Popup Camper Sidewall Panel Layout for Fast Erection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing popup campers, particularly wedge style campers, require multiple steps for erection and stowage, with the end wall being difficult to attach and detach, leading to potential strain and delay in deployment and stowage.
Innovation Solution
A popup camper design where the sidewalls are connected in a way that they can be erected and collapsed without separate attachment or detachment, using a configuration of rigid panels and fabric layers that allow for easy folding and unfolding, eliminating the need for separate end wall attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the end wall is separately erected and attached to the top and sidewalls, then the camper structure is complete and stable, but the deployment and stowage process is time-consuming and requires multiple steps
Solution Approach 1:
The end wall is integrated with the sidewalls to form a single unified component. This merging eliminates the need for separate attachment operations, allowing the end wall and sidewalls to deploy and stow as one piece, thereby reducing deployment time while maintaining structural integrity through the integrated design
2Strength
If the end wall is a large single rigid panel, then the camper provides structural stability and security, but it is difficult to lean and reach to gain sufficient hold for rotation into position
Solution Approach 1:
The end wall is divided into multiple smaller rigid panels that are connected together. This segmentation makes the components lighter and easier to manipulate, allowing operators to gain sufficient hold and rotate them into position more easily, while the assembled panels collectively provide the required structural strength and stability
3Ease of manufacture
If the end wall and sidewalls are separately attached, then the camper can be assembled with modular components, but the attachment points become points of weakness and prospective failure
Solution Approach 1:
The end wall and sidewalls are manufactured as a single integrated component rather than separate modular parts. This eliminates the attachment points between these components, removing the weak points and potential failure locations, while the integrated manufacturing process maintains ease of production through streamlined fabrication
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a popup camper having a base, a top, a first sidewall having a first edge, a second sidewall having a second edge, a third sidewall connected to the top at a third edge, and connected to the base at a fourth edge, and six panels of the third sidewall. The first panel is adjacent to the third edge, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel, the second panel is adjacent to the base, the first panel, the fifth panel, and the sixth panel, the third panel is adjacent the first edge, the first panel, and the fifth panel, wherein the fourth panel is adjacent the first panel, the second edge, and the sixth panel, the fifth panel is adjacent the first edge, the second panel, and the third panel; and the sixth panel is adjacent the second panel, the second edge, and the fourth panel.