US20210131138A1 - Tent for swimming pools and outdoor areas - Google Patents

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US20210131138A1
US20210131138A1 US16/638,810 US201816638810A US2021131138A1 US 20210131138 A1 US20210131138 A1 US 20210131138A1 US 201816638810 A US201816638810 A US 201816638810A US 2021131138 A1 US2021131138 A1 US 2021131138A1
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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
    • E04H15/62—Pegs, stakes or the like
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    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/06—Safety devices; Coverings for baths
    • E04H4/10—Coverings of flexible material
    • E04H4/108—Coverings of flexible material supported by frames
    • 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
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    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/34—Supporting means, e.g. frames
    • E04H15/36—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type
    • E04H15/40—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type flexible
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/34—Supporting means, e.g. frames
    • E04H15/36—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type
    • E04H15/40—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type flexible
    • E04H15/405—Supporting means, e.g. frames arch-shaped type flexible flexible and foldable
    • 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
    • E04H15/642—Tent or canopy cover fastenings with covers held by elongated fixing members locking in longitudinal recesses of a frame
    • 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
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/06—Safety devices; Coverings for baths
    • E04H4/10—Coverings of flexible material
    • 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
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/14—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for

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  • the present invention refers to a tent for swimming pools and outdoor areas designed to protect against solar radiation during outdoor activities.
  • This device consists in a shading structure whose support rods can be firmly fixed on the walls of swimming pools or even on a horizontal flat ground.
  • the present invention proposes to be a practical and simple solution to such demand.
  • Some devices bear a certain similarity to the current invention, such as the one disclosed in the patent U.S. Pat. No. 6,708,706.
  • This document protects an invention consisting of a large movable table-shaped structure that supports a retractable fabric cover. This structure can be moved by means of wheels and can also be fixed in the desired place, over the swimming pool, through suction cups that adhere to the floor that surrounds it.
  • this device fulfills the function of producing a protective shade over the swimming pool, it is a large and heavy structure; besides, it is difficult to be assembled, when compared to the model analyzed here.
  • the attachment method also differs from the present one. While the structure described in the prior art can be stabilized by suction cups located on each of its four legs, which must adhere to the horizontal surface, located next to the swimming pool, the present invention is meant to be attached to the inner vertical walls of a swimming pool.
  • Document U.S. Pat. No. 7,229,059B1 refers to a device of multiple use whose main characteristic is to be able to be fixed by means of strong suction cups on any flat and smooth surface, (either horizontally or vertically). What allows this application flexibility is the fact that it consists of a fixed part and a movable part, interchangeable.
  • the fixed part consisting of at least one rod with a suction cup at one of its ends, and to the other, several vertical rods can be fitted, and they can carry volleyball nets, basketball hoops, banners and, even, parasols.
  • US2010/0186793A1 consists of an articulated structure in a semi-spherical shape covered by a netting.
  • One of the distinguishing features of the invention, and the main difference with respect to the current invention, is its mobility, since it does not comprise any fixing element to any substrate, such as a wall or floor.
  • the structure is designed to float with the convex side up, providing protection and shade to the individuals under its perimeter.
  • US2005/0011134A1 discloses a device consisting of a parasol which, by means of telescopic rods, can be firmly stuck in the ground. One end of the rods is connected to the upper part of the parasol structure, while the other ends are fixed to the ground.
  • the final structure has the appearance of a dome in which the upper part is the original parasol.
  • the present invention represents an innovative improvement for the current structures designed to protect against the sun and other bad weather, common in open areas.
  • the present invention aims to offer an improvement to the current sun protection equipment for recreation areas exposed to the environment.
  • the innovation lies mainly in the greater practicality for transporting and assembling the structure due to the simplicity of installation, lightness and small number of components.
  • a second purpose of this invention is to provide greater versatility to the equipment.
  • the modular structure concept formed by a series of threaded rods allows tents of different sizes to be set up, adapting them to the extension of the area to be covered.
  • innovation intends, with the same product, to allow its use according to the need of the circumstance, discarding the requirement of several devices for each different application.
  • the present invention also aims to reduce production costs, due to the simplicity of the apparatus, which is reflected in the small number of parts and the low final weight.
  • the present invention refers to a tent for swimming pools and outdoor areas in general. It consists of a structure composed of tubular rods that, when fitted and threaded, form long, articulated and detachable rods, at whose lower ends at least one suction cup is attached to each rod; the suction cups are capable of operating in submerged or dry conditions and are also capable of attaching the entire structure to one or more internal faces of a swimming pool.
  • the tent is characterized by having a dome-shaped structure composed of four large equal rods, articulated and flexed in the shape of an arc, whose upper ends are joined by a fixing element, forming the top of the dome; said top of the dome comprising a flexible and opaque fabric; the other four lower ends are fixed to the side walls of a swimming pool using suction cups, forming the horizontal base of the structure.
  • FIG. 1 The figure reveals the tent for outdoor areas, with the detail for the eyelet of the X-shaped ribbon and the ring for fixing the elastic.
  • FIG. 2 View of the tent in its version with suction cups for the swimming pool cover.
  • FIG. 3 View of the installed swimming pool tent.
  • FIG. 4 Spimming pool tent already set up on site. This cover is equipped with only two rods and a horizontal fabric over the structure.
  • FIG. 5 Side view of the two-rods tent revealing the perpendicular angle between the second segments and the internal wall of the swimming pool.
  • the present invention consists of a swimming poor cover, but it can also be installed in open areas such as gardens, fields, etc.
  • the cover consists of a dome-shaped tent, the structure of which comprises a set of long four rods 3 , which are formed by a set of small tubular rods 9 threaded one behind the other.
  • the number of rods 9 varies according to the size of the structure to be lifted.
  • the four rods 3 are curved in the shape of an arc and held together at one end by a connector, forming the top of the cover 1 , which is covered by a fabric 2 that blocks the passage of sunlight.
  • the base of the structure is formed by the lower ends 7 of the rods.
  • Each of these four ends is coupled to a suction cup 10 , therefore there is at least one cup for each rod.
  • They are intended to firmly fix the entire structure on the walls of the swimming pool, preferably vertical, of swimming pools.
  • the fabric 2 covering the upper part of the structure is kept under tension by means of at least four elastics 5 , the ends of which connect, under tension, the fabric 2 to each lower end 7 of the rods or to each suction cup 10 .
  • a second version of the tent is designed to be used on land, preferably outdoors, in open gardens or fields.
  • the four suction cups are absent and the lower ends 7 of the rods, which may receive some accessory, are introduced directly into the ground, at a depth that allows the structure to stabilize.
  • the assembly of the tent can be aided by an X-shaped ribbon 8 that is placed open and extended over the ground, demarcating the area that will be occupied by the structure.
  • Each of the four ends of the ribbon, provided with an eyelet 6 is passed through the lower end 7 of each rod, which is then driven into the ground.
  • the elastics 5 that hold the fabric 2 to the top of the cover are tied, at its upper ends, to the fabric 2 , and, in the lower ones to rings 4 fixed at the lower ends 7 of the rods directly or by means of accessories.
  • the structure may consist of a horizontal covering of fabric 11 supported by only two L-shaped rods.
  • the rods comprise two segments, a first 13 and a second 12 , joined at one end in order to form an angle of 90° 15 to each other.
  • the rods are joined by their first segments 13 by a pivot point 14 that allows the rotation of one rod in relation to another in a plane parallel to the internal face of the swimming pool.
  • Each first segment 13 comprising a lower tip 16 opposite the interface with the second segment, such tip being inserted in a suction cup 10 designed to operate on any smooth or flat surface.
  • the rods are positioned in such a way that their second segments 12 always remain parallel to each other and perpendicular to the face of the swimming pool where the entire structure is fixed. These second segments 12 support, in the space between them, the opaque fabric 11 that offers protection against sunlight.

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