COMBINATION-TYPE LARGE TENT FRAME ASSEMBLY

Abstract

Disclosed is a combination-type large tent frame assembly which improves the frame structure of a one-touch-type automatic tent so as to be easy to handle and use, and more particularly, which uses both a roof structure formed using the structure of conventional automatically foldable poles and a manually assembled prop structure including a plurality of prop members connected in a fitting manner in the longitudinal direction. The combination-type large tent frame assembly includes an upper frame including automatically foldable poles radially connected to a center head so as to form the roof structure, a lower frame including props, each prop formed by connecting a plurality of prop members in a row, and connectors configured to connect the upper frame and the lower frame to form a single body.

Claims

1. A tent frame assembly for assembling and disassembling a tent, comprising: an upper frame comprising automatically foldable poles radially connected to a center head so as to form a roof structure, wherein the center head has a circular body installed at a top center of the roof structure and the circular body has a recess in a circumference of the center head for each pole of the upper frame, and wherein each of the foldable poles is rotatably connected to the center head and has a hinge installed at a joint in the foldable pole between a free end of the foldable pole and the rotatable connection to the center head, thereby enabling opposing poles connected to the center head to be foldable to form a W-shape; a lower frame couplable to a lower portion of the upper frame and comprising a plurality of prop members, wherein each prop member has a length in a longitudinal direction and a plug, wherein the plurality of prop members are connectable to assemble a plurality of rigid props, wherein each rigid prop has a structure of a rigid rectilinear pillar, and wherein the plurality of prop members are detachable to disassemble the plurality of rigid props; and connectors couplable to the upper frame and the lower frame, wherein each connector has an upper connection hole to receive the free end of one of the foldable poles and a lower connection hole to receive the plug of one of the prop members so as to enable the plurality of connectors to connect the upper frame and the lower frame to form a single body.

2. The tent frame assembly according to claim 1, wherein the poles of the upper frame are formed to have a smaller diameter than a diameter of each of the detachable prop members.

3. The tent frame assembly according to claim 1, wherein an upper end of each of the prop members of the lower frame has the plug and a lower end of each of the prop members has a hole configured such that the plug of one of the prop members is insertable into another one of the prop members so that the prop members are connectable in a male-and-female coupling manner to form the rigid props, and wherein each rigid prop has a tubular body configured to be thicker than the poles of the upper frame so as to serve as the rigid rectangular pillar configured to support a total load of the assembled tent.

4. The tent frame assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connectors are configured such that a pole connection part and a prop connection part of each of the connectors are integrally connected at an obtuse angle and thus the poles are arched upwards like a bow so as to prevent the poles from sagging downward even due to a weight of the assembled tent on the tent frame assembly.

5. The tent frame assembly according to claim 1, wherein each foldable pole has the same length.

6. The tent frame assembly according to claim 1, wherein each detachable prop member has the same length.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0024] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a combination-type large tent frame assembly according to the present invention, illustrating the state in which a roof structure and lower props are separated from each other;

[0025] FIG. 2 is a front view of the combination-type large tent frame assembly which is integrally assembled by connecting the roof structure, configured in an automatically foldable manner, and the lower props, formed by connecting a plurality of prop members, using connectors; and

[0026] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a combination-type large tent using the combination-type large tent frame assembly having an improved structure according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0027] Hereinafter, reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. While the invention will be described in conjunction with exemplary embodiments, it will be understood that the present description is not intended to limit the invention to those exemplary embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover not only the exemplary embodiments, but also various alternatives, modifications, equivalents and other embodiments, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

[0028] As shown in FIG. 1, a combination-type frame assembly for large tents according to the present invention includes an upper frame 10 configured to have an automatically foldable structure so as to form the roof of a large tent, a lower frame 20 configured to form pillars assembled into multi-stages, and connectors 30 coupled to the upper and lower frames 10 and 20 so as to connect the upper and lower frames 10 and 20 to form a single body.

[0029] The upper frame 10 is used as the roof structure of the large tent according to the present invention.

[0030] A center head 1 having a circular body is installed at the top center of the roof structure, and a plurality of poles 2 is connected into a plurality of connection recesses, formed in the circumference of the center head 1 in four directions, so as to be easily foldable and unfoldable. Hinges 3 are installed at joints of the poles 2 so that the poles 2 may be easily folded in a zigzag-type (W-type).

[0031] Each of the poles 2 connected to the center head 1 in the four directions is formed by connecting a plurality of pole members 2a and 2b having the same length, and a free end 4 of each pole 2 is inserted into an upper hole of the connector 30 which will be described below.

[0032] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper frame 10 according to the present invention is used as the roof structure, but is in the state in which there are no legs (props) for firmly supporting the roof of the tent from below.

[0033] Therefore, the lower frame 20 is connected to the upper frame 10 so as to serve as the props for firmly supporting the roof structure from below.

[0034] The lower frame 20 is an assembly of prop members 21, which are configured to have a short length, into which the total length of each of a plurality of props A is equally divided, and are connected to form each of the props A, a plug 22 is formed on the upper end of each prop member 21 and a hole 23, into which the plug 22 is inserted, is formed in the lower end of each prop member 21 so that the prop members 21 are connected in a male-and-female coupling manner.

[0035] The prop A formed by connecting the prop members 22 in the male-and-female coupling manner must be rigid, and must not be warped. Therefore, the props A of the lower frame 20 are formed as tubular bodies, which are thicker than the poles 2 of the upper frame 10, so as to serve as pillars configured to support the total load of the large tent.

[0036] As needed, an elastic pin serving as a stopper may be installed at each of connection parts of the respective prop members 21 so as to fix the connection state of both tubular bodies, i.e., both prop members 21, and to prevent arbitrary separation therebetween.

[0037] As such, the upper frame 10 serving as the roof of the large tent and the lower frame 20 serving as the props (pillars) of the large tent are connected to form a single body by the connectors 30, and when the tent is disassembled, these upper, middle and lower structures are respectively separated from one another.

[0038] The connector 30 has upper and lower connection holes 31 and 32 formed in the upper and lower portions thereof like a socket pipe, the free end of the pole 2 is inserted into the upper connection hole 31, and the plug 22 formed at the upper end of the prop A is inserted into the lower connection hole 32.

[0039] The poles 2 of the upper frame 10 need only bear the weight of a tent fabric on the roof of the tent, and are thus formed to have a small diameter. In contrast, the props A of the lower frame 20 must not only bear the total weight of the roof structure and the tent fabric but must also withstand strong wind, which blows from all directions, and must be thus formed of a tubular body having a large diameter, which is more rigid than the poles 2.

[0040] The connector 30 according to the present invention serves to connect the free end 4 of the pole 2 to the upper end of the corresponding prop A, and is configured such that a pole connection part and a prop connection part of the connector 30 are integrally connected at an obtuse angle.

[0041] The reason why the pole connection part and the prop (pillar) connection part of the connector 30 meet each other at an obtuse angle is to arch the poles 2 upwards like a bow so as to prevent the poles 2 from sagging downwards even due to the weight of the tent fabric when the combination-type tent is pitched.

[0042] The connector 30 may have a movable unit provided at a middle portion of the body thereof so as to be movable depending on the installation angles or the slope angles of the upper and lower frames 10 and 20.

[0043] FIG. 3 exemplarily illustrates a combination-type large tent pitched by deploying the poles 2, which are folded in the one-touch manner, assembling the props A, connecting the poles 2 and the props A using the connectors 30 to form the combination-type large tent frame assembly, and then installing a tent fabric on the combination-type large tent frame assembly.

[0044] The poles 2 and the props A may be formed of one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, a general metal, duralumin and a synthetic resin.

[0045] In order to take down the combination-type large tent, the props A are first separated from the frame assembly and disassembled, and then the one-touch-type poles 2 are folded, whereby, the area inside the combination-type large tent is minimized. Because the props A are separated from the main body of the combination-type large tent, the weight of the one-touch-type poles 2 is decreased by the weight of the props A, and the volume of the folded poles 2 is decreased. The one-touch-type poles 2 and the props A, which are separated from each other, are put together into one bag or are individually put into different bags so as to be easy to carry and store.

[0046] As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a combination-type large tent frame assembly, which includes a one-touch-type upper frame configured to form a roof structure so that the roof structure from which a lower structure is separated may be rapidly and simply assembled or folded and a lower frame configured to have a multi-stage assembled structure, which is manually assembled in a fitting manner, so as to be easily assembled and disassembled, and is capable of realizing a large tent without difficulty through a combination of the automatic roof structure and the manual prop structure.

[0047] Further, the lower frame, in which a number of prop members having a short length are connected in the fitting manner, may perform a firm support function and may easily adjust the length of props, thereby being capable of being effectively used in enlargement of one-touch-type tents requiring rigid lower bodies.

[0048] The one-touch-type foldable upper frame and the lower frame, which are separated from each other, may be stored separately or may be stored together, and thus a combination-type tent using the combination-type large tent frame assembly may be easy to handle due to the distribution of the weight of the folded tent, and may be easy to pitch and break down even though the area inside of the combination-type tent, which is pitched, is large.

[0049] Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.