Outdoor Tent Modular Frame Quick Assembly Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor tents face challenges in quick assembly and disassembly, stability during long-term use, and efficient packaging and transportation due to complex mounting structures and prone-to-looseness buckle designs.
Innovation Solution
The outdoor tent design features a tent frame with stand columns and tent beams, and a tent roof with tent roof rods and a central frame, utilizing end plugs with embedding grooves, spring bean members, and extension pipes for quick assembly and adjustable tarpaulin tension.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If direct locking by fixing members or welding fixing by angle iron members is used for mounting tent roofs and stand columns, then the structural strength is improved, but the assembly and disassembly process becomes tedious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The tent structure is divided into modular components (stand columns, cross beams, roof panels) that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each component has standardized connecting interfaces that enable quick assembly without welding or complex fastening, while maintaining structural integrity through the modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
Connecting pieces or interface components are introduced as intermediaries between the stand columns and roof structures. These intermediaries provide standardized mounting interfaces that enable rapid assembly and disassembly while ensuring structural strength, eliminating the need for direct welding or complex locking mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If reduced buckle structure design is adopted for connecting components, then the ease of assembly is improved, but the reliability and stability during long-term usage deteriorates due to loosening and falling under transverse stress
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting components incorporate dynamic adjustment mechanisms that allow the connection strength to adapt to different loading conditions. The structure can transition between a more flexible state during assembly and a more rigid state during use, maintaining both ease of assembly and mounting stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Pre-assembled connection units or pre-tensioned fastening mechanisms are provided in advance, which are already optimized for both ease of assembly and long-term stability. These preliminary preparations ensure that the connecting components can be quickly installed while maintaining reliability under transverse stress.
3Stability of the object's composition
If tarpaulins are fixedly matched with tent frames, then the structural integrity is improved, but the adaptability to wind and rain conditions deteriorates due to fluffing and collapsing
Solution Approach 1:
The tarpaulin attachment system incorporates dynamic adjustment capabilities that allow the tarpaulin tension and position to be adjusted in response to weather conditions. During calm periods, the tarpaulin is tightly fixed for structural integrity; during wind or rain, the system can be adjusted to allow controlled movement or loosening to prevent fluffing and collapsing.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment parameters of the tarpaulin (tension, angle, position) can be changed based on weather conditions. The system allows adjustment of these parameters to optimize performance - maintaining tight fixation for structural integrity during calm weather, and allowing parameter changes to reduce stress and prevent damage during adverse weather conditions.
4Ease of operation
If tarpaulins are tensioned during mounting, then the usage performance is improved, but the size requirements for tent frames increase, making mounting more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The tarpaulin is pre-tensioned or pre-adjusted before final assembly with the tent frame. This preliminary action allows the tarpaulin to be optimized for usage performance independently, and then integrated with a standardized frame size, eliminating the need for oversized frames to accommodate tensioning requirements.
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
This design enables rapid and stable assembly and disassembly of the tent, reduces packaging and transportation costs, and facilitates easy maintenance and adjustment of the tarpaulin, enhancing overall usability and efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
spring bean members arranged in the embedded pipes and configured to match the fixing holes in a locking manner
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses an outdoor tent, including a tent frame and a tent roof, wherein the tent frame includes stand columns and tent beams; and the tent roof includes tent roof rods and a tent roof rod frame. By means of design optimization, matching of end plugs and brackets, and embedding mounting and elastic locking, quick assembly and mounting of the tent roof rods and the stand columns can be realized; the design is optimized, mounting seats are directly embedded and mounted in embedding grooves, and quick mounting of the tent roof rods and tent cross beams is realized by means of vertical clamping matching; extension pipes are designed in an optimized manner, and the tightness of a tarpaulin can be adjusted by means of matching of the extension pipes and tent long bones or tent short bones, and quick-assembly and quick-disassembly structures of the extension pipes are optimized.