FOLDING CANOPY WITH AN AUTOMATIC OPENING AND CLOSING CENTER SMALL-ROOF STRUCTURE

Abstract

Disclosed is a folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure, the folding canopy includes a plurality of canopy leg tubes and a folding canopy frame located above the canopy leg tubes. The folding canopy frame comprises a plurality of canopy struts, one end of each canopy strut is hingedly coupled to a center roof disk, a small-roof upper disk member is provided above the center roof disk, a small-roof lower disk member is provided below the center roof disk, a elevating rod is provided between the small-roof lower disk member and the small-roof upper disk member, and the small-roof lower disk member is movable vertically along with the opening and closing of the folding canopy, so that the small-roof upper disk member is movable vertically by the driving of the elevating rod.

Claims

1. A folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure, comprising a plurality of canopy leg tubes and a folding canopy frame located above the canopy leg tubes, wherein the folding canopy frame comprises a plurality of canopy struts, one end of each of the canopy struts is hingedly coupled to a center roof disk, a small-roof upper disk member is provided above the center roof disk, a small-roof lower disk member is provided below the center roof disk, an elevating rod is provided between the small-roof lower disk member and the small-roof upper disk member, and the small-roof lower disk member is movable vertically along with the opening and closing of the folding canopy, such that the small-roof upper disk member is movable vertically by driving of the elevating rod.

2. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of linkage rods, wherein one end of each of the linkage rods is hingedly coupled to the small-roof lower disk member, the other end of each of the linkage rods is hingedly coupled to a respective one of the canopy struts, and each of the linkage rods is configured in cooperation with a respective one of the canopy struts.

3. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 2, wherein the elevating rod has a single rod structure, and is mounted to cooperate with a center of the small-roof lower disk member; a center of the center roof disk is provided with an elevating hole, and the elevating rod penetrates the elevating hole and is fixedly installed at a center of the small-roof upper disk member.

4. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 3, wherein a slotted hole is provided in a middle portion of the small-roof lower disk member, and a bottom end of the elevating rod is embedded in the slotted hole and fixed by a fastener.

5. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 3, further comprising a center lower disk member, wherein the center lower disk is located below the small-roof lower disk member, and the elevating rod penetrates a first through hole at the center of the small-roof lower disk member and extends downwards, and a bottom end of the elevating rod is capable of being locked with the center lower disk.

6. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 5, wherein the elevating rod is fixedly coupled to the small-roof lower disk member through a fastener, and the small-roof lower disk member is capable of driving the elevating rod to move vertically along with the opening and closing of the folding canopy, such that the small-roof upper disk member is movable vertically by the driving of the elevating rod.

7. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 2, wherein the elevating rod comprises at least two elevating rod units, bottom ends of the elevating rod units are fixedly installed with the small-roof lower disk member, roof ends of the elevating rod units are fixedly installed with the small-roof upper disk member, and the center roof disk is provided with a plurality of elevating holes, and each elevating rod unit penetrates through a respective one of the elevating holes and is disposed in one-to-one correspondence.

8. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 7, further comprising a center lower disk, wherein the center lower disk is located at a lower part of the small-roof lower disk member, and a center locking rod is fixedly installed on the center roof disk, and penetrates through a second through hole at a center of the small-roof lower disk member and extends downwards, and a bottom end of the center locking rod is capable of being locked with the center lower disk.

9. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 8, wherein the elevating rod units surround an outer side of the center locking rod, and the small-roof lower disk member slides up and down along the center locking rod during opening and closing with the folding canopy.

10. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 1, wherein the canopy struts are respectively provided with canopy roof corner pieces, and the canopy roof corner pieces are configured for supporting edges of a small roof tarpaulin.

11. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 10, wherein each of the canopy roof corner pieces comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall and an upper wall, a groove is formed between the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the upper wall, an opening of the groove faces downward, and the groove is configured for being embedded with a respective one of the canopy struts.

12. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 11, wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall are triangular structures.

13. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 12, wherein a bottom corner of the first sidewall and a bottom corner of the second sidewall are hingedly coupled to the respective one of the canopy struts.

14. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 11, wherein the canopy roof corner pieces are inclined outward and upward relative to a center of the folding canopy.

15. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 1, wherein an upper end of the center roof disk is provided with an embedding groove, and the embedding groove is configured for being embedded and installed with the small-roof upper disk member.

16. The folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure according to claim 1, wherein a locking groove is provided in the small-roof lower disk member, and the locking groove is configured in cooperation with a fastener, and the fastener penetrates through the locking groove and is fixed with the elevating rod.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram I of an unfolded state of the present invention;

[0029] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram I of a semi-unfolded state of the present invention;

[0030] FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged structural diagram of part A in FIG. 1;

[0031] FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged structural diagram of part B in FIG. 2;

[0032] FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram I of a center small-roof of the present invention;

[0033] FIG. 6 is a structural schematic diagram I of a center roof disk of the present invention;

[0034] FIG. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of a small-roof upper disk member of the present invention;

[0035] FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram II of the unfolded state of the present invention;

[0036] FIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram II of the semi-unfolded state of the present invention;

[0037] FIG. 10 is a partially enlarged structural diagram of part C in FIG. 8;

[0038] FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged structural diagram of part D in FIG. 9;

[0039] FIG. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of the installation of an elevating rod and the small-roof upper disk member of the present invention;

[0040] FIG. 13 is a structural schematic diagram II of the small-roof upper disk member of the present invention;

[0041] FIG. 14 is a structural schematic diagram III of the unfolded state of the present invention;

[0042] FIG. 15 is a structural schematic diagram III of the semi-unfolded state of the present invention;

[0043] FIG. 16 is a partially enlarged structural schematic diagram of part E in FIG. 14;

[0044] FIG. 17 is a partially enlarged structural schematic diagram of part F in FIG. 15;

[0045] FIG. 18 is a structural schematic diagram II of the center small-roof of the present invention;

[0046] FIG. 19 is a structural schematic diagram II of the center roof disk of the present invention;

[0047] FIG. 20 is a third structural schematic diagram III of the small-roof upper disk member of the present invention;

[0048] FIG. 21 is a structural schematic diagram I of canopy roof corner pieces of the present invention;

[0049] FIG. 22 is a structural schematic diagram II of the canopy roof corner pieces of the present invention;

[0050] FIG. 23 is a structural schematic diagram of the unfolded state of the canopy with tarpaulin of the present invention;

[0051] FIG. 24 is a structural diagram of a folded state of the present invention;

[0052] Reference numerals: 1. Folding canopy frame; 11. Canopy strut; 12. Short strut; 2. Canopy leg tube; 3. Center roof disk; 31. Elevating hole; 32. Embedding groove; 4. Small-roof upper disk member; 5. Elevating rod; 51. Elevating rod unit; 6. Canopy roof corner piece; 61. Upper wall; 62. Groove; 63. First sidewall; 64. Second sidewall; 7. Small-roof lower disk member; 71. Linkage rod; 72. Fastener; 73. Slotted hole; 74. Locking groove; 75. First through hole; 76. Mounting hole; 77. Second through hole; 8. Center lower disk member; 9. Center locking rod.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0053] In order to make the technical means, creative features, achievement goals and effects achieved by the present invention easy to understand, the present invention will be further described below in cooperation with specific illustrations.

[0054] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms indicating orientation or positional relations such as “center”, “longitudinal”, “transverse”, ”upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “roof”, “bottom”, “inner”, ”outer” are based on the orientation or positional relations shown in the drawings. At the same time, the description of the specific positional relations in the description is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, a specific orientation structure and operation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. Similarly, similar words such as “a”, “first”, “one” or “the” do not mean any quantity limitation, but mean that there is at least one.

Embodiment 1

[0055] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 24, a folding canopy with an automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure provided by the present invention includes a plurality of canopy leg tubes 2 and a folding canopy frame 1 located above the canopy leg tubes 2. The folding canopy frame 1 includes a plurality of canopy struts 11, and one end of each canopy strut 11 is hingedly coupled to a center roof disk 3. The main structure of the folding canopy is a common structure in the prior art, reference can be made to the specific folding canopy structure disclosed in publication of CN108518121A or the specific folding canopy structure disclosed in publication of CN204609457U.

[0056] Specifically, in the folding canopy, each of the canopy leg tubes 2 also include a sliding seat which can move along the canopy leg tubes 2 and a roof seat at a top portion of the canopy leg tubes 2. The adjacent canopy leg tubes 2 are hingedly coupled to each other through folding rods to form a hinge group, and are respectively hingedly coupled to the sliding seats and the roof seats to realize cooperative mounting. In addition, each canopy strut 11 usually includes two or more canopy strut units, preferably two, and the canopy strut units are hingedly coupled to each other. An outer end of each of the canopy struts 11 is hingedly coupled to the roof seat and an inner end of each of the canopy struts 11 is hingedly coupled to the center roof disk 3. Each of the canopy struts 11 can be folded. The canopy strut units at the outer ends are usually coupled to inclined rods, respectively, one end of each inclined rod is hingedly coupled to the canopy strut unit fitted with it, and the other end of each inclined rod is hingedly coupled to the slide seat. Among them, the following-mentioned linkage rods 71 and short struts 12 are installed in cooperation with the canopy strut units hingedly coupled to the center roof disk 3 at the inner side. One end of each of the short struts 12 is hingedly coupled to a respective one of the canopy strut units, and the other end of each of the short struts 12 is hingedly coupled to a center lower disk member 8.

[0057] In this preferred embodiment, the disclosed automatic opening and closing center small-roof structure includes a small-roof upper disk member 4, an elevating rod 5 and a small-roof lower disk member 7. The small-roof upper disk member 4 is located above the center roof disk 3, usually at direct upper part, and the small-roof lower disk member 7 is located below the center roof disk 3, usually at direct lower part. An elevating rod 5 is provided between the small-roof lower disk member 7 and the small-roof upper disk member 4, and the small-roof lower disk member 7 is movable vertically along with the opening and closing of the folding canopy, such that the small-roof upper disk member 4 is movable vertically by the driving of the elevating rod 5.

[0058] In one of the preferred embodiments, the upper end of the center roof disk 3 is provided with an embedding groove 32, and the embedding groove 32 is used for being embedded and installed with the small-roof upper disk member 4, which can enhance the overall aesthetic appearance.

[0059] In a specific embodiment, the canopy includes a plurality of linkage rods 71, and the number of the linkage rods 17 is consistent with that of canopy struts 11, usually four. There may be eight canopy struts in individual folding canopies, for example, in the folding canopy structure disclosed in publication of CN209908072U, the number of linkage rods 71 can be four or eight, which is usually fitted with the canopy struts 11 fitted with the roof seat. One ends of the linkage rods 71 are hingedly coupled to the small-roof lower disk member 7, and the other ends are hingedly coupled to the canopy struts 11, and a single linkage rod 71 is coupled to a single canopy strut 11. Optimizing the structural design can make the folding canopy drive the small-roof lower disk member 7 to move in the opening and closing changing state. Specifically, when the folding canopy moves from the folded state to the unfolded state, each canopy leg tube 2 is separated from each other, so that the sliding seat on the canopy leg tubes 2 moves upwards, driving the canopy struts 11 in the folded state to start to unfold to the straight state,. The canopy struts 11 constantly change and unfold outwards with the center roof disk 3 as the center, such that the linkage rods 71 change from the vertical state to the horizontal state, so as to drive the small-roof lower disk member 7 to move from the low position to the high position, and then drive the elevating rod 5 to move upwards, and that the small-roof upper disk member 4 moves from close to the center roof 3 to far away from the center roof, so that the small-roof upper disk member 4 continuously moves upward until the whole folding canopy is unfolded; otherwise, it is folded.

Embodiment 2

[0060] Based on embodiment 1 and as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 13, in this preferred embodiment, the elevating rod 5 has a single rod structure, which is mounted to cooperate with the center of the small-roof lower disk member 7. The center roof disk 3 is provided with an elevating hole 31, and the elevating rod 5 penetrates through the elevating hole 31 and is fixedly installed with the center of the small-roof upper disk member 4. Among them, a slotted hole 73 is formed in the middle of the small-roof lower disk member 7, which is a blind hole structure. The blind hole structure facilitates the cooperative mounting of the elevating rod and enhances the aesthetic appearance. The bottom end of the elevating rod 5 is embedded in the slotted hole 73 and fixed by a fastener 72, which is usually a screw, and can also be a fixing pin.

[0061] Preferably, a locking groove 74 is formed on the small-roof lower disk member 7, and the locking groove 74 is used in cooperation with a fastener 72, and the fastener 72 penetrates through the locking groove 74 to be fixed with the elevating rod 5.

[0062] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, this preferred embodiment is generally applicable for folding canopies without center lock structure. A center roof disk 3 is provided in the middle of the folding canopy, which is used in cooperation with a small-roof upper disk member 4, an elevating rod 5 and a small-roof lower disk member 7. When the folding canopy moves from a folded state to an unfolded state, based on the opening and closing principle of the folding canopy in embodiment 1, the small-roof disk 7 is driven to move upwards along with the movement of the linkage rods 71, so that the elevating rod 5 continuously moves upward along the elevating hole 31. This structural design can be applied to a folding canopy without a center lock structure.

Embodiment 3

[0063] Based on Embodiment 2, as shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 13, the folding canopy in this embodiment can be used in cooperation with the folding canopy with a center lock structure in the prior art. Specifically, it further includes a center lower disk member 8 located below the small-roof lower disk member 7, and the center lower disk member 8, the center roof disk 3 and the elevating rod 5 are combined to form a center lock structure, and the elevating rod 5 penetrates through the first through hole 75 at the center of the small-roof lower disk member 7 and extends downward. The bottom end of the elevating rod 5 can be locked with the center lower disk member 8. For the specific center lock structure, please refer to publication of CN208280719U, CN207260738U, CN212295870U and CN211286916U. Among them, the elevating rod 5 has the same function as the center rod in the center lock, and the elevating rod 5 is used as a common component, which has relatively lower cost and simpler and more effective structure. In addition, in this embodiment, the center lower disk member 8 usually needs to be provided with short struts 12 and canopy struts 11 to realize hinged fitting, the lower end of the elevating rod 5 can be separated from the center lower disk member 8, and the elevating rod 5 and the small-roof lower disk member 7 are fixedly fitted by a fastener 72. The small-roof lower disk member 7 is capable of driving the elevating rod 5 to move vertically along with the opening and closing of the folding canopy, so that the small-roof upper disk member 4 is movable vertically by the driving of the elevating rod.

Embodiment 4

[0064] Based on embodiment 1 and as shown in FIG. 14 to FIG. 20, in this preferred embodiment, the elevating rod 5 includes at least two elevating rod units 51, the bottom ends of the elevating rod units 51 are fixedly installed with the small-roof lower disk member 7, and the roof ends of the elevating rod units 51 are fixedly installed with the small-roof upper disk member 4. Preferably, the small-roof lower disk member 7 is provided with a plurality of mounting holes 76, and each mounting hole 76 is configured for cooperatively mounting with a respective one of the elevating rod units 51. A plurality of elevating holes 31 are provided on the center roof disk 3, and each elevating rod unit 51 penetrates through a respective one of the elevating holes 31 and is disposed in one-to-one correspondence. In this embodiment, preferably, the number of elevating rods 5 can be 2, 3 or 4, and when the number of elevating rods 5 is 2, they are usually symmetrically provided on both sides, when the number of elevating rods 5 is 3, they are usually provided at three vertex angles of a regular triangle, and when the number of elevating rods 5 is 4, they are usually provided at four corners of a square. This structural design can be applied to a folding canopy without a center lock structure.

[0065] In this embodiment, when the folding canopy is unfolded outward from a folded state, the opening and closing principle of the folding canopy in Embodiment 1 is combined, in which the elevating rod unit 51 is driven to continuously move upward along the elevating hole 31 as the small-roof lower disk member 7 gradually moves from bottom to roof, so that the small-roof upper disk member 4 moves upward.

Embodiment 5

[0066] Based on Embodiment 4, as shown in FIG. 14 to FIG. 20, the folding canopy in this embodiment can be used in cooperation with the folding canopy with a center lock structure in the prior art. Specifically, the folding canopy includes a center lower disk member 8 located below the small-roof lower disk member 7, and a center locking rod 9 is fixedly installed on the center roof disk 3. The center locking rod 9 penetrates through the second through hole 77 in the center of the small-roof lower disk member 7 and extends downward, and the bottom end of the center locking rod 9 can be locked with the center lower disk member 8. The center lower disk member 8, the center roof disk 3 and the center locking rod 9 are combined to form a center lock structure. For the center lock structure, please refer to the specific prior art center lock structure in Embodiment 3. When the small-roof lower disk member 7 opens and closes with the folding canopy, it slides up and down along the center locking rod 9, and the automatic opening and closing of the small-roof can be realized by using the plurality of elevating rod units 51 surrounding the outer side of the center locking rod 9. For the arrangement design of the plurality of elevating rod units 51, please refer to Embodiment 4.

[0067] In this embodiment, with the unfolding of the folding canopy, the center lower disk member 8 and the small-roof lower disk member 7 move upward from the bottom at the same time, wherein the center lower disk member 8 continuously moves upward and completes the locking matching with the center locking rod 9. After the small-roof lower disk member 7 continuously moves upward, the small-roof lower disk member 7 moves along the center locking rod 9 and is combined with the elevating hole 31 on the center roof disk 3, so that the elevating rod units 51 move upward and the small-roof upper disk member 4 moves downward.

Embodiment 6

[0068] Based on any of the above embodiments, as shown in FIG. 21 and FIG. 22, the canopy struts 11 are further provided with canopy roof corner pieces 6 used to support the edges of the small roof tarpaulin. Each of the canopy roof corner pieces 6 includes a first sidewall 63, a second sidewall 64 and an upper wall 61, and a groove 62 is formed between the first sidewall 63, the second sidewall 64 and the upper wall 61, and the opening of the groove 62 faces downward for embedding with the rod body of the canopy strut 11. The structural design is to reduce the volume of components. The first sidewall 63 and the second sidewall 64 are generally triangular structures, and the first sidewall 63 and the second sidewall 64 are hingedly coupled to a respective one of the canopy struts 11 at one corner. Each of the canopy roof corner pieces 6 is inclined outward and upward relative to the center of the folding canopy, and the outermost end of each of the canopy roof corner pieces 6 has an angular structure, which is convenient for fixing with the edge of the small roof tarpaulin. Generally, the number of canopy roof corner pieces 6 is consistent with the number of canopy struts 11, preferably four. The canopy roof corner pieces 6 cooperate with the small-roof upper disk member 4 to complete the supporting and unfolding of the small-roof tarpaulin, thus realizing the folding canopy with a double-roof structure.

[0069] According to the present invention, the opening and closing of the folding canopy is utilized, through optimized design, to drive the canopy struts to move by means of the small-roof lower disk member and the elevating rod, so that the elevating of the small-roof upper disk member is realized, and the unfolding of the small roof tarpaulin is completed with the canopy roof corner pieces, thereby realizing the automatic opening and closing of the double roofs of the folding canopy. In addition, the optimized structure can be used with the existing center lock structure to achieve reduced manufacturing cost and good universality.

[0070] It is apparent from the general technical knowledge that the present invention can be implemented by other embodiments without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, the above-disclosed embodiments are merely illustrative, not exclusive, in all respects. All changes within the scope of the present invention or within the scope equivalent to the present invention are encompassed by the present invention.