Tent System with X-Shape Pole and Modular Fixing Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tent systems face challenges in maintaining waterproofness while keeping costs low, often requiring complex structures that complicate easy installation and disassembly, especially for solo use.
Innovation Solution
A tent system featuring a fabric member with a fixing device including a mesh pocket, upper and lower clips, and a main pole forming an X-shape, along with an adjusting device that allows for variable structure, enabling easy installation and disassembly by one person while maintaining ground support and waterproofness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an automatic foldable type tent is applied to improve installation convenience, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases and waterproofness weakens
Solution Approach 1:
The tent structure is divided into modular components: fabric members with integrated fixing devices, separate poles, and detachable connecting members. Each pole can be independently assembled with fabric members, allowing simple snap-together assembly without complex mechanisms while maintaining structural integrity and waterproofness through precise joining interfaces.
2Ease of operation
If an automatic foldable type tent is applied to improve installation convenience, then ease of operation is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
Complex automatic mechanisms, springs, and hidden connecting structures are extracted and replaced with simple snap-together poles and fabric members with integrated fixing devices. The connecting members use straightforward snap-fit joints without corrosion-prone springs or complex joint mechanisms, reducing manufacturing complexity and cost while maintaining ease of assembly.
3Reliability
If a complex structure is used to maintain waterproofness, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing device is merged directly into the fabric member, integrating the attachment mechanism with the tent body. Poles connect to fabric members through simple snap-together joints that create sealed connections, maintaining waterproofness without requiring separate complex waterproofing mechanisms or multiple structural layers.
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 system allows for efficient, cost-effective installation and disassembly by one person while ensuring the tent remains tightly supported and waterproof, enhancing usability.
Implementation Method 1
a spring for applying an elastic force to an opposite end of the stopper
Data Source
AI summary
A tent system including: a fabric member including a body portion and a bottom portion to form a resident space; a fixing device disposed at the fabric member and including a mesh pocket, an upper clip, a lower clip and a side clip; a main pole coupled to the fabric member in an X-shape through the fixing device, in which one end and an opposite end of the main pole are supported by the mesh pocket and the lower clip, respectively; and an adjusting device that allows at least one of the fixing device and the main pole to have a variable structure. The tent is easily installed and disassembled even by one person with a simple structure and maintains a tight supported state to the ground, so that usability is improved in cost-effectiveness.