HK1069803B - Cover with transport device on a folded tent - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a carrier case for a folded tent.

Folding tents are described in EP-A-0514-574 and are used for a range of applications, including as party tents in the garden, as market tents to protect goods from sun and rain, and at exhibitions to store goods and advertising material.

These tents are usually carried in a long carrying bag to the location of the installation. Depending on the size of the tent and the distance to be covered, carrying this bag can be very cumbersome. If you imagine an exhibition hall more than a hundred meters long, far from a parking lot, carrying the bag can be extremely cumbersome, as the weight of the tent varies from about 25 to 50 kg. Such weights are a very heavy burden for ladies or people with back problems.

Another application is large events with many guests, such as a wedding party in a garden. In such a case, many tents are needed that must be transported from one place to another. It is very often exhausting to carry the tents, which are delivered by a truck, in a carrying bag to the place of installation.

In the case of a tent supplied in a bag, the zipper or tape must be pressed before being set up and then the tent must be removed from the bag and can only then be set up. The tent must be rotated 180° so that the two tent ends are released from the carrying bag one after the other.

WO 02/08043 A1 shows a conveyor for a folded tent, with a rectangular plate and two wheels attached to it.

FR 2703435 shows a conveyor for gas cylinders, with a rigid body with a vertical wall, the shape of which is adapted to the shape of the gas cylinder. The body has a horizontal protruding lower edge on which the gas cylinder to be transported rests, with two protrusions which enter into a circular depression in the bottom of the glass cylinder.

The purpose of the invention is therefore to create a shell with a transport device on a folding tent that is easy to install and disassemble.

This problem is solved by the features in the labelling part of the first patent claim.

The embodiments are described in the dependent claims.

The carrier housing is intended to be used in particular in the cases mentioned above and is designed to be soluble and to be easily attached to a folded tent and to be quickly mounted by one person on another tent when removed from one tent, as appropriate.

The shell is placed over the folded tent and closed by means of a zipper or tape. This padded shell is used for transport and dust protection of the tent during storage. The device is intended to be suitable for transport both in the open air, i.e. over a meadow, and in a hall with carpet or concrete floors.

The conveyor shall be equipped with at least two wheels which can be removed during storage and stored in a chamber on the top of the shell, preferably closed by a zipper or tape.

It is assumed that the conveyor has only two wheels in a preferred embodiment, so that the folded tent is tilted in a similar way to a shopping cart or even a suitcase being pushed or pulled in the slanted position.

The wheels should be larger than on a carry-on case, so that the tent can be pushed or pushed not only on paved roads or concrete floors but also on terrain, i.e. in the garden and on green areas.

The following illustrations illustrate examples of the subject matter of the invention: Fig. 1a diagram of the housing with a conveyor with the zipper open and the wheels removed;Fig. 2as in Fig. 1, but with an open wheel chamber at the top, with two wheels mounted and the folded tent in the housing;Fig. 3a partial view of a closed housing with a conveyor in the form of a folded tent for pulling;Fig. 4a view of the conveyor in the form of a further mounting, from the front,Fig. 5a graphical representation of the conveyor in Fig. 4, with parts of a seat;Fig. 6a graphical representation of the conveyor in the form of a folded tent, as in Fig. 4, but without the advantages of Fig. 8, but without the advantages of Fig. 8, but with parts of a seat;Fig. 6a graphical representation of the conveyor in the form of a conveyor, as in Fig. 4, but without the advantages of Fig. 7, but with the advantages of Fig. 8, but without the advantages of Fig. 8 and 9.

Figures 1 and 2 show a shell 1 with a conveyor in a first embodiment of the invention, with an upper chamber 2 for the reception of wheels 6 and closed with a lid 3. In Figure 1 only a horizontal plate 4 of the conveyor 5 is visible, which is used to push under the tent for the transport of a folded tent. For example, a folded tent 7 is indicated in Figure 2, which also shows one of the two wheels 6 in the mounted state on the conveyor 5. In addition, two replacement wheels 6 are first shown in Figure 2 in chamber 2.

A folded tent 7 usually stands upright on four feet 15. As mentioned, it had to be folded and lifted several times before it was packed in a case or bag. The new device makes folding and lifting the tent unnecessary. The case 1 open at the bottom preferably can be opened almost completely by means of a zipper 20 in a longitudinal direction. In this open state it can be conveniently placed around tent 7 . The next step is to push at least one horizontal plate 4 under the tent and close the traveling tape 20 and a 12. If this has not already been done, the wheels are mounted with a few 6 in the hand direction.

The wheels 6 are preferably composed of an outer ring 8 and a handle 9 which is bolted into the hub 10 behind it (Figures 3, 4, 5). When the conveyor 5 is pulled or pushed, the handle 9 remains fixed while the ring 8 is rotated.

It can be seen from Figures 1, 8 and 9 that the conveyor 5 comprises an L-profile 11 and the belt 12 as a fastener, which is drawn or fixed around the folded tent 7 in such a way that a lower part of the shell 1, the folded tent 7 and the conveyor 5 are held together during transportation. Holes 13 in the shell 1 are aligned with holes 14 in the L-profile 11 and can be soluble connected by screws or similar fasteners in such a way that mutual displacement of the shell 1 and the conveyor 5 is impossible. In other embodiments not shown in the figures, the invention is to fix the conveyor 5 to the shell 1 by means of a collet,The L-profile 11 is pushed under the folded tent by means of a sack cart and held in position by the band 12 on the folded tent. During the transport of the tent, the horizontal plate 4 ensures that the inside tent 7 can slide down from the shell 1. If the L-profile 1 is pushed with the inside tent 7 tilted and the hand 21 pulled, the horizontal plate 4 is held in place by the horizontal plate 4 and the horizontal plate 4 is held in place by the horizontal band 12 on the folded tent.The vertical plate 19 is held against the tent bar by means of a band 12 and thus is fixed to the tent bar to prevent it from tilting away; the tent bar acts as a backing for the vertical plate 19 and the band 12 acts as a fixing medium to hold the vertical plate 19 to the bar.

The fasteners may, in accordance with other embodiments of the present invention, include, for example, fasteners which are preferably arranged on the vertical plate 19 in such a way that they can be inserted into the longitudinal notches 29 of the corner posts 28 and fastened there. If the lower part of the casing 1 and the fastener, e.g. the padlock 20, are made tightly and firmly enough, they can serve as fasteners. In any case, the fastener must ensure that the folded tent is held to the conveyor in such a way that it cannot tip and the tent cannot slip off the horizontal plate 4.

In Fig. 7 all four feet 15 of the folded tent 7 are visible from below, as the L-profile 11 of the conveyor 5 has a further advantageous design. In Fig. 4 the horizontal plate 4' is shown to be slightly upward displaced in two lateral areas 17; a central area 16 is lower and extends almost to the ground. The figures show that the horizontal plates 4, 4' generally only partially undercut the tent, and that, starting from the vertical plate 19, the horizontal plate 4, 4' preferably extends at least as far below the tent as to undercut the corner posts 28 and/or the tent rod portions 25, 26, 27 of a tent side.

The preferably plastic-sprayed profile 11 is fitted with a number of ribs or reinforcements to increase the strength of the L- or angular profile 11 under light weight.

In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the wheels 6 are dimensioned and positioned on the conveyor devices as shown in Figures 8 and 9 so that they do not touch the ground when the tent is packed and upright, so that the opening 30 for the wheel axis is more than the wheel diameter away from the ground. The wheels can be mounted and disassembled without the tent having to be raised or tilted on a bottom. The risk of the folded tent falling over when the tent is mounted is thus completely avoided. If the packed tent is then fully grasped and tilted at the handle 21 of shell 1 and brought into contact with the ground, the wheels can be pulled or pushed and transported without any problem.

To attach the shell 1 to the conveyor 5, the tent 7 is folded up again and then the shell 1 is pulled over, with the L-profile 11 section 16 lying between two feet 15 below tent 7 and the vertical wall of the profile 19 already connected to shell 1 preventing shell 1 from moving upwards (Fig. 6, 7). The zipper 20 is then pulled down and the band 12 is placed around shell 1 and tightly tightened, finally the chamber 2 is closed first, sometimes mounting the two wheels 6 to the bottom so that tent 7 is ready to move.

In this condition, the tent 7 is stored until needed, with the wheels 6 already mounted or stored in the upper chamber.

An important advantage of this carrier housing is that the tent can be set up by one person, which is not easy when stored in a carrying bag.

First, the housing has 21 handles on each side to drive tent 7 in an inclined position.

The size and position of the wheels in these embodiments, as shown in Figure 4, is chosen so that the reception opening for the axles on the 5th wheel in the transport device mounted is less than the total distance from the ground. The displacement of the lifting device lifts the lifting wheel off the ground, thus easily lifting the wheels on the mounted axle and thus moving the wheels upwards in the transport device.

The aforementioned casing 1 is therefore easy to mount on tent 7 because it is shaped like a coat or cap, which is simply thrown over or around the tent. It does not therefore require that the tent be rotated 180° for mounting or removal when mounted on the tent, as is the case with the carrying case.

List of reference figures

1Hull2Chamber3Deck4, 4'Horizontal plate5Transport device6Wheel7Cell8Ring9Grip10Nave/Axis11L-Profile12Band13Hole (in the hull 1)14Hole (in the L-profile)15Foot16Central area17Sides18, 18'Rip19Vertical plate20Train lock21Hand grip25Profile slider26Connection elements27Knot elements30Removal opening

Claims (9)

1. A casing (1) with a transport device (5) for a folded tent (7), characterised by a casing (1) designed in a sheath-like manner, into which a folded tent (7) may be packed, wherein the casing (1) is permanently open at a lower side and is connected in this region to at least one transport device (5), wherein the transport device (5) comprises two wheels (6) and a vertical plate (19) which is connected to the casing (1), as well as a horizontal plate (4, 4') which is connected to the vertical plate (19) and with which a tent (7) packed in the casing (1) may be engaged beneath and supported, and a belt (12) which is arranged in the region of the lower side of the casing (1) and with which a tent (7) packed in the casing (1) may be held on the casing (1) with the transport device (5), in a manner such that the tent (7) may not slip from the horizontal plate (4, 4') and slip out of the sleeve (1).
2. A casing with a transport device according to claim 1, characterised in that the horizontal plate (4, 4') is arranged on the transport device in a manner such that with it, one may engage beneath elements of the tent frame, such as profile glides (25), connection elements (27) and node elements (25), above the tent feet (15) of a folded tent (7).
3. A casing with a transport device according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the horizontal plate (4, 4') is designed in a manner such that one may engage beneath the corner posts (28) and/or the parts of the tent frame (25, 26, 27) of a tent side of a folded tent (7) packed in the casing (1).
4. A casing with a transport device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that in each case, a wheel (6) is releasably connected to the transport device (5) on both sides via a hub or tube axle (10).
5. A casing with a transport device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the casing (1) may be closed along a longitudinal side or a longitudinal edge by way of a zip closure (20) or a Velcro-type closure.
6. A casing with a transport device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the casing (1) is provided in the upper region with at least one hand grip (21).
7. A casing with a transport device according to claim 4, characterised in that the wheels (6) may be mounted in a chamber (2) at the top on the casing (1), wherein the chamber (2) is provided with a cover (3).
8. A casing with a transport device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that two transport devices with four wheels (6) are provided.
9. A folded tent (7) packed in a casing (1) with a transport device, according to one of the preceding claims.