Modular LED Lighting Strip for Tent Fabric Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tent and portable shelter lighting systems are often integrated into the frame, making it difficult to upgrade or repair, and they lack flexibility in lighting options for both interior and exterior use.
Innovation Solution
A lighting system comprising a flexible LED lighting strip placed within a transparent or semi-transparent sleeve, which can be coupled to a transitional fabric piece and then to the tent or shelter fabric panel, providing waterproofing and various lighting functions including color changes and music synchronization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If lighting systems are integrated into the tent poles or shelter frames, then lighting functionality is provided, but it becomes difficult to upgrade non-lighted products or repair existing lighted products
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is segmented into separate modular components: a lighting strip, a transparent sleeve, and a transitional fabric piece. This segmentation allows the lighting assembly to be independently attached to fabric panels without integrating with the shelter frame, enabling easy upgrade and repair while maintaining simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
A transitional fabric piece serves as an intermediary component between the lighting assembly and the fabric panel. This intermediary layer facilitates easy attachment and detachment of the lighting system to various fabric panels without requiring frame integration, thereby improving upgradeability and repairability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lighting systems are integrated into the frame, then lighting is provided, but flexibility in lighting options for interior and exterior use is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is designed to be dynamic and reconfigurable. The flexible lighting strip can be positioned along different fabric panels, and the transparent sleeve can be attached to various locations on the shelter, allowing users to create different lighting configurations for interior or exterior use as needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting assembly with its transparent sleeve and transitional fabric piece can be universally attached to different fabric panels of various shelters. This multi-functional design enables the same lighting system to serve multiple purposes and locations (interior/exterior) without requiring frame integration, thereby providing flexibility in lighting options.
3Illumination intensity
If a transparent sleeve is used to allow light diffusion, then lighting visibility is improved, but waterproofing becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
A transitional fabric piece acts as an intermediary between the transparent sleeve and the fabric panel. This intermediary layer provides a waterproof interface that secures the transparent sleeve to the fabric panel, maintaining both light visibility through the transparent sleeve and waterproofing through the transitional fabric piece.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting assembly uses a composite structure combining a transparent sleeve material with a transitional fabric piece. This composite design allows the transparent sleeve to provide light diffusion while the transitional fabric piece ensures waterproofing, achieving both requirements simultaneously.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy upgrade and repair of lighting systems, offering flexible and versatile lighting solutions for both interior and exterior use, enhancing entertainment and safety while being adaptable to various power sources.
Implementation Method 1
The lighting system can generally comprise a lighting strip (for example, an LED lighting strip) placed within a transparent or semi-transparent sleeve
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a lighting assembly for use with a tent or other portable shelter. The lighting assembly can include a lighting strip that is coupled to the fabric panel of the tent or shelter via a transparent or semi-transparent sleeve.