EP4010550A1 - Tente déployable munie d'arceaux contraints en flexion - Google Patents
Tente déployable munie d'arceaux contraints en flexionInfo
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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
- E04H15/36—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type
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- E04H15/405—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type flexible flexible and foldable
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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
- E04H15/44—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
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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
- E04H15/64—Tent or canopy cover fastenings
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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
- E04H2015/328—Frames kept erected solely by guy lines
Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of deployable tents, which have the advantage of being faster to assemble and dismantle than conventional tents.
- tents of the “pop-up” type such as that described in document EP1697604, which are particularly quick to assemble but whose folding method is sometimes complex.
- this type of tent is relatively bulky in the folded position.
- Inflatable tents are also known which are fairly quick to set up and take down but which have the drawback of requiring either a source of energy to supply the inflator, except for inflating the poles using a manual inflator, which may require significant physical effort.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a deployable tent allowing rapid and easy assembly and disassembly, while being compact in the folded position.
- the invention therefore relates to a deployable tent comprising a frame and a tent canvas cooperating with the frame, said frame comprising at least a first arch which comprises at least a first deformable elongate element having a first end part and a second part.
- a second deformable elongate member having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion; in which the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch cooperate with the tent canvas and the first end portions of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch are arranged end to end, in which the framework has a folded position and a deployed position, in which, in the deployed position, the distance between the second end portions of the first and second elongate members deformable elongate elements of the first arch is less than the sum of the lengths of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch, whereby the flexural deformation of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch increases and then decreases during the passage between the deployed position and the folded position.
- the first arch and even more so the framework, has a stable position of equilibrium in the deployed position, which means that if we act on the first arch so as to deform it or move it slightly while the frame is initially in the deployed position, the frame returns to the deployed position after having ceased to act on the first arch.
- the user To bring the framework into the folded position from the deployed position, the user must apply sufficient force to the framework to deform the first arch in flexion in order to bring it into an intermediate position of unstable equilibrium, then cross this position intermediate, following which the deformation of the first arch decreases in order to reach another position, different from that in which it was when the framework was in the deployed position.
- the arrangement of the deployable tent according to the invention is such that the bending deformation of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch increases then decreases during the passage from the deployed position to the folded position.
- the first and second elongate elements can be positioned next to each other, substantially parallel to each other so that the length of the first arch in the folded position is of the order of the length of the most large of the first and second elongated elements.
- the term “placed end to end” is understood to mean that the first end portions of the first and second elongated elements are arranged close to one another, being in contact with one of the elongated elements. the other directly or indirectly.
- the first end portions of the first and second elongate elements can be connected together to one another by a connection element, or else come into direct contact with one another.
- said distance is considered, in the deployed position, between the second ends of the first and second elongate deformable elements of the first arch, the second ends being opposite to the first end portions of the first and second deformable longitudinal elements.
- the first and second elongated elements have substantially the same length.
- the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch exert pressure against one another.
- the first and second deformable elongate elements are therefore in tension, which confers rigidity on the first arch.
- the first end portions of the first and second elongate elements exert pressure against each other when the framework is in the deployed position.
- the first and second deformable elongate elements are held together so that, in the folded position, the kinematic connection between the first deformable elongate element and the second deformable elongate element is preferably of the ball joint type.
- This ball-and-socket joint facilitates the folding of the framework and allows the tent to be folded into a very compact volume.
- the first and second elongate deformable elements of the first arch are deformed in bending.
- At least one of the first and second elongate deformable elements of the first arch has a concavity directed towards the outside of the tent.
- the lower surface of said at least one of the first and second elongate deformable elements is directed towards the outside of the tent.
- the first and second deformable elongate elements each have a concavity directed towards the outside of the tent.
- the deployable tent according to the invention further comprises at least one connection device for receiving the first end parts of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch.
- the connection device preferably has a dual function, namely maintaining the first elongate deformable element relative to the second elongate deformable element on the one hand, and the transmission of forces between the first and second elongate deformable elements on the other hand.
- connection device may include an attached textile piece and / or a connection sleeve.
- connection device is attached to the tent canvas.
- connection device comprises at least one sheath, fixed to the tent canvas, and receiving the first end portions of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch.
- the sleeve is sewn to the tent canvas on its inner face.
- the sleeve preferably has two housings inclined relative to each other, each housing being fixed to the tent canvas and receiving an end portion of one of the first and second elongate deformable elements.
- connection device is arranged to allow articulation between the first end parts of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch.
- connection device comprises a flexible sleeve engaged with the first end portions of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch.
- the flexible sleeve is engaged in the aforementioned sheath.
- the tent fabric comprises a first housing, for example in the form of a pocket, in which is engaged the second end portion of the first elongate element which can be deformed when the tent is erected.
- the tent fabric comprises at least one zone in tension when the tent is deployed, said zone in tension cooperating at least with the first end portions of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch.
- the zone in tension participates in maintaining the first arch in the erected position.
- the tent canvas has a lower portion connected to the ground, and the tension area extends between the lower portion of the tent canvas. and the first end portions of the first and second elongate deformable elements of the first arch.
- zone under tension is meant that the tent fabric is locally tensioned.
- the zone under tension is a line of tension, that is to say that the zone under tension extends substantially in a rectilinear fashion.
- the tent fabric comprises several tension zones which extend from or between the first end portions of the elongate deformable elements, which facilitates the maintenance of the framework in the deployed position.
- each of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch comprises a rod.
- the rod can be fiberglass, aluminum, plastic or wood.
- the first and second elongate deformable elements have substantially the same length.
- the deployable tent in the folded position, has a generally cylindrical shape, the length of which corresponds substantially to the length of the elongate deformable elements.
- the first arch further comprises third and fourth deformable elongate elements arranged end to end, the second and third deformable elongate elements of the first arch being arranged end to end and cooperating with the tent canvas so as to define a first main vertex of the tent fabric.
- the first and second elongate elements arranged end to end define a first secondary vertex of the tent canvas, while the third and fourth elongate elements arranged end to end define a second secondary apex of the tent canvas, and the tent according to the invention further comprises at least one reinforcing element fixed to the tent canvas, the reinforcing element comprising a first part connected to the first main crown, a second part connected to the first secondary panel, and a third part connected to the second secondary vertex.
- the reinforcement member acts to maintain the distance between the first and second secondary vertices in the deployed position, thereby reducing the risk of the tent sagging under its weight when deployed.
- the first, second and third parts form a single piece.
- the reinforcing element consists of a triangular panel, the second part forming one side of said triangular panel.
- This panel is for example a textile panel.
- the other sides of the panel are attached, for example by stitching, to the tent canvas.
- the tent fabric has a second tension zone extending between the first end portions of the third and fourth elongate deformable elements and a second lower portion of the tent fabric, the latter preferably being fixed to the ground by a second fixing member, like a sardine.
- the tent further comprises a holding device for receiving the second end portions of the second and third deformable elongate elements.
- This holding device is preferably fixed to the tent fabric, for example an attached sheath fixed to the tent fabric by stitching.
- the first and second elongate deformable elements on the one hand, and the third and fourth deformable elongate elements on the other hand are arranged on either side of a vertical plane passing through the first main vertex.
- the framework further comprises a second arch which comprises at least: a first elongate deformable element having a first end part and a second end part opposite the first end part; a second deformable elongate member having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion; the first and second deformable elongate elements of the second arch cooperate with the tent canvas and the first end parts of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the second arch are arranged end to end, in which, in the deployed position, the distance between the second end portion of the first and second deformable elongate members of the second arch is less than the sum of the lengths of the first and second deformable elongate members of the second arch, whereby the flexural deformation of the first and second deformable elongate members of the second arch increases then decreases during the passage between the deployed position and the folded position.
- a second arch which comprises at least: a first elongate deformable element having a first end part and a second end
- the second arch is therefore similar to the first arch.
- the tent fabric preferably has third and fourth tension zones, similar to the first and second tension zones.
- the third tension zone extends between the first end portions of the first and second elongate deformable elements of the second arch and a third lower portion of the tent fabric which is connected to the ground via a third fixing member.
- the fourth tension zone extends between the first end portions of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements of the second arch and a fourth lower portion of the tent fabric which is connected to the ground via a fourth fixing member.
- the tent fabric has a fifth tension zone which extends between the first end parts of the first and second elongated elements of the first arch on the one hand, and the first end parts of the first and second elements. longilines of the second arch on the other hand.
- the tent fabric has a sixth tension zone which extends between the first end parts of the third and fourth elongate elements of the first arch on the one hand, and the first end parts of the third and fourth elements. longilines of the second arch on the other hand.
- first and second arches are arranged so that the first, fifth and third tension zones are in continuity with one another.
- second, sixth and fourth tension zones are in continuity with one another.
- This configuration makes it possible to improve the holding in position of the first and second arches in the deployed position.
- the framework is devoid of a rod between the first and second arches.
- One interest is to simplify the structure of the framework. This also makes it possible to lighten the structure and facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the framework.
- the first and second arches are therefore preferably connected held together by the tent canvas and not by the framework.
- the tent comprises a first connecting element fixed to the tent canvas near the first end portions of the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch, and at least one fixing member to the ground attached to the first connecting element .
- the tent further comprises a second link member attached to the tent fabric near the first end portions of the first and second elongate deformable elements of the second arch, and the second ground connection element is connected to the ground fixing member.
- the first and second connecting elements form a single piece, and are for example made of a cord.
- the first and second deformable elongate elements are substantially parallel and the length of the deployable tent in the folded position is substantially equal to the length of one of the first and second deformable elongate elements.
- the tent further comprises an interior chamber which is connected to the frame and / or to the tent canvas.
- the tent fabric comprises at least one opening forming a door to access the interior of the tent, the opening being made in a portion of the tent fabric which opens between the first and fourth deformable elongate elements.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the deployable tent according to the invention, in the deployed position;
- Figure 2 is a front view of the deployable tent of Figure 1 in the deployed position
- FIG. 3 Figure 3 illustrates the tent of Figure 1, without the tent canvas
- Figure 4 illustrates the deployable tent of Figure 1 in the folded position
- FIG. 5 illustrates the deployable tent placed on the ground, before deployment
- Figure 6 illustrates the start of deployment of the deployable tent of Figure 1;
- Figure 7 is a front view of the deployable tent of Figure 6;
- Figure 8 illustrates the deployment of a side portion of the frame
- FIG. 9 is a front view of the tent illustrated in FIG. 8 and illustrates the different shapes and positions of the first and second elongate elements which can be deformed during the deployment of the first arch;
- FIG. 10 illustrates the deployment of the other lateral part of the framework;
- Figure 11 illustrates a variant in which the deployable tent further comprises a reinforcing panel disposed under the tent canvas.
- FIG. 1 there is illustrated in perspective an embodiment of a deployable tent 10 according to the present invention.
- a deployable tent 10 according to the present invention.
- Figure 1 we see that the deployable tent 10 is in the deployed position.
- the deployable tent 10 comprises a frame 12, better visible in FIG. 3, as well as a tent canvas 14, cooperating with the frame 12.
- the frame 12 is arranged inside the tent canvas 14.
- the tent canvas could be arranged inside the volume defined by l. frame 12.
- the frame 12, in this example, carries the tent canvas 14.
- the deployable tent 10 has a bottom wall 19 which, in this example, is part of the tent canvas.
- the bottom wall can also belong to an optional interior chamber, separate from the tent canvas.
- the frame 12 comprises a first arch 16 and a second arch 18, similar to the first arch 16.
- the second arch 18 is disposed at a distance from the first arch 16.
- the first and second arches 16, 18 extend substantially in two substantially vertical planes.
- the first arch 16 comprises a first deformable elongate element 20 having a first end part 20a and a second end part 20b, opposite to the first end part.
- the first hoop 16 further comprises a second elongate deformable element 22 having a first end portion 22a, and a second end portion 22b opposite the first end portion.
- the first arch 16 further comprises a third elongate deformable element 24 comprising a first part end 24a, and a second end portion 24b opposite to the first end portion 24a.
- the first hoop 16 further comprises a fourth deformable elongate element 26 comprising a first end portion 26a and a second end portion 26b.
- the first and second elongate deformable elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16 cooperate with the tent fabric 14.
- the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26 of the first arch 16 cooperate with the tent canvas 14.
- the first, second, third and fourth deformable elongate elements 20,22,24,26 comprise rods made of fiberglass, aluminum or wood.
- first end portions 20a, 22a of the first and second elongate deformable elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16 are arranged end to end, and define a first secondary summit 25 of the tent canvas when the framework is in. deployed position.
- first end portions 24a, 26a of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26 of the first arch are arranged end to end, and define a second secondary summit 27 of the tent canvas when the framework is in position. deployed.
- the first and second elongate deformable elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16 are arranged to exert pressure against one another.
- the first end parts 20a, 22a, of the first and second elongated elements 20, 22, are arranged end to end and are connected together by a connection device 30, which receives the first parts d end of the first and second elongate deformable elements of the first arch.
- connection device 30 comprises a sleeve 32 which is fixed to the tent canvas by stitching. This sleeve therefore receives the first end parts 20a, 22a of the first and second elongated elements.
- connection device 30 is arranged to allow an articulation between the first end portions 20a, 22b of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16. As will be explained below, this articulation especially facilitates the deployment and folding of the tent.
- the connection device further comprises a flexible sleeve 34, in this example, made of plastic material, which comprises two receiving portions 34a, 34b to receive the end portions 20a, 22a of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22.
- This flexible sleeve 34 is deformable, so as to form a flexible articulation, preferably of the ball-and-socket type, between the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22.
- the flexible sleeve 34 also allows the first and second deformable elongate elements of the first arch 16, to exert pressure against one another when the framework is in the deployed position.
- the second and third elongate deformable elements 22, 24, of the first arch 16 are arranged end to end and cooperate with the tent canvas 14, so as to define a main top 15 of the canvas tent 14 of the deployable tent 10. More specifically, the second end portions 22b, 24b of the second and third elongate deformable elements 22, 24, are arranged end to end and are held together by another connection device 30, similar to that which connects the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22. Likewise, the first end parts 24a, 26a of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26 are arranged end to end, and are held together by a device for connection 30.
- the second end part 20b of the first elongate deformable element 20, as well as the second end part 26b of the fourth elongate deformable element 26, are engaged in pockets 40 fixed to the tent canvas 14.
- the deployable tent 10 optionally comprises loops 42, fixed to the tent canvas 14, and cooperating with each of the first, second , third, fourth elongate deformable elements 20, 22, 24, 26.
- the distance DI between the second end portions 20b, 22b, of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16 is less than the sum of the lengths L1, L2 first and second deformable elongate elements 20b, 22b of the first arch 16.
- the distance DI is taken between the end of the first elongate deformable element 20, which is opposite to the second part end 20b of said first elongate deformable element 20, and the end of the second elongate deformable element 22 which is opposite to the first end portion 22a of said second elongate deformable element 22.
- the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16 are deformed in bending. They are therefore in tension due to their flexural deformation.
- the distance D2 between the second end portions 24b, 26b of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26, of the first arch 16 is less than the sum of the lengths L3, L4 of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26.
- the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26 are, in the deployed position, deformed in flexion, their concavity being directed towards the outside of the deployable tent.
- the second arch 18 also comprises a first elongate deformable element 20 'having a first end part 20'a, and a second end part 20'b opposite to the first end part 20'a.
- the second hoop 18 further comprises a second elongate deformable element 22 'having a first end part 22'a, and a second end part 22'b, opposite to the first end part.
- the first end portions 20'a, 22'a, of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20 ', 22', of the second arch 18, are arranged end to end and define a third secondary vertex 25 'of the tent when the the frame is in the deployed position.
- the distance between the second end portions 20'b, 22'b of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20 ', 22', of the second arch 18, is less than the sum of the lengths L'1, L'2 of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20 ', 22' of the second arch 18.
- the second arch 18 also comprises third and fourth deformable elongate elements, similar to the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26, of the first arch 16.
- the third and fourth elongate elements are arranged end to end and define a fourth secondary summit 27 'of the tent when the framework is in the deployed position.
- the first, second, third and fourth deformable elongate elements of the second arch are also in tension due to their flexural deformation.
- the second end portions of the second and third elongate deformable elements 22 ', 24' for their part define a second main vertex 15 'of the tent fabric of the deployable tent 10.
- the deployable tent 10 also comprises connection devices for receiving the first end portions of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20 ', 22' of the second arch 18.
- connection devices for receiving the first end portions of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20 ', 22' of the second arch 18.
- the first and second arches 16, 18 are two elements distinct from one another.
- the frame 12 is devoid of connecting elements connecting the first and second arches 16, 18 together.
- the framework is devoid of a rod connecting together the first and second arches 16, 18.
- the tent tent has several tension zones.
- the tent canvas 14 comprises a first zone in tension ZI which cooperates with the first end parts 20a, 22a of the first and second elongate deformable elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16.
- This first zone in tension ZI constitutes a tension line. which extends between a lower portion 50 of the tent fabric 14, and the first end portions 20a, 22a, of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16.
- This first lower portion 50 is, in this example, fixed to the ground by means of a fixing member 52, in this case a sardine, which is connected to the lower portion 50 by a loop 54.
- the tent fabric also comprises a second tension zone Z2 which extends between a second lower portion 56 of the tent fabric, which is connected to the ground, and the first end portions of the third and fourth elongate elements. deformable of the first arch 16.
- the tent fabric also has third and fourth tension lines Z3, Z4, similar to the first and second tension lines Z1, Z2, which extend between the first end portions of the first, second, third and fourth elongate elements. deformable of the second arch 18, and of the third and fourth lower portions 58, 60 of the tent fabric, which are also connected to the ground.
- the first, second, third and fourth lower portions of the tent canvas 14 lie at the four corners of the lower perimeter of the tent canvas.
- the tent fabric further comprises a fifth tension zone forming a tension line Z5 which extends between the first end portions 20a, 22a, of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16, and the first end portions 20'a, 22'a of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20 ', 22' of the second arch 18.
- the fifth line of tension extends between the first and third secondary peaks 25,25 '.
- the tent fabric further comprises a sixth tension zone, forming a tension line Z6 which extends between the first end portions of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements 24, 26 of the first arch, and the first end portions of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements of the second arch 18.
- the sixth tension line extends between the second and fourth secondary vertices 27,27 '.
- the zones in tension Z1, Z5 and Z3 are arranged in continuity with one another between the first lower portion 50 and the third lower portion 58 of the tent canvas.
- the tension zones Z2, Z6 and Z4 are arranged in continuity with one another between the second lower portion 56 and the fourth lower portion 58 of the tent canvas. This configuration makes it possible to improve the retention of the first, second, third and fourth secondary vertices 25, 27, 25 ', 27'.
- the deployable tent 10 further comprises a first link member 70 which is fixed to the tent canvas 14, near the first end portions 20a, 22a of the first. and second elongate deformable elements 20, 22 of the first arch 16.
- the first connecting element is consisting of a cord.
- a fixing member 72 in this case a sardine, which is connected to the first connecting element 70, so as to tension said connecting element 70.
- the deployable tent 10 further comprises a second connecting element 74 which is connected to the tent canvas 14, near the first end portions 20'a, 22'a of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20 ', 22 'of the second arch 18.
- the second connecting element also consists of a cord.
- the second connecting element is connected to the fixing member 72, so as to put the second connecting element under tension.
- first and second connecting elements 70, 74 form a single piece and consist of a cord.
- the deployable tent 10 comprises, in this example, third and fourth connecting elements (not shown here), identical to the first and second connecting elements, and which are connected, respectively, near the first end parts of the third and third. fourth deformable elongate elements of the first arch, on the one hand, and near the first end portions of the third and fourth deformable elongate elements of the second arch, on the other hand.
- first, second, third, and fourth deformable elongate elements, of the first and second arches 16, 18, consist of rods having substantially the same length.
- FIG 4 there is illustrated the deployable tent 10, in the folded position.
- the first, second, third, fourth deformable elongate elements, of the first and second arches are substantially parallel, and are arranged side by side, while being surrounded by the tent canvas 14, so that the length of the deployable tent, in the folded position, is substantially equal to, or slightly greater than, the length of the elongate deformable elements.
- tent 10 when folded up, tent 10 has a very compact configuration, and is easily transportable.
- FIG 5 there is illustrated the shape of the deployable tent, after having unfolded the tent canvas 14, so that the bottom wall 19 extends flat on the ground S.
- the first, second, third and fourth lower portions 50, 56, 58, 60 of the tent canvas are first fixed to the ground.
- the tent canvas is therefore fixed to the ground, so that its lower part has a substantially rectangular shape.
- the user deploys the framework by pulling the first end parts of the elongate deformable elements towards him.
- the user exerts a traction on the first and second connecting elements 70, 74.
- This traction movement has the effect of deforming, in bending, the elongate deformable elements, so that their concavity is turned towards the outside of the tent, as illustrated.
- the first and second elongate deformable elements in this example pass from an undeformed state, that is to say they are substantially rectilinear, to a deformed state in bending, illustrated in Figures 8 and 9, in which their concavity is directed towards the outside of the tent.
- the first and second elongate elements deform in bending so that their flexural strain increases until the first end portions of the first and second elongate members cross a geometric line X connecting the second end portions of the first and second elongate members, after which their flexural deformation decreases until that the first end portions have reached a final deployed position, in which they are retained by the tent canvas. It is therefore understood that the bending deformation of the first and second deformable elongate elements 20, 22, of the first arch 16, increases then decreases, during the passage from the folded position to the deployed position.
- the bending deformation of the first and second deformable longitudinal elements 20, 22 of the first arch 18 increases and then decreases, during the passage from the deployed position to the folded position. This means that, in the deployed position, the first and second deformable elongate elements cannot return to their initial state, insofar as, to do this, it is necessary to further deform in bending the first and second deformable elongate elements so that they can cross the aforementioned geometric line X, which requires the intervention of the user.
- the framework is held in its deployed position by the tent canvas 14 which maintains the elements in tension. elongated, which gives rigidity to the arches. At the same time, the tension lines help to improve the positioning of the poles. Also, the frame has a stable position, as a result of which the deployable tent, in the deployed position, also has a stable position.
- the framework allows easy deployment while being compact in the folded position.
- FIG 11 there is illustrated a variant in which the deployable tent further comprises a reinforcing element 80.
- the reinforcing element 80 comprises a first part 82 connected to the first main crown 15, a second part 84 connected to the first secondary crown 25 and a third part 86 connected to the second secondary crown 27.
- the first, second and third parts constitute a single element forming a triangular panel.
- This panel is for example a flexible textile panel.
- the triangular panel has two sides 80a, 80b attached to the tent fabric, for example by stitching, and a third side 80c, which can be arched or straight.
- the panel extends in a substantially vertical plane.
- the tent may have several reinforcement elements of the same type.
- the reinforcement member acts to maintain the distance between the first and second secondary vertices in the deployed position, thereby reducing the risk of the tent sagging under its weight when deployed.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR1908979A FR3099780B1 (fr) | 2019-08-05 | 2019-08-05 | Tente déployable munie d’arceaux contraints en flexion |
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