) the teeth of one of the two bands and (with) those of the other band - or on the contrary to separate the teeth of one of the two bands of those of the other band - in order to close - respectively to open - the zipper.
• the slider is preferably reversible or has two pull tabs, so as to allow the opening and closing of the zipper from each side of the closure.
• the two closure strips extend on one of the two faces of the fabric, parallel to the axis 12 and respectively at short distance from the two longitudinal edges 13, 14.
• two hammocks with identical zippers can be mutually secured to each other along their longitudinal edges, by engaging a closure band of one of the hammocks which is provided with a slider to form a "female" closing band, with a closure band of the other hammock which is devoid of slider and forms a "male" closure band.
• the hammock comprises two members 22, 23 for receiving a rectilinear frame identified in FIG. 4, which are integral with the fabric, face each other and extend on said face of the fabric, between the closure strips, and are respectively arranged in the middle of the two longitudinal edges.
• Each receiving member 22, 23 may consist essentially of a sleeve or sheath extending along a transverse axis 80 (FIG. 4) of the web which is then coincident with the longitudinal axis of the frame 30.
• Each sleeve 22, 23 is open at its "inner” end (the end closest to the longitudinal axis 12), so that these respective openings of the two sleeves face each other.
• Each sleeve may be closed at its "outer" end (end farthest from the longitudinal axis 12), so that each sleeve forms a receiving pocket of an end portion 30a of the frame 30.
• the hammock 10 comprises several members 40, 40c for fixing filiform deformable links such as straps or stays, which are integral with the fabric 1 1 and regularly extend spaced along each of the longitudinal edges 13, 14.
• Each fixing member 40 may consist essentially of a loop (closed).
• the hammock 10 also comprises four members 50 for fixing reinforcements marked 31, 32 figure 8, which are integral with the fabric and extend between the closure strips, near the ends of the longitudinal edges 13, 14.
• Each armature fixing member 50 may consist essentially of an open loop which may be formed from a band provided with self-gripping fastening members (such as hooks and buckles), which is secured to the fabric by its middle portion (central), and whose ends can be connected together to surround an armature.
• self-gripping fastening members such as hooks and buckles
• the fastening to the web of the strips 20, 21 for closing, the members 22, 23 for receiving reinforcement, and / or the fastening members 40, 50 may in particular be obtained by sewing, by gluing, by welding, or by a combination of these techniques.
• the width of a first longitudinal shutter 11 of the fabric 11 extending between the closing strip 21 and the edge 14 which it runs along may be greater than the width of a second shutter 1. ie longitudinal of the fabric 11 extending between the closure strip 20 and the edge 13 which it runs, so that when two such hammocks are assembled by two of their respective closure strips, a flap 1 ld of larger width can cover the hitching area of the hammocks and improve its watertightness.
• FIG. 5 illustrates a web 1 1b forming a hammock 10
• the upper part of FIG. 5 illustrates a shelter 60 formed by a roof fabric with two slopes overlooking the hammock 10, the canvases 11a, 11b being identical or similar to those illustrated in Figures 1 to 4.
• the hammock 10 is suspended from two supports (not shown) such as two shafts by filiform deformable links 18 (partially shown) engaged in the sleeves 17 provided along the transverse edges of the fabric 1 1b, while the roof 1a of the shelter 60 is suspended from two supports (not shown) which may be those supporting the hammock 10, by filiform deformable links 19 (partially shown) fixed to the fabric 11a by fasteners - such that the closed loops 40a, 40b shown in Figure 4 - provided along the transverse edges of the canvas l ia.
• the longitudinal edge 13 of the fabric 1a substantially overhangs the longitudinal edge 14 of the fabric 1 1b, whereas the longitudinal edge 14 of the fabric 1a substantially overhangs the longitudinal edge 13 of the fabric 1b .
• the closing band 21 equipping the fabric 11a can be engaged with the fastening strip 20 equipping the fabric 1 lb so as to connect these fabrics along their two other respective longitudinal edges.
• At least the roof fabric l ia has the triangular flaps 1 1c illustrated in Figure 4, which are provided in the central portion of each transverse edge of the fabric, so that these flaps can cover and / or surround a part of the suspension links 18 of the canvas 1 1b hammock, so as to protect them.
• the shelter 60 with two slopes overhanging and protecting the hammock 10 may be formed of two webs l ia contiguous along their respective longitudinal edges and secured by the complementary closure strips equipping these fabrics.
• Figures 6 to 8 illustrate aspects of using a hammock to form the roof of a tunnel shelter.
• the shelter 60 comprises a fabric 11 such as those illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, which rests on three armatures 30 to 32 intersecting with the vertices 31s, 32s of the armrests 31, 32 in arches, which vertices are neighbors of (substantially merged with) the center of the straight rectilinear frame 30.
• the ridge reinforcement 30 is engaged in the holding pockets 22, 23 illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, as well as in a joining piece 33 of the reinforcements 30 to 32 such as that illustrated in FIG. 9.
• the transverse edges 15, 16 of the fabric 1 1 can be connected to stakes planted in the ground by tensioners (not shown) engaged in the fastening members 40a, 40b fitted to the transverse edges of the fabric.
• the longitudinal edges 13, 14 of the fabric 1 1 can be connected to stakes planted in the ground by shrouds (not shown) engaged in the fastening members 40 equipping the longitudinal edges of the fabric.
• each of the armatures 30 to 32 comprises a strand 300, 310, 320 elastic (highly extensible) on which (and around which) are threaded sections 301, 311, 321 tubular armature.
• connection piece 33 may be in the form of a disk or crown provided with six orifices 330 - or notches or radial bores (and / or three diametrical bores) which pass therethrough and converge at a point situated on the axis of symmetry of the piece.
• the three respective elastic threads 300, 310, 320 of the three reinforcements 30 to 32 extend with play in the orifices 330, so as to cross the workpiece 33 by intersecting - and / or superimposing - substantially at said point of competition. orifices.
• two (or more) tunnel shelters similar to that illustrated in FIG. 6 can be secured (two by two) by the closing strips fitted respectively to the roof cloths 1 1, so as to form a shelter 60 moreover great depth.
• a shelter such as that illustrated in FIG. 6 may be equipped with a second roof covering identical or similar to that of the shelter, which is secured to the roof fabric of the shelter by the closure strips, for form an awning - apse - extending the roof of the shelter.
• a holding structure 70 arranged to maintain a spacing 73 determined between two respective end portions of the frames 31, 32 intersecting at their vertices.
• the holding structure illustrated in FIG. 8 consists of two bands or straps, each band 70 being pierced with two orifices 71 for passing through one of the end portions of the frames 31, 32.
• each end portion of the frames 31, 32 can be engaged in one of the orifices 71 according to the arrows 99.
• Each strip 70 may comprise a tensioner (not shown) for adjusting the length of the strip so that the strip 70 has an adjustable length, which makes it possible to simply adjust the width and the height of the shelter by modifying the bending. reinforcements 31, 32.
• Each band 70 can be fixed to the ground by two pegs engaged in fasteners 72 - such as loops - provided at each end of the strip.
• Each band 70 may also comprise a fixing member
• Each fastening loop 74 can thus be connected to one of the fixing members 40c fitted to each corner of the cover fabric (see FIG. 4), for example by means of a tensioner, so as to correctly position each angle of the canvas.
• the shelter comprises a tent 100 (or sub-tent) comprising a roof 101 suspended at least on the frames 31, 32, as illustrated in FIG. 10,
• the structure for maintaining the spacing of the feet of the frames 31, 32 may be constituted by strips 70 integral with the floor mat 1000 of the tent.
• two hammock fabrics 1 1 secured by their respective closure strips can form the substantially flat roof of a shelter that can be hung on four supports (not shown) by four deformable links 18 fixed respectively to the four angles. of the roof.
• the invention makes it possible to build shelters of modular design, whose shape and dimensions can be adapted to various needs, simply and quickly.

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