US20180200639A1

US20180200639A1 - Modular transformable tent house

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Publication number: US20180200639A1
Application number: US15/407,270
Authority: US
Inventors: San-Lang CHIANG
Original assignee: LI HSEN PLASTICS CO Ltd
Current assignee: LI HSEN PLASTICS CO Ltd
Priority date: 2017-01-17
Filing date: 2017-01-17
Publication date: 2018-07-19

Abstract

A modular transformable tent house formed by a tent body and a fence body includes a base which is a rectangular structure formed by a pair of first elastic walls, a pair of accommodation bags, a base fabric and an elastic floor. The first elastic walls and the accommodation bags are symmetrically installed at four sides of the base fabric to define a sealing, and an edge of the elastic floor is movably coupled to one of the first elastic walls adjacent to the base fabric, and the pair of accommodation bags have an upwardly facing pocket, and the ceiling is a roof structure formed by a pair of second elastic walls and a top cover cloth, so that at least one second elastic wall of the ceiling is inserted into one of the accommodation bags to combine the two into various shapes to provide different entertainment effects.

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to the field of a kid's play equipment, in particular to a modular transformable tent house that can be installed or uninstalled quickly and may change its shape conveniently for a specific use as required.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

1. Description of the Related Art

The growing process of kids includes different stages from crawling to walking. In general, the kids' moving speed and height are increased, and kids are very curious to their surroundings. However, the balance system of the kids is still not fully developed, so that the kids may fall or get injured easily while playing. In addition, such period is a period for a rapid growth of the body sensory integration of the kids, and such period is very important to infants and kids. Therefore, it is an important subject for related designers and manufacturers to provide a safe playing environment, allow the kids to grow while playing, and prevent dangers or accidents caused by falling or leaving the sight within a playing area.
At present, various playing equipments such as playing tents or ball pools are available in the market, and these equipments generally pop up a fabric frame structure having a bottom and a sealed periphery by using highly elastic fine wire and fabric, and a cloth cushion is set to the bottom to form a closed area to serve as a playing area, so that parents can put their kids in the playing equipment (tent or ball pool) safely. In the meantime, toys or balls may be put into the playing equipment and provided for the kids to play therein. By using the highly elastic fine wire as a support, the playing equipment can be folded into a smaller structure for a convenient storage, when the playing equipment is not in use. However, each fabric piece of the playing equipment with the aforementioned design is connected by sewing, so that most applications just provide a single function only. For example, the playing tent just serves as a playing tent, and the ball pool just serves as a ball pool, and they are not multifunctional playing equipments. Further, there is a specific order of folding the playing equipment for storage due to the limitation of the sewing direction. Obviously, the operation of such equipment is very inconvenient.
Therefore, the inventor of the present invention designed a modular transformable tent house with the design of combining a highly elastic material with a base and a ceiling made of a soft fabric, so that the base and ceiling can be spread open quickly for assembling or bent and folded for a convenient storage, and the tent house may change its shape according to different combining positions to provide different entertainment effects.

2. Summary of the Invention

In view of the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a modular transformable tent house having a pair of accommodation bags disposed around the periphery of a base and provided for inserting a ceiling, and both of the base and the ceiling come with a convenient foldable design to improve the functionality, the convenience of use, and the operation of the tent house. In addition, the present invention further provides a pair of first support rods and a pair of second support rods applied to the base and the ceiling to improve the stability of use.
To achieve the aforementioned and other objectives, the present invention provides a modular transformable tent house comprising: a base, being a rectangular structure formed by a pair of first elastic walls, a pair of accommodation bags, a base fabric and an elastic floor, and the pair of first elastic walls and the pair of accommodation bags being respectively and symmetrically disposed on four sides of the base fabric to define a sealing, and the elastic floor having an edge movably coupled to an edge of one of the first elastic walls primate to the base fabric, and the pair of accommodation bags having an upwardly facing pocket; and a ceiling, being a roof structure formed by a pair of second elastic walls and a top cover cloth, and the pair of second elastic walls being disposed at two opposite edges of the top cover cloth respectively, such that the ceiling has an n-shaped side view, and the at least one second elastic wall being inserted into one of the accommodation bags for assembling and use, so as to form a third support structure the base in order to support the base to be erected vertically.
In a preferred embodiment, the two first elastic walls, the pair of second elastic walls and the elastic floor are made of winding an elastic flexible body around the periphery of a fabric surface, and the elastic flexible body is one selected from the group consisting of a high manganese wire and a plastic strip. By bending and folding the elastic flexible body, the volume can be reduced for storage, and the elastic flexible body may resume its elasticity to spread open for use again, and the operation is very convenient.
In another preferred embodiment, the modular transformable tent house the present invention further comprises a pair of first support rods installed between the pair of first elastic walls and disposed at an edge of the pocket of the pair of accommodation bags separately. The pair of first support rods are made of a fiberglass tube, and a first fabric sheath is disposed at an edge of the pocket of each accommodation bag and configured to be corresponsive to the pair of first support rods, and provided for passing and installing the pair of first support rods into the pair of the first fabric sheaths respectively, so that the first support rods will be detached during use and will provide an appropriate supporting force to erect the pair of first elastic walls vertically.
To provide a way of combining the tent house in different shapes, the modular transformable tent house of the present invention further comprises a plurality of second support rods disposed between the pair of second elastic walls, and the second support rods are made of a fiberglass tube, and a pair of second fabric sheaths are installed between the pair of second elastic walls and configured to be corresponsive to the pair of second support rods for passing and installing the pair of second support rods into the pair of second fabric sheaths respectively to support the elastic walls. In addition, an opening is formed between each fabric sheath and the ceiling edge, and a hollow window is formed at the at least one opening to serve as a view window which is not just provided for the use by kids, but also provided for parents to observe their kids.
The elastic floor of the present invention has a support block disposed at an edge of the elastic floor which is corresponsive to the other first elastic wall adjacent to the base fabric, and provided for fixing the elastic floor into a position, and a fastening strap is installed at an edge of the pair of first elastic walls corresponsive to the at least one second elastic wall, and provided for fastening the ceiling into a position.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a structure of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a first schematic view showing a status during the installation in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a second schematic view showing a status during the installation in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a third schematic view showing a status during the installation in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The above and other objects, features and advantages of this disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 to 4 for a schematic view of a structure in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention and schematic views of different statuses of the preferred embodiment of the present invention respectively, the modular transformable tent house 1 of the present invention comprises a base 11 and a ceiling 12. The base 11 is a rectangular structure formed by a pair of first elastic walls 111, a pair of accommodation bags 112, a base fabric 113 and an elastic floor 114, and each first elastic wall 111 and the elastic floor 114 are made by winding an elastic flexible body around the periphery of a fabric surface to form a sealed plate structure, and the elastic flexible body is a high manganese wire or a plastic strip, and the pair of first elastic walls 111 and the pair of accommodation bags 112 are symmetrically disposed on four sides of the base fabric 113 respectively to define a sealing, and an edge of the elastic floor 114 is movably coupled to one of the first elastic walls 111 adjacent to the base fabric 113, and the pair of accommodation bags 112 have an upwardly facing pocket. It is noteworthy that the size and shape of the pair of first elastic walls 111 and the elastic floor 114 are the same, so that the elastic floor 114 may be folded towards the first elastic wall 111 and then the first elastic wall 111 together with the elastic floor 114 are folded towards the first elastic wall 111 on the other side, and finally the pair of first elastic walls 111 and the elastic floor 114 are bent and twisted to form a smaller circular structure for storage. When use, the elasticity of the elastic flexible bodies of the pair of first elastic walls 111 and the elastic floor 114 resume their original shape. By unfolding the aforementioned components, the base 11 resumes its original shape of a rectangular structure. To facilitate users to fix the elastic floor 114 to a position between the two first elastic walls 111, the open edge of the elastic floor 114 has a support block 115 disposed at an edge of the elastic floor which is corresponsive to the other first elastic wall 111 adjacent to the base fabric 113, and provided for fixing the elastic floor 114 into a position, so that after the elastic floor 114 is folded, the elastic floor 114 can be fixed onto the support block 115 to achieve the effect of fixing the elastic floor 114 to a position.
The ceiling 12 is a roof structure formed by a pair of second elastic walls 121 and a top cover cloth 122, and the pair of second elastic walls 121 are disposed on two opposite edges of the top cover cloth 122 respectively, so that the ceiling 12 has an n-shaped side view. In addition, the pair of second elastic walls 121 are also made by winding an elastic flexible body around the periphery of a fabric surface, and the elastic flexible body is also a high manganese wire or a plastic strip.
In FIGS. 2 to 4, the tent house of the invention may be installed into different shapes as needed. In FIG. 2, each second elastic wall 121 of the ceiling 12 is inserted into each respective accommodation bag 112 to form a third support structure of the base 11, so as to erect the base 11 to form a tent house. In FIG. 3, the ceiling 12 is installed on a side of the base 11 having the accommodation bag 112. Since the ceiling 11 just provides the supporting effect on one side, therefore the modular transformable tent house 1 the present invention adds one or more first support rods 13 installed between the pair of first elastic walls 111 and disposed at an edge of the pocket of the pair of accommodation bags 112 to overcome the insufficient strength issue. To meet both light weight and high strength requirements, the first support rod 13 is made of a fiberglass tube. To facilitate the installation, the present invention specially includes a first fabric sheath 1121 disposed at an edge of the pocket of each accommodation bag 112 and configured to be corresponsive to the first support rod 13 and provided for passing and installing the pair of first support rods 13 into the first fabric sheath 1121 to provide the required lateral supporting effect for the pair of first elastic walls 111 and erect the pair of first elastic walls 111 vertically. Since the present invention has two accommodation bags 112, therefore the ceiling 12 may be installed in any one of the accommodation bags 112 for the use of different shapes. In FIG. 4, the ceiling 12 is installed on the side of the base 1 without the accommodation bag 112. In other words, the ceiling 12 is installed on the side opposite to the first elastic wall 111. Since the ceiling 11 is unable to provides a complete support to itself and the base, therefore the second support rods 14 are added and installed between the pair of second elastic walls 121, in addition to the use of the aforementioned first elastic walls 111, and the second support rod 14 is also made of a fiberglass tube, and a pair of second fabric sheaths 1211 are installed between the pair of second elastic walls 121 and configured to be corresponsive to the pair of second support rods 14 and provided for passing and installing the second support rod 14 into the pair of second fabric sheaths 1211. In addition, an opening 123 is formed between each fabric sheath 1211 and an edge of the ceiling 12, and a hollow window 124 is formed in the opening 123. In addition, an edge of the pair of first elastic walls 111 has a fastening strap 1111 corresponsive to one of the second elastic walls 121 for fastening the ceiling 12 to a position when the ceiling 12 is not inserted into the accommodation bag 112. With the aforementioned design, the present invention allows users to spread open the base and the ceiling quickly for installation and to fold them easily for storage. During storage, the base and the ceiling may be detached before folding. Further, the shape of the tent house may vary with different combining positions, so as to provide various entertainment effects.
While the invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A modular transformable tent house, comprising:

a base, being a rectangular structure formed by a pair of first elastic walls, a pair of accommodation bags, a base fabric and an elastic floor, and the pair of first elastic walls and the pair of accommodation bags being respectively and symmetrically disposed on four sides of the base fabric to define a sealing, and the elastic floor having an edge movably coupled to an edge of one of the first elastic walls primate to the base fabric, and the pair of accommodation bags having an upwardly facing pocket; and

a ceiling, being a roof structure formed by a pair of second elastic walls and a top cover cloth, and the pair of second elastic walls being disposed at two opposite edges of the top cover cloth respectively, such that the ceiling has an n-shaped side view, and the at least one second elastic wall being inserted into one of the accommodation bags for assembling and use, so as to form a third support structure the base in order to support the base to be erected vertically.

2. The modular transformable tent house of claim 1, wherein the two first elastic walls, the pair of second elastic walls and the elastic floor are made by winding an elastic flexible body around the periphery of a fabric surface.

3. The modular transformable tent house of claim 2, wherein the elastic flexible body is one selected from the group consisting of a high manganese wire and a plastic strip.

4. The modular transformable tent house of claim 1, further comprising a pair of first support rods installed between the pair of first elastic walls and disposed at an edge of the pocket of the pair of accommodation bags separately.

5. The modular transformable tent house of claim 4, wherein each first support rod is made of a fiberglass tube and has a first fabric sheath disposed at an edge of the pocket of each accommodation bag and configured to be corresponsive to the pair of first support rods, and provided for passing and installing the pair of first support rods into the pair of the first fabric sheaths respectively, so as to erect the pair of first elastic walls vertically.

6. The modular transformable tent house of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of second support rods arranged with a spacing apart from one another and between the pair of second elastic walls.

7. The modular transformable tent house of claim 6, wherein each second support rod is made of a fiberglass tube, and a pair of second fabric sheaths are disposed between the pair of second elastic walls and configured to be corresponsive to the pair of second support rods respectively, and provided for passing and installing the pair of second support rods into the pair of second fabric sheaths respectively.

8. The modular transformable tent house of claim 7, further comprising an opening formed between each fabric sheath and an edge of the ceiling, and the at least one opening having a hollow window.

9. The modular transformable tent house of claim 1, wherein the elastic floor has a support block disposed at an edge of the elastic floor which is corresponsive to the other first elastic wall adjacent to the base fabric, and provided for fixing the elastic floor into a position.

10. The modular transformable tent house of claim 1, further comprising a fastening strap installed at an edge of the pair of first elastic walls corresponsive to the at least one second elastic wall, and provided for fastening the ceiling into a position when the ceiling has not been inserted into the accommodation bag.