Vehicle Tent With Pivotable Door Boards And Extendable Roof
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tents for vehicles, such as rooftop tents and caravans, often lack sufficient interior space and present accessibility issues due to ladder access, and their larger counterparts require extensive storage space, which is impractical for those with limited parking areas.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle tent design featuring a body frame connected to the vehicle with multiple doors, including side and back doors, where each door comprises subboards and tent cloths that can pivot and detach to form expandable spaces, and an extendable roof that can be adjusted for increased interior volume.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If rooftop tents are mounted to the roof top of a car, then the tent is compact and easy to store, but the interior space is insufficient and accessibility is problematic due to ladder access
Solution Approach 1:
The tent transitions from a compact rooftop-mounted state to an extended configuration where the roof extends backward to form a body frame structure. This dimensional transformation creates sufficient interior space while the body frame structure with doors at different levels provides easy accessibility without requiring ladder access.
2Volume of moving object
If caravans, camper trailers, and motorhomes are used to provide extended space, then the interior space is expanded, but they require large storage space which is impractical for those with limited parking area
Solution Approach 1:
The tent is designed as a nested structure where the extendable roof and body frame can be collapsed into a compact configuration that mounts directly to the vehicle's rooftop. This nesting principle allows the tent to provide expanded interior space when deployed while occupying minimal storage space on the vehicle roof when not in use.
3Volume of moving object
If the door boards are made fixed and rigid, then the door structure is simple and stable, but the interior space cannot be expanded or adjusted
Solution Approach 1:
The door boards are designed with pivotable connections to the door frame, allowing them to rotate between a closed position and an extended position. This dynamic design enables the door boards to form additional interior space when opened while maintaining structural stability when closed, resolving the contradiction between space expansion and structural simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a tent for a vehicle, the tent comprising: a body frame connected to the vehicle and defining an interior space; at least one door introducing the interior space, the door comprising: a door frame; a first board located on one side of the door frame, and a second board located on the other side of the door frame, and wherein the first and the second board are connected to each other via a connecting member over one edge of the door frame, and wherein the first board comprises a first subboard, a second subboard, and a first tent cloth connecting between the first and the second subboard along the edge of the first and the second subboard.