Collapsible Tent With Integrated Pole Channels and Removable Floor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tents require laborious assembly and disassembly, are difficult to clean, and have a permanently fixed floor that makes maintenance challenging, especially in outdoor conditions.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible tent design with integrated poles and fabric panels that reduces the number of components, allows for easy assembly and disassembly, and features a removably coupled floor for cleaning and maintenance, along with an optional rainfly for enhanced protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional tent assembly methods are used with multiple loose parts, then the tent structure can be constructed, but the assembly process becomes laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates poles directly into the fabric panels by sewing channels within the fabric that contain and support the poles. This merging of separate components (poles and fabric) into a unified structure eliminates the need for separate pole attachment steps, directly reducing assembly time and effort while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The tent is divided into modular panels with integrated pole channels, allowing each panel to be independently assembled and then connected to form the complete structure. This segmentation enables simpler, faster assembly of individual units that combine to create the full tent, reducing overall assembly complexity and time.
2Ease of repair
If traditional tent design with permanently fixed floor is used, then structural integrity is maintained, but cleaning and maintenance become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The floor is designed as a separate, removable panel that can be detached from the main tent body through zippered connections. This segmentation allows the floor to be easily removed for cleaning or replacement without affecting the structural integrity of the main tent, solving the contradiction between ease of maintenance and structural stability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate components are used in tent construction, then flexibility and adaptability are improved, but the number of parts to track and assemble increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines poles and fabric into integrated panels where the pole channels are sewn directly into the fabric structure. This merging reduces the total number of separate components from multiple loose poles and fabric pieces to unified panels, simplifying tracking and assembly while maintaining design flexibility through modular panel connections.
Data Source
AI summary
A collapsible shelter is provided. The shelter includes a floor having a recessed portion and an elevated portion. The elevated portion includes first fastening means thereon. Four side walls include second fastening means configured to operably couple each of the side walls to the floor by the first fastening means. Each of the side walls including a first plurality of flexible poles coupled thereto and configured to expand the side walls outwardly. A roof includes a plurality of roof panels, each of the panels is coupled to one of the side walls. The roof panels each include a second plurality of flexible poles coupled thereto and configured to expand the roof outwardly.