Tent Eave Structure with Cross Poles to Prevent Sagging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tents with eave structures face issues of sagging tent cloths and reduced stability due to large distances between eave structures, leading to unattractive appearance and accumulation of rain or snow.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a tent frame with a supporting pole, fixed and sliding connectors, primary and support eave poles that extend outwardly and upwardly, forming an angle, and cross poles to prevent sagging and increase the shaded area, while maintaining stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the distance between adjacent eave structures is increased to provide larger shaded region, then the shaded area increases, but the tent cloth sags and is easily depressed
Solution Approach 1:
The eave structure is divided into multiple eave poles (first eave pole and second eave pole) connected by cross poles, creating segmented support points along the eave. This segmentation allows the tent cloth to be supported at multiple locations, preventing sagging while maintaining a large shaded area between the supporting poles.
Solution Approach 2:
Cross poles are introduced as intermediary elements connecting adjacent primary eave poles. These cross poles provide additional support points for the tent cloth, acting as mediators that prevent the cloth from sagging between the main eave structures while allowing the eave poles to extend outward for shade.
2Device complexity
If conventional eave structure with single primary eave pole is used, then the structure is simple, but the tent cloth sags between eave structures
Solution Approach 1:
The single primary eave pole is segmented into multiple eave poles (first and second eave poles) that extend in different directions. This segmentation provides multiple support points for the tent cloth without requiring a complex overall structure, maintaining simplicity while improving support stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The eave structure transitions from a single linear pole to a multi-dimensional arrangement with first and second eave poles extending in different directions and connected by cross poles. This dimensional expansion provides superior tent cloth support while maintaining structural simplicity through the use of basic pole-and-connector elements.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are eave structures and tent frames. A tent frame includes a supporting pole, a fixed connector fixedly coupled with an upper end portion of the supporting pole and at least one sliding connector slidably coupled with the supporting pole and movable along the supporting pole below the fixed connector. An eave structure includes first and primary eave poles, each having a first end pivotally connected with the fixed connector. An eave structure also includes first and second support eave poles, each having a first end pivotally connected with the at least one sliding connector and a second end pivotally connected with the corresponding first or second primary eave pole. When the tent frame is unfolded, the first and second primary eave poles extend outwardly and upwardly with respect to the supporting pole, and form a first angle in-between.