Fold-Out Camping Trailer Structure for Large Shelter Volume
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Solution Overview
Problem
Camping trailers are typically bulky, making them difficult to tow with both full-size and midsize vehicles, and there is a need for designs that are inexpensive, easily manufactured, and quickly assembled while expanding to a large volume for use as shelter.
Innovation Solution
A camping trailer design featuring a trailer box that unfolds to support a tent, with a weather-sealed lid, foldable bed supports, and a tent system that attaches to the trailer box, allowing easy assembly and expansion for use as a shelter, and can be towed in a compact configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If camping trailers are designed to expand to a large volume for shelter use, then the living space is improved, but the towing difficulty increases due to bulky size
Solution Approach 1:
The camping trailer is divided into a collapsible box structure that can be segmented into compact sections for towing and expanded into a large volume for shelter use. The box includes collapsible sides and a removable lid that can be configured in different states to achieve either compact transport or expanded living space.
2Volume of moving object
If camping trailers are designed to be bulky for large volume, then the shelter capacity is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The trailer employs dynamic structural elements including collapsible sides with hinge mechanisms and a removable lid that can be attached or detached. These dynamic components allow the same structure to provide both compact form for manufacturing efficiency and expanded volume when configured for shelter use.
3Volume of moving object
If camping trailers are designed with complex expansion mechanisms, then the shelter volume is improved, but the assembly time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is pre-configured with attachment mechanisms that allow it to be quickly secured to the box structure. The collapsible sides are designed with pre-positioned hinge points and connection elements that enable rapid deployment from compact to expanded configuration, reducing assembly time while maintaining large shelter volume.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides camping trailers. In some embodiments, the camping trailer may include a left panel and right panel that fold outward along hinges and support corner braces that are attached to main interior poles. The main interior poles may be located interior to and directly below a tent and may support a tent. A pole clip may be directly below and support a center of the tent and the pole clip may include receptacles for receiving the main interior poles and a telescoping pole.