Rooftop Tent Assembly with Integrated Auto-Deploy Window Shades
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicular rooftop tents with windows require additional setup for window shades, increasing setup time and complexity, and potentially making the tents bulkier and less portable.
Innovation Solution
A rooftop tent assembly with integrated window shades that deploy automatically when the tent is opened, using tension ropes to raise the shades and provide a water-tight and dust-proof seal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If window shades are installed separately in existing rooftop tents, then the tent provides complete window coverage, but the setup time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates window shades directly into the tent body structure, combining what were previously separate components (tent and window shades) into a unified assembly. This merging eliminates the need for separate installation steps while maintaining complete window coverage, directly resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The window shades are pre-installed and integrated into the tent structure during manufacturing, rather than requiring user installation during setup. This preliminary action ensures that the window coverage is already in place when the tent is assembled, reducing setup time and complexity while maintaining the complete window coverage function.
2Ease of operation
If window shades are manually configured, then the shades can be positioned, but user effort and potential for failure increase
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated window shades are designed to deploy automatically as the tent unfolds, eliminating the need for manual user configuration. The tent structure itself serves the function of deploying the shades, reducing user effort to zero while increasing reliability by removing human error from the positioning process.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If separate window shade installation is required, then complete window coverage is achieved, but the tent becomes bulkier and heavier
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the window shades into the tent body as a unified structure rather than separate add-on components, the patent eliminates the additional weight and bulk that would result from separate installation hardware, brackets, and fastening mechanisms. The merged design maintains complete window coverage for sunlight and water protection while optimizing the weight-to-function ratio.
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
The automatic deployment of window shades simplifies the setup process, reduces user effort, and enhances the tent's portability and usability by eliminating the need for separate shade installation.
Implementation Method 1
when the cover is closed the gasket is compressed between the cover and base plate, providing a water-tight and dust-proof seal
Implementation Method 2
when the vehicle is deployed the one or more ropes are pulled into tension, raising the window shade located above the window
Data Source
AI summary
A rooftop tent assembly for vehicles having a base affixed to a rooftop of a vehicle, an extension plate connected to one end of the base as to overlap the base. The rooftop tent assembly has a cover affixed to the other end of the base and the cover is conceals the rooftop assembly. The rooftop assembly also has a latter affixed to a top portion of the extending plate to allow a user to deploy the rooftop tent assembly. The rooftop assembly further has an internal seal system to prove a water-tight and dust-proof seal. A pair of windows located on either side of the rooftop assembly and a window shade on each of the pair of windows held in place through one or more ropes.