KR102044653B1 - Tarp for camping - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a camping tarp. More specifically, by adding a lighting function to the tarp installed to extend from a tent or a vehicle, it is possible to ensure safety and comfort for pedestrians and users at night. In particular, the present invention can provide natural use and energy saving, and improved convenience in the use of the lighting function without the installation of additional equipment by independently producing the electric energy using the vibration energy of the wind, which is natural energy. In addition, the present invention can perform efficient energy management by forming a sensor network by each component necessary to emit light, communicating with a user terminal based on IoT, and performing the monitoring of power production and power consumption and control for the distribution of power consumption. Therefore, it is possible to improve the reliability and competitiveness in the field of camping equipment, in particular in the field of tents and tarps, as well as similar or related fields such as camping safety accident prevention.

Description

Tarp for camping

The present invention relates to a camping tarp, and more particularly, by adding a lighting function to a tarp installed to extend from a tent or a vehicle, it is possible to sufficiently ensure safety and comfort for pedestrians and users at night. It would be.

In particular, the present invention in the use of the lighting function, without the installation of additional equipment, by independently producing electrical energy using the vibration energy of the wind, which is natural energy, natural use and energy saving, and use It relates to a camping tarp that can provide convenience and improved comfort.

In general, the camping tarp (Tarp) is used to block the direct sunlight or rain of the sun in the outdoors, mainly installed in the form of extending from one side of the tent or vehicle.

This camping tarp, the support pole is inserted into the corner of the roof seat of the waterproof cloth, and the roof seat is installed at a constant height from the ground, and if necessary, the edge of the roof seat together with the support pole using a rope and a pack. It can be supported stably.

On the other hand, as described above, the tent or tarp used for camping is fixed to the ground by using a rope or the like after inserting the edge of the seat on the support pole, so that the part to be supported must be pulled outward, Is generally installed so as to be inclined from a support pole of a tent or tarp.

Since the rope is thin, it is difficult to recognize at night compared to a tent or a tarp, and even if a pedestrian moves away from the tent or tarp, the rope may not be recognized and may fall over the rope.

At this time, it may cause inconvenience and discomfort to the user inside the tent, and pedestrians may also be injured in the falling process.

In order to solve such a problem, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1558916 of the following prior art document 'Luminous phosphorescent visual recognition device for checking the tent fixing rope' (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art') supports a tent or the like. To the rope used to attach a reflector reflecting the lantern or other light, the visibility is improved to recognize the presence and location of the rope at night.

However, in the prior art, the precondition that a pedestrian should have a lighting device such as a lantern is required, and there is a limit that the existence of a rope can be recognized only when the reflector is illuminated by the lantern even when walking.

As a result, when the pedestrian does not carry the light fixture, or does not shine toward the reflector even if the pedestrian does not carry, there is a problem that the presence of the rope is not known, which may cause inconvenience and accidents.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1558916 'Lensual visibility device for checking the fixed tent of the tent'

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention by adding a lighting function to the tarp (Tarp) installed to extend from a tent or a vehicle, camping that can ensure the safety and comfort for pedestrians and users at night enough The purpose is to provide a dragon tarp.

In particular, the present invention in the use of the lighting function, without the installation of additional equipment, by independently producing electrical energy using the vibration energy of the wind, which is natural energy, natural use and energy saving, and use An object of the present invention is to provide a camping tarp that can provide improved convenience.

In addition, the present invention is to configure the sensor network, each component necessary to emit light, and to communicate with the user terminal on the basis of the IoT, by performing the control for the distribution of power consumption and monitoring of the power production and power consumption The aim is to provide camping tarps that enable efficient energy management.

In order to achieve the above object, the camping tarp according to the present invention, a roof sheet; A support pole for supporting the roof sheet at a predetermined height from the ground; And an illumination module configured in the roof sheet to emit light using electric energy while independently generating power.

In addition, a support rope for supporting the support pole; And a length adjusting mechanism for adjusting the length of the support rope in one-way and one-touch manners.

In addition, the lighting module, the electricity supply unit is fixedly installed on one side of the bottom surface of the roof sheet; And a light emitting part connected to the electric supply part and installed to extend in the other direction from the bottom of the roof sheet.

In addition, the electricity supply unit, the solar cell is configured on the roof sheet; And a vibration type piezoelectric element generating electrical energy by vibration of the roof sheet. It may include at least one of.

In addition, a support rope for supporting the support pole; And a rope position notification unit for emitting light to visually recognize the support rope.

The rope position notification unit may include a light emitting line drawn out from the electricity supply unit and deployed along the support rope.

In addition, the rope position notification portion, the stopper support portion is configured to the rope stopper for adjusting the length of the support rope, so as to prevent the push of the rope stopper; And at least one light emitting line drawn out to at least one side of the stopper support part and deployed along the support rope.

The lighting module may include an electricity supply unit fixed to one side of a bottom surface of the roof sheet to generate electrical energy by vibration of the roof sheet, and the light emitting line may be drawn out of the stopper support unit. Connected with the supply unit, the electric energy may be supplied from the electric supply unit.

The stopper support part may include a vibration power generation unit configured to generate electric energy for supplying electric energy to the light emitting line by vibration of the support rope.

In addition, the lighting module and the rope position notification unit is configured to communicate with the IoT-based sensor network to communicate with the user terminal, the operation can be controlled by the user terminal.

In addition, the user terminal may monitor and display the electric energy generation capacity of the electric supply unit, and control the operation of at least one of the lighting module and the rope position notification unit according to the set priority.

By the above solution, the present invention by adding a lighting function to the tarp (Tarp) installed to extend from a tent or a vehicle, there is an advantage that can sufficiently ensure the safety and comfort for pedestrians and users at night have.

In addition, the configuration of the present invention can be easily applied not only to the tarp, but also to the tent, there is an advantage that can be utilized in various camping equipment.

In particular, the present invention, in using the lighting function, by separately producing electrical energy using the vibration energy of the wind, which is natural energy, without installing additional additional equipment, by minimizing the configuration for performing the lighting function The advantage is that the product can be stored, used and maintained very easily.

In addition, since the present invention uses natural energy, there is an effect that can provide natural use and energy saving, and improved convenience in use.

In addition, the present invention by further supporting the rope stopper to adjust the length of the rope, there is an advantage that can prevent in advance the change in the length of the rope due to the rope stopper and the resulting weakening of the support capacity and stability have.

In addition, the present invention is to configure the sensor network, each component necessary to emit light, and to communicate with the user terminal on the basis of the IoT, by performing the control for the distribution of power consumption and monitoring of the power production and power consumption This has the advantage of enabling efficient energy management.

Therefore, it is possible to improve the reliability and competitiveness in the field of camping equipment, in particular in the field of tents and tarps, as well as similar or related fields such as camping safety accident prevention field.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a camping tarp according to the present invention.
2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating another embodiment of FIG. 1.
4 to 6 are diagrams illustrating still another embodiment of FIG. 1.
7 is a configuration diagram illustrating still another embodiment of FIG. 1.
8 is a view showing another embodiment of a method of adjusting the length of the support rope shown in FIG.

An example of a camping tarp according to the present invention can be variously applied. Hereinafter, the most preferred embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a camping tarp according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the camping tarp A of the present invention includes a roof sheet 100, a support pole 200, and a lighting module 300.

Roof sheet 100 is to block the direct sunlight or rain of the sun, it may be mainly composed of a cloth of waterproof material, as shown in Figure 1, the part connected to the tent (T) or the edge of the support pole 200 is fitted Reinforcements (not shown) may be formed in the portion. Here, the method of connecting the roof sheet 100 to the tent T is not limited to a specific one because various modifications can be made according to the needs of those skilled in the art, and of course, the roof sheet 100 may be installed in a camping vehicle or the like.

The support pole 200 supports the roof sheet 100 to be positioned at a predetermined height from the ground, and one end portion may be fixed to the ground, and the other end portion may be fitted to the corner portion of the roof sheet 100. . Such a configuration and installation method of the support pole 200 can be variously modified according to the needs of those skilled in the art, of course, it is not limited to a specific one.

The lighting module 300 is configured in the roof sheet 100 to emit light using electric energy while independently generating power, and may include an electricity supply unit 310 and a light emitting unit 320.

The electricity supply unit 310 is fixedly installed at one side of the bottom surface (the left edge in FIG. 1) of the roof sheet 100, and may supply electric energy to the light emitting unit 320 by a self-generating method. For example, when the roof sheet 100 moves by the wind, the electricity supplier 310 may produce electrical energy using vibration energy caused by the movement of the roof sheet 100.

The light emitting unit 320 may be installed to be connected to the electricity supply unit 310 so as to extend in the other one direction (the right direction in FIG. 1) from the bottom of the roof sheet 100 as shown in FIG. 1. For example, the light emitting unit 320 may include a high brightness LED of low power consumption.

By the light emitting unit 320, users or pedestrians can easily check the existence of the installed tent (T), tarp (A) and the like.

In addition, the light emitting part 320 formed at one side edge (the left edge in FIG. 1) has a support rope 400 for pulling and supporting the roof sheet 100 and the support pole 200, so that the pedestrian supports the rope at night. 400 can be easily recognized.

As a result, the present invention by using the natural energy by the wind, etc., the user or pedestrians can be illuminated to easily recognize the tent (T), tarp (A) and the support rope 400, through this, such as injury In addition to preventing accidents, various inconveniences in use can be prevented.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral '410' is a support pack for fixing one side of the support rope 400 to the ground, and '420' is a rope stopper for controlling and controlling the length of the support rope 400.

Hereinafter, each component will be described in more detail.

2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating another embodiment of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the electric supply unit 310 may include a vibrating piezoelectric element 311, a weight 312, and a control unit 313.

The vibrating piezoelectric element 311 generates electrical energy by the vibration of the roof sheet 100. As shown in FIG. 2, one edge is fixed and the other edge vibrates in the vertical direction (solid arrow in FIG. 2). To produce electrical energy.

The weight 312 is configured at the other side edge of the vibrating piezoelectric element 311, and may serve to increase kinetic energy so that the vibrating piezoelectric element 311 vibrates more effectively.

The control unit 313 may supply at least a portion of the electrical energy produced by the vibrating piezoelectric element 311 to the light emitting unit 320 shown in FIG. 1.

In addition, the electricity supply unit 310 may further include a solar cell 314 for generating electrical energy by sunlight. At this time, the photovoltaic cell 314 is configured in the form of a flexible sheet as shown in Figure 3 may be attached to at least a portion of the upper portion of the roof sheet (100).

On the other hand, since wind or sunlight does not always occur constantly, the amount of electrical energy produced by the vibrating piezoelectric element 311 may not be constant.

Thus, the control unit 313 may constitute a secondary battery therein, and may charge at least a portion of the electrical energy produced by the vibrating piezoelectric element 311.

In addition, the control unit 313 compares the amount of power produced by the vibrating piezoelectric element 311 with the amount of power consumed by the light emitting unit 320, and when the amount of generated power is large, the control unit 313 operates in a charging mode and consumes a large amount of power. In many cases it can be operated in discharge mode.

In addition, when the amount of power charged is less than the minimum required power (minimum power for operating all LEDs), the control unit 313 may stop supplying power to some of the LEDs that are light emitting units 320.

In addition, the control unit 313 may distinguish between daytime and nighttime using a timer or an illuminance sensor, and may operate in a charging mode during the day and a discharge mode at night.

On the other hand, in the present invention, a part of the light emitting unit 320 is said to illuminate the support rope 400, the light emitting unit 320 is installed in the roof sheet 100, the roof sheet 100 is moved by the wind Therefore, the light emitting unit 320 may not continuously light the support rope 400.

Thus, the present invention may further configure the rope position notification unit 500 to continuously recognize the support rope 400 as shown in FIG.

The rope position notification part 500 emits light to visually recognize the support rope 400 supporting the support pole 200, as shown in FIG. 1, and may include a light emitting line 510.

The light emitting line 510 is drawn out from the electricity supply unit 310 and is deployed along the support rope 400 as shown in FIG. 3, and at its end is a swivel hook 511 connected to the support pack 410. ) May be configured. For example, the light emitting line 510 may include an optical fiber, a light guide tube, an EL wire, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the light emitting line 510 may be wound around the winding drum 520, and the user may draw the light emitting line 510 from the winding drum 520 as long as necessary.

At this time, the winding drum 520 may generate an elastic force in one rotational direction, such as a spring, and when the user grabs and pulls the shoe bell hook 511, the light emitting line 510 may be drawn out, and the user hooks the shoe bell hook 511. When releasing the drawn light-emitting line 510 is wound around the winding drum 520 may be stored.

On the other hand, the drawn light-emitting line 510 is tensioned by the elastic force of the winding drum 520, so that only by connecting the Shovel Hawk 511 to the support pack 410, side by side with the support rope 400 It can be installed, but because it can be moved separately from the support rope 400 by factors such as wind can be installed to be fixed to the support rope 400 using a fixing clip 420 as shown in FIG.

In the above description, the light emitting line 510 is drawn out from the electric supply unit 310, but the rope position notification unit 500 including the light emitting line 510 and the winding drum 520 is provided in the electric supply unit 310. When configured, the load may cause sagging or damage to the roof sheet 100.

Thus, in the following, by configuring the rope position notification unit 500 on the side of the support rope 400 of a relatively solid material compared to the roof seat 100, a method that can be used more conveniently and stably will be described.

4 to 6 are diagrams illustrating still another embodiment of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 4, the rope position notification part 500 may include a stopper support part 530 and a light emitting line 510.

In general, the support rope 400 for supporting the tent (T) or tarp (A) may be installed to stably maintain the adjusted length, while freely adjusting the length using the rope stopper (420).

However, when vibration occurs in the support rope 400 due to an external factor such as wind, the rope stopper 420 may move, and thus the support rope 400 connected from the roof sheet 100 to the support pack 410. ) May change in length, and as a result, the bearing capacity for the roof sheet 100 and the support pole 200 may be weakened.

Accordingly, the present invention, as shown in Figure 4 is configured to rotate the stopper support portion 530 to the rope stopper 420, the rope fitting hole 531 formed on one side of the stopper support portion 530 support rope 400 By being inserted into and supported, the movement of the rope stopper 420 due to external factors can be prevented by preventing the support rope 400 from being pushed.

In this case, the rope fitting hole 531 may be formed with a fitting groove (not shown) in which the support rope 400 is fitted, and a rubber pad (not shown) for pressing and supporting the supporting rope 400 is provided in the fitting groove. Can be configured.

The light emitting line 510 is drawn out to at least one side of the stopper support part 530, and is developed along the support rope 400, and its internal configuration may be the same as or similar to that shown in FIG. 2.

On the other hand, since the rope stopper 420 is generally positioned in the middle of the roof sheet 100 and the support pack 410, the light emitting line 510 is in a downward direction, depending on the position (height) of the stopper support part 530, or It may be configured to be drawn out in the upper direction or up and down directions.

Thus, as described above, the end of the light emitting line 510 drawn out from the stopper support portion 530, a shoe bell hook 511 for connecting to the support pack 410 may be configured.

In addition, a connection terminal 512 connected to the electricity supply unit 310 to receive electric energy may be configured at an end of the light emitting line 510 drawn upward from the stopper support 530.

On the other hand, the stopper support part 530 may also produce electrical energy in a self-powered manner.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the vibration generating unit 540 may be configured inside the stopper support part 530.

The vibration power generation unit 540 produces (generates) electrical energy by vibrating the support rope 400, and supplies electrical energy to the light emitting line 510, and includes a vibrating piezoelectric element as shown in FIG. 2. can do.

In this case, since the light emitting line 510 configured in the stopper supporting part 530 does not need to receive electric energy from the electric supplying part 310, the light emitting line drawn out from the stopper supporting part 530 upward as shown in FIG. 5. The shovel hook 511 can also be configured at the end of 510. At this time, the shoe hook 511 is connected to be hooked to the upper portion of the support pole 200, as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, as described above, since the wind is not always generated constantly, it may frequently occur that the electrical energy is not produced by the electricity supply unit 310 or the vibration generating unit 540 constantly.

Hereinafter, a method of managing electric energy in such a situation will be described.

7 is a configuration diagram illustrating still another embodiment of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 7, the lighting module 300, the rope position notification unit 500, and the user terminal 600 may be linked by a short range wireless communication network.

At this time, the electricity supply unit 310 and the light emitting unit 320 of the lighting module 300, the vibration generation unit 540 of the light emitting line 510 and the rope position notification unit 500 and the like communication through the IoT-based sensor network By being configured to do so, data communication and monitoring with each other may be possible.

Thus, even if the user does not perform a separate operation, depending on the amount of power produced (generated) in the electricity supply unit 310 and the vibration generating unit 540, and the amount of power consumed by the light emitting unit 320 and the light emitting line 510. In addition, while the operation of each component is controlled, it may be possible to control power generation and power consumption.

In addition, the user using the user terminal 600 interlocked to perform data communication with the respective components of the lighting module 300 and the rope position notification unit 500, for the power production and power consumption for each component Operation control of each component according to monitoring and power control can be performed.

For example, the user terminal 600, by setting and operation by the user, can monitor and display the power generation capacity of the electric energy produced (generated) in the electricity supply unit 310 and the vibration generating unit 540, According to the set priority, at least one of the lighting module 300 and the rope position notification unit 500 may be controlled.

Accordingly, the camping tarp (A) according to the present invention can be used for efficient energy management through an IoT-based sensor network while providing natural friendly use and energy saving and improved convenience in using natural energy. have.

8 is a view showing another embodiment of a method of adjusting the length of the support rope shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 8, one side of the support rope 400 may further include a length adjusting device 700 for adjusting the length of the support rope 400.

Length adjustment port 700 is installed in the center portion of the support rope 400, the length of the length is adjusted as both sides of the support rope 400 is wound when the fixed portion is rotated in a state of fixing a part of the support rope 400 As such, a rope inlet dial 710 that is rotated to wind the support rope 400 may be configured.

In this case, in order to allow the user to rotate the rope insertion dial 710 more easily, a plurality of gripping protrusions 711 may be formed on the side of the rope insertion dial 710.

On the other hand, the rope inlet dial 710 is applied to the one-way clutch (One way clutch) method, as shown in Figure 8 when the support rope 400 is wound as it is rotated in one direction, the other one direction May be configured not to rotate.

And, one side of the length adjustment port 700, the rope inlet dial 710 is rotated in the other one direction is operated to release the wound support rope 400 wound, the release button 720 may be further configured.

In other words, the length adjusting device 700 of the present invention can be introduced into the support rope 400 by using the rope inlet dial 710 prevented reverse rotation, when the rope button is pressed in the rope inlet The reverse locking of the dial 710 is released by configuring the one-way and one-touch method that allows the drawn support rope 400 to be drawn out, so that the user can easily use it.

The camping tarp according to the present invention has been described above. Such a technical configuration of the present invention will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention.

Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

A: Camping Tarp
100: roof seat 200: support pole
300: lighting module
310: electricity supply unit 311: vibration type piezoelectric element
312 weight 313 control unit
320: light emitting unit
400: support rope
410: support pack 420: rope stopper
500: rope position notification unit 510: luminous line
511: Swivel hook 512: connecting terminal
520: winding drum 530: stopper support
531: rope fitting 540: vibration generating unit
600: user terminal
700: length control
710: rope insertion dial 711: gripping protrusion
720: release button

Claims (10)

Roof sheet;
A support pole for supporting the roof sheet at a predetermined height from the ground;
An illumination module configured in the roof sheet to emit light using electric energy while independently generating power;
A support rope supporting the support pole; And
And a rope position notification unit for emitting light to visually recognize the support rope.
The rope position notification unit,
A stopper support part configured to adjust a length of the support rope to support the rope stopper to prevent the rope stopper from sliding; And
And at least one light emitting line drawn out to at least one side of the stopper support part and deployed along the support rope.
The method of claim 1,
A support rope supporting the support pole; And
Camping tarp further comprises a; one-way and one-touch length adjusting means for adjusting the length of the support rope.
The method of claim 1,
The lighting module,
An electricity supply unit fixed to one side of a bottom surface of the roof sheet; And
Camping tarp, comprising: a light emitting unit connected to the electricity supply unit is installed to extend in the other direction from the bottom of the roof sheet.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The electricity supply unit,
A photovoltaic cell configured on the roof sheet; And
Vibration-type piezoelectric element for generating electrical energy by the vibration of the roof sheet; Camping tarp, characterized in that it comprises at least one of.
The method of claim 1,
The rope position notification unit,
An electricity supply unit fixed to one side of a bottom surface of the roof sheet; And
Camping tarp, comprising: a light emitting line drawn out from the electricity supplier and deployed along the support rope.
The method of claim 1,
The lighting module,
And an electric supply unit fixed to one side of a bottom surface of the roof sheet to generate electric energy by vibration of the roof sheet.
The light emitting line,
A camping tarp, which is drawn from the stopper support part and connected to the electric supply part, and receives electric energy from the electric supply part.
The method of claim 1,
The stopper support portion,
Camping tarp comprising a; vibration generating unit for generating electrical energy for supplying electrical energy to the light emitting line by the vibration of the support rope.
The method of claim 1,
The lighting module and the rope position notification unit,
Camping tarp, characterized in that configured to communicate with the IoT-based sensor network to perform communication with the user terminal, the operation is controlled by the user terminal. delete delete

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