Internal Tent Cording for Guy-Line-Free Stability and Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tents often suffer from limited interior storage space and require cumbersome exterior guy lines for structural stability, which are time-consuming to set up and can create tripping hazards.
Innovation Solution
An internal cording system within the tent that allows for adjustable, removable, and versatile storage solutions and structural stabilization without the need for exterior guy lines, using fasteners and cords that can be tensioned for stability and configured for gear hanging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If exterior guy lines are used for structural stability, then the tent maintains structural integrity, but the setup time increases and tripping hazards are created
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the structural stabilization function from the exterior guy lines and relocates it to an internal cording system. The cords are attached to the tent canopy at multiple points and tensioned internally to provide structural support, eliminating the need for external guy lines and their associated setup time and tripping hazards.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using external elements (guy lines outside the tent) for structural stabilization, the patent inverts the approach by using internal elements (cords inside the tent). This reversal allows the structural support function to be achieved from the interior, eliminating the need for exterior components.
2Quantity of substance
If interior storage space is increased, then more gear can be stored, but the available living space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the vertical dimension and the interior surface area of the tent canopy for storage. By attaching cords to the canopy and hanging gear vertically from these cords, the storage capacity is increased without occupying additional floor space, thus preserving the living area.
Solution Approach 2:
The internal cording system is divided into multiple separate cords that can be independently configured. Each cord can be tensioned and positioned to create specific storage zones, allowing flexible organization of gear while maintaining open living space. The segmented cord system provides versatile storage without requiring a single large storage compartment.
Data Source
AI summary
An internal cording system is provided for a tent. One or more cords can be secured by fasteners such as hoops or hooks that are attached to the tent canopy. For example, the fasteners can be sewn into the canopy fabric along its seams. A cord can be routed through the fasteners to create different configurations of cord segments on which items such as clothes can be hung. A cord can also have fasteners such as hooks or carabiners to attach to hoop-shaped fasteners, for instance, which are sewn into the canopy. In one approach, the fasteners are aligned with locations of the canopy that are attached to external tent poles so that a tension on the cord is transferred to the poles, pulling the poles tighter and thereby improving the tent's structural stability.