Foldable Tent Top Support with Recessed Connection Sleeves
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tents face challenges in production complexity and material usage due to position-limiting plates, and the assembly and disassembly processes are cumbersome and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A foldable tent design featuring a tent top supporting device with inwardly concave recesses and connection sleeves that allow for controlled flipping, reducing material requirements and simplifying assembly and disassembly by using bolt through-holes, pins, and snap-connection mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a position-limiting plate is added to limit the position of the connection sleeve, then the connection sleeve position is limited, but the production difficulty increases and more raw materials are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the position-limiting plate from the system entirely. Instead of adding a separate limiting component, the connection sleeve itself is designed with limiting protrusions that directly engage with the cover structure, eliminating the need for additional limiting plates and reducing production complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The position limitation function is merged into the connection sleeve structure itself through the limiting protrusions. The limiting protrusions are integrated features of the connection sleeve rather than separate components, combining the connection and position limitation functions into a single element
2Stability of the object's composition
If the fibrous tent poles are connected together to form support frame poles before joining to the tent cloth, then the tent structure is stable, but the assembly process becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is segmented into multiple telescopic pole assemblies that can be independently assembled and then quickly connected. Each pole assembly is a separate module that maintains structural integrity while allowing rapid assembly through the telescopic mechanism and connection sleeves
Solution Approach 2:
The connection sleeves are pre-installed on the fibrous tent poles during manufacturing. This preliminary action means that during field assembly, users only need to insert the poles into the connection sleeves rather than assembling multiple pole sections and attaching connection hardware, significantly reducing assembly time while maintaining structural stability
Data Source
AI summary
A foldable tent includes a tent cloth, a plurality of support frame poles to support the tent cloth, and a tent top supporting device. The tent top supporting device includes a cover, a plurality of connection sleeves, and a plurality of inwardly concave recesses. The plurality of inwardly concave recesses is disposed at a peripheral side of the cover. Each recess includes a first side wall and a second side wall disposed on two sides of the recess, and an inner side wall adjacent a center of the cover. Each respective connection sleeve is flippably or rotatably disposed in a corresponding recess, and has one end connected to an end of a corresponding support frame pole. When the foldable tent is unfolded, a side wall of the other end of the corresponding connection sleeve comes into contact and matches with the inner side wall of the corresponding recess.