Collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent

• US 9,340,992 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2014
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiamen Roadzup Outdoor Products Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Xiamen Roadzup Outdoor Products Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Huang, Changjiu
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jackson, Danielle
• Application Number:
  US14/157,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20140338710A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/32 Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/42 external type, e.g. frame outside cover
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/48 foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means E04H15/405 and E04H15/46 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention is provided with a collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent, which comprises a top base and at least two sets of supporting pole sets. The top base comprises an upper pivot base, a lower pivot base and a vertical pole to fix the upper pivot base and the lower pivot base; at least two sets of supporting pole sets are connected to the top base and arranged annularly; each of the supporting pole set comprises a sub-pole, a connecting base and a supporting pole, a first end of the sub-pole is pivot joint with the lower pivot base, a second end of the sub-pole is pivot joint with the supporting pole, the connecting base is pivot joint with the upper pivot base, the connecting base is slidably connected to the sub-pole and form a flexible structure.

Claims

1. A collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent comprising:

a top base comprising

an upper pivot base;

a lower pivot base; and

a vertical pole attached to the upper pivot base and the lower pivot base; and

at least two sets of supporting pole sets, each supporting pole set connected to the top base and extending radially away from the top base, each of the supporting pole set comprising

a sub-pole having a first end and a second end;

a connecting base; and

a supporting pole,

wherein the first end of the sub-pole is pivotally attached to the lower pivot base, the second end of the sub-pole is pivotally attached to the supporting pole, the connecting base is pivotally attached to the upper pivot base, the connecting base is slidably connected to the sub-pole and forms a flexible structure, and the upper pivot base and the lower pivot base of the top base are fixedly connected to each other.

2. The collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent according to claim 1, wherein a spring is disposed between the connecting base and the supporting pole.

3. The collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent according to claim 2, wherein the supporting pole is a pipe;

the connecting base comprises an upper connecting element and a fixed pole, a first end of the upper connecting element is pivotally attached to the upper pivot base, an end face of a second end of the upper connecting element is concave and form a sliding groove, the fixed pole is assembled to the upper connecting element and disposed inside the sliding groove, a part of the fixed pole extends out of an opening of the sliding groove;

the fixed pole is slidably connected inside the supporting pole, the supporting pole is slidably connected inside the sliding groove, the spring is disposed inside the supporting pole, sleeved outside of the fixed pole and connected to the fixed pole and the supporting pole.

4. The collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent according to claim 3, wherein an end of the supporting pole is fixed with a first plug, the first plug is disposed inside the sliding groove;

an end of the fixed pole is disposed with a second plug, which is fit and slidably connected inside the supporting pole;

the spring abuts against the first plug and the second plug.

5. The collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent according to claim 4, wherein:

the upper connecting element has a shape generally resembling Arabic numeral 7, the upper connecting element has a straight section and a bending section connected to the straight section, an end of the bending section is the first end of the upper connecting element, an end of the straight section is the second end of the upper connecting element;

a portion of the first end of the upper connecting element is concave and forms a through hole;

the fixed pole extends into the sliding groove along the through hole from outside to inside, the second plug is fixed to the end of the fixed pole, the fixed pole and the supporting pole are applied with a pull force by the spring and move away from each other by the pull force, the fixed pole and the upper connecting element are fixed by the pull force.

6. The collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent according to claim 3, wherein the upper connecting has a shape generally resembling Arabic numeral 7, the upper connecting element has a straight section and a bending section fixed to the straight section, an end of the bending section is the first end of the upper connecting element, an end of the straight section is the second end of the upper connecting element.

7. The collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent according to claim 1, wherein the supporting pole is fixed with a rotation base, and the second end of the sub-pole is pivot joint with the rotation base.

8. The collapsible mechanism at the top of a collapsible tent according to claim 1, wherein the number of the supporting pole set is two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight.