COVER CONNECTING ASSEMBLY, FOLDABLE OUTDOOR PRODUCT AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF

Abstract

A cover connecting assembly is provided including a connecting band for connecting to a cover. The cover connecting assembly further is provided including a hanging member arranged on the connecting band, a connecting slot fitted with the connecting part opened on the hanging member. The connecting part is arranged on bars and being a part of a pivot or connected to a pivot, and the bars being configured to rotate around a rotating axis of the pivot, the connecting part is positioned in the connecting slot when the cover is connected to the bars. The connecting slot has an opening, and the opening is configured to allow the connecting part to enter the connecting slot in a direction perpendicular to or obliquely intersected with the rotating axis.

Claims

1. A cover connecting assembly, comprising: a connecting band for connecting to a cover; and a hanging member arranged on the connecting band; and a connecting slot fitted with a connecting part being opened on the hanging member; wherein, the connecting part is arranged on bars and being a part of a pivot or connected to a pivot, and the bars being configured to rotate around a rotating axis of the pivot; wherein the connecting part is positioned in the connecting slot when the cover is connected to the bars; wherein the connecting slot has an opening, and the opening is configured to allow the connecting part to enter the connecting slot in a direction perpendicular to or obliquely intersected with the rotating axis.

2. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein a width of the opening is less than a diameter of the connecting part: the hanging member has a pair of guiding slopes, each of the guiding slopes has a proximal end close to the opening and a distal end far away from the opening, and a distance between the distal ends of the pair of guiding slopes is larger than that between the proximal ends.

3. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connecting slot has a C shape in whole.

4. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connecting band has a cover connecting end portion connected with the cover and an operating section extending downwards or inwards relative to the cover connecting end portion, and the hanging member is arranged on or adjacent to the cover connecting end portion.

5. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the hanging member is sheet-like.

6. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 5, wherein the hanging member is made of a plastic sheet and has a stitching groove with a reduced wall thickness, the hanging member is stitched on the connecting band, and a stitch is positioned in the stitching groove.

7. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the hanging member has elasticity or is deformable.

8. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the hanging member is sandwiched between the bars and the connecting band and covered by the connecting band.

9. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cover covers at least a part of the bars, the hanging member is configured to rotate around the connecting part during rotation of the bars, and the connecting part is covered by the connecting band to avoid mutual contact between the cover and the connecting part.

10. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the pivot has a cap and a body section inserted into the bars, the connecting part is located between the cap and the body section, diameters of the body section, the connecting part and the cap are sequentially increased, the connecting part has a limiting step surface, the limiting step surface abuts against an outer surface of the bars or a gasket is provided between the limiting step surface and the outer surface of the bars, and the connecting part is clamped into the connecting slot.

11. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the pivot has a body section and a cap with a diameter larger than that of the body section, the connecting part comprises a spacing sleeve, the spacing sleeve is sleeved on an end portion of the body section close to the cap, and the spacing sleeve is clamped into the connecting slot.

12. The cover connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connecting part comprises a shaft sleeve arranged on the bars, the pivot is inserted into the bars and the shaft sleeve, and the shaft sleeve is clamped into the connecting slot.

13. A foldable outdoor product, comprising a frame and a cover arranged on the frame, wherein the foldable outdoor product further comprises a plurality of cover connecting assemblies according to claim 1, the bars are a part of the frame, and the cover is connected to the bars by a plurality of cover connecting assemblies.

14. The foldable outdoor product according to claim 13, wherein the bars include a first rod and a second rod, and the first rod and the second rod are rotatably connected by the pivot to be unfolded or folded with respect to each other.

15. The foldable outdoor product according to claim 13, wherein the foldable outdoor product is a canopy, the frame is a canopy frame, the canopy frame comprises a plurality of support legs and eave frames connected among the support legs, the eave frames comprise one or more said bars, said bars includes a first rod and a second rod, and the first rod and the second rod are rotatably connected by the pivot to be unfolded or folded with respect to each other.

16. The foldable outdoor product according to claim 15, wherein the cover comprises a top fabric covering the eave frames, the cover connecting assembly includes a plurality of first cover connecting assemblies, an outer edge or a lower edge of the top fabric is connected to the eave frames by the first cover connecting assemblies, the eave frames comprises the first rod and the second rod, an end portion of the first rod and an end portion of the second rod are rotatably connected by the pivot, and the opening of the connecting slot of the first cover connecting assembly is oriented upwards; and/or the cover comprises a surrounding fabric hanging among or outside the frame legs, the cover connecting assembly comprises a plurality of second cover connecting assemblies, an upper edge of the surrounding fabric is connected to the eave frames by the second cover connecting assemblies, the eave frames comprises the first rod and the second rod, a middle of the first rod and a middle or an end portion of the second rod are rotatably connected by the pivot, and the opening of the connecting slot of the second cover connecting assembly is oriented downwards.

17. The foldable outdoor product according to claim 13, wherein the foldable outdoor product is a foldable canopy; a sunshade, or a foldable chair, and the cover covers at least an upper or side portion of the frame.

18. An assembling method of a foldable outdoor product, comprising the following steps: providing the foldable outdoor product according to claim 1; and pulling the connecting band or the hanging member to allow the connecting part to enter the connecting slot through the opening of the connecting slot, so as to connect the cover onto the bars.

19. The assembling method according to claim 18, wherein the connecting band or the hanging member is pulled along a first direction, the connecting band is in a tensioning state when the connecting part moves to the opening of the connecting slot, then the hanging member is moved relative to the bars in a second direction opposite to the first direction, such that the connecting part enters the connecting slot until the hanging member is hung on the connecting part.

20. The assembling method according to claim 19, wherein the cover includes a top fabric of a canopy, the opening of the connecting slot is oriented upwards, the first direction is downward direction, and the second direction is upward direction; and/or, the cover includes a surrounding fabric of a canopy, the opening of the connecting slot is oriented downwards, the first direction is upward direction, and the second direction is downward direction.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

[0033] Some of the embodiments will be described in detail, with references to the following Figures, wherein like designations denote like members, wherein;

[0034] FIG. 1 is a structural view of a cover connecting assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure after connection;

[0035] FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the cover connecting assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the cover connecting assembly according to the embodiment of the present sisclosure;

[0037] FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view at A in FIG. 3;

[0038] FIG. 5 is an exploded view of another cover connecting assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] FIG. 6 is a structural view of another cover connecting assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure after connection;

[0040] FIG. 7 is an exploded view of still another cover connecting assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0041] FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a fourth cover connecting assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0042] FIG. 9 is a structural view of a canopy according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0043] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a cover connecting process of the canopy according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0044] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the canopy according to the embodiment of the present disclosure after a cover is connected with bars.

[0045] FIG. 12 is a structural view of another canopy according to the embodiment of the present disclosure with a top fabric not shown;

[0046] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a process of connecting a hanging member and a shaft sleeve of another canopy according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0047] FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of another canopy according to the embodiment of the present disclosure after the hanging member is connected with the shaft sleeve; and

[0048] FIG. 15 is a schematic partial diagram of another canopy according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

WHEREIN

[0049] 100cover connecting assembly; [0050] 131bar; 1311first rod; 1312second rod; [0051] 21connecting band; 211cover connecting end; 212operating section; 22hanging member; 221connecting slot; 222guiding slope; 2221proximal end; 2222distal end; 223stitching groove; [0052] 23first cover connecting assembly; 24second cover connecting assembly; [0053] 3cover; 31top fabric; 32surrounding fabric; [0054] 41pivot; 411cap; 412connecting part; 4121limiting step surface; 413body section; 42reinforcing sleeve; 43shaft sleeve; [0055] 5gasket; [0056] 6spacing sleeve; [0057] 200canopy; 201canopy frame; 202support leg; and 203eave frame.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0058] Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, such that the advantages and features of the present disclosure can be more readily understood by those skilled in the conventional art. It should be noted that the description of the embodiments is intended to help understanding of the present disclosure but does not form limitation of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the technical features involved in the respective embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0059] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, the present embodiment provides a cover connecting assembly 100 for connecting a cover 3 to bars 131. The cover connecting assembly 100 includes a connecting part 412 provided on the bars 131, and the bars 131 are configured to rotate around a rotating axis of a pivot 41. The connecting part 412 is a part of the pivot 41 or connected to the pivot 41, and in the present embodiment, the connecting part 412 is connected to the pivot 41.

[0060] Further, the cover connecting assembly 100 further includes a connecting band 21 and a hanging member 22, and the connecting band 21 is connected with the cover 3 in a stitching manner. The hanging member 22 is provided on the connecting band 21. As shown in FIG. 3, the hanging member 22 is positioned between the bars 131 and the connecting band 21 and covered by the connecting band 21, and the cover 3 covers at least a part of the bars 131.

[0061] Still further, referring to FIG. 4, the hanging member 22 is sheet-like and made of a plastic sheet (having certain elasticity) and has a stitching groove 223 with a reduced wall thickness. The connecting band 21 may be a polypropylene woven band, the hanging member 22 is stitched to the connecting band 21, and a stitch is positioned in the stitching groove 223. The hanging member 22 has a connecting slot 221 fitted with the connecting part 412 and a pair of guiding slopes 222, and the connecting part 412 is positioned in the connecting slot 221.

[0062] Referring to FIG. 4, the connecting slot 221 has a C shape in whole, the connecting slot 221 has an opening, and a width of the opening is smaller than a diameter of the connecting part 412, such that the connecting part 412 is not prone to slide out of the opening. The opening is configured to allow the connecting part 412 to enter the connecting slot 221 in a direction perpendicular to or obliquely intersected with the rotating axis. Each of the guiding slopes 222 has a proximal end 2221 close to the opening and a distal end 2222 far away from the opening, and a distance between the distal ends 2221 of the pair of guiding slopes 222 is greater than that between the proximal ends 2222. During connection between the hanging member 22 and the bars 131, the connecting part 412 is extruded into the connecting slot 221 from the pair of guiding slopes 222. In a natural state, the connecting part 412 cannot slide out of the connecting slot 211 through the opening due to a small width of the opening.

[0063] The connecting part 412 in the embodiment is specifically a shaft sleeve 43 arranged on the bars 131, the pivot 41 is inserted into the bars 131 and the shaft sleeve 43, and the shaft sleeve 43 is clamped into the connecting slot 221. During rotation of the bars 131, the hanging member 22 rotates around the shaft sleeve 4, and the shaft sleeve 4 is covered by the connecting band 21 to avoid mutual contact between the cover and the shaft sleeve 4. The shaft sleeve 4 is protruding relative to a body of the bars, the connecting band always covers the protruding shaft sleeve 4, and even in the rotating process of the bars 131, the hanging member 22 rotates around the shaft sleeve 4, the shaft sleeve 4 is still shielded by the connecting band, and the cover is prevented from contacting the shaft sleeve 4, thus avoiding mutual friction between the cover and the protruding shaft sleeve 4, effectively protecting the cover, and preventing forming a scratch on the cover.

[0064] The connecting band 21 in the embodiment connects the cover 3 to the bars 131, and the connecting band 21 is stitched to the hanging member 22. The connecting part 412 on the bars 131 includes a shaft sleeve 43 provided on the bars 131, the pivot 41 is inserted into the bars 131 through the shaft sleeve 43, and the shaft sleeve 43 is clamped into the connecting slot 221 of the hanging member 22. The cover connecting assembly 100 is convenient to use, has good connecting strength and stability and is suitable for being applied to a foldable outdoor product.

[0065] FIGS. 5 and 6 show another cover connecting assembly according to the present embodiment, which is different from the cover connecting assembly shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 in that: the connecting part 412 is located at an end portion of the bars 131. The cover connecting assembly 100 further includes a reinforcing sleeve 42, the reinforcing sleeve 42 is sleeved on the bars 131, the shaft sleeve 43 is located on the reinforcing sleeve 42 and protrudes outwards from the shaft sleeve 43, and the reinforcing sleeve 42 and the shaft sleeve 43 can be fixedly connected or integrally formed. The reinforcing sleeve 42 is a plastic tubular part, and the reinforcing sleeve is sleeved on the end portion or a middle, especially a pivot joint, of the bars for reinforcing strength of the bars. The pivot 41 is inserted into the reinforcing sleeve 42, the bars 131 and the shaft sleeve 43.

[0066] FIG. 7 shows still another cover connecting assembly according to the present embodiment, which is different from the cover connecting assembly shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 in that: (1) the connecting part 412 is located at the end portion of the bars 131: (2) the connecting part 413 is a part of the pivot 41. Specifically, the pivot 41 has a cap 411 and a body section 413 inserted into the bars 131, the connecting part 421 is positioned between the cap 411 and the body section 413, diameters of the body section 413, the connecting part 412 and the cap 411 are sequentially increased, the connecting part 412 has a limiting step surface 4121, the limiting step surface 4121 abuts against an outer surface of the bars 131 or a gasket 5 is arranged between the limiting step surface 4121 and the outer surface of the bars 131, and specifically, in the embodiment, a gasket 5 is provided between the limiting step surface 4121 and the outer surface of the bars 131, and the connecting part 412 is clamped into the connecting slot 221. The cover connecting assembly 100 according to the present embodiment may be located at the end portions of two bars 131 or the middles of two bars 131.

[0067] FIG. 8 shows a fourth cover connecting assembly according to the present embodiment, which is different from the cover connecting assemblies shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 in that: (1) the connecting part 412 is located at the end portion of the bars 131: (2) the connecting part 412 is a spacing sleeve 6. Specifically, the pivot 41 has a body section 413 and a cap 411 with a diameter larger than that of the body section 413, the spacing sleeve 6 is sleeved on an end portion of the body section 413, the spacing sleeve 6 is clamped into the connecting slot 221, and a gasket 5 is arranged between the outer surface of the bars 131 and the spacing sleeve 6.

[0068] FIGS. 9 to 11 show a foldable outdoor product according to the present embodiment, which may be a foldable canopy, a sunshade, or a foldable chair. The foldable outdoor product includes a frame, a cover 3 provided on the frame and the above cover connecting assembly 100, the bars 131 are a part of the frame, the cover 3 is connected to the bars 131 by a plurality of cover connecting assemblies 100, and the cover 3 at least covers an upper or side portion of the frame. Specifically, in the embodiment, the foldable outdoor product is a canopy 200. The cover connecting assembly in the present embodiment is the cover connecting assembly shown in FIGS. 5 to 6.

[0069] Referring to FIG. 9, the frame is a canopy frame 201, the canopy frame 201 includes a plurality of support legs 202 and eave frames 203 connected among the support legs 202, and each eave frame 203 includes one or more bars 131. Each bar 131 includes a first rod 1311 and a second rod 1312 provided obliquely up and down, and middles of the first rod 1311 and the second rod 1312 are rotatably connected by the pivot 41, such that the first rod 1311 and the second rod 1312 can be relatively unfolded or folded. Each bar 131 substantially has a cross shape. The plurality of bars 131 are pivotally connected in sequence: for example, in FIG. 9, an upper end portion of the first rod 1311 of the left bar 131 and an upper end portion of the second rod 1312 of the middle bar 131 are pivotally connected to form an upper pivot joint, and a lower end portion of the second rod 1312 of the left bar 131 and a lower end portion of the first rod 1311 of the middle bar 131 are pivotally connected to form a lower pivot joint: the upper pivot joints are level and the lower pivot joints are level. The connecting parts of the above cover connecting assembly are all provided at the upper pivot joints. In the embodiment, the eave frame 203 basically includes a plurality of the above-described bars 131, so as to be transversely extendable and retractable in a left-right direction or a front-rear direction.

[0070] The cover 3 is a top fabric 31 covering the eave frame 203, the top fabric 31 is connected to the eave frame 203 by the above cover connecting assembly 100, the connection is convenient, and connection strength is well. Further, the cover connecting assembly 100 includes a plurality of first cover connecting assemblies 23 (i.e., the cover connecting assembly according to the second embodiment), an outer edge or a lower edge of the top fabric 31 is connected to the eave frame 203 by the first cover connecting assemblies 23, the eave frame 203 includes the first rod 1311 and the second rod 1312, the pivot 41 rotatably connects an end portion of the first rod 1311 and an end portion of the second rod 1312, and the opening of the connecting slot 221 of the first cover connecting assembly 23 is oriented upwards.

[0071] Referring to FIGS. 10 and 11, the connecting band 21 has a cover connecting end portion 211 connected with the top fabric 31 and an operating section 212 extending downwards relative to the cover connecting end portion 211, and the hanging member 22 is provided on or close to the cover connecting end portion 211. When the top fabric 31 is connected, a user can pull the operating section 212 to align the opening of the connecting slot 221 with the connecting part 412, such that the connecting part 412 can be clamped into the connecting slot 212 conveniently, and can be automatically clamped into the connecting slot with tension of the top fabric 31 or the connecting band 21, or manually pushed into the connecting slot.

[0072] FIGS. 12 to 15 show another canopy according to the present embodiment. The canopy frame of the canopy is substantially the same as that of the canopy shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, except that: the cover 3 further includes a surrounding fabric 32 hanging among or outside the support legs 202, the surrounding fabric 32 is connected to the eave frame 203 by a plurality of cover connecting assemblies 100 as described in FIGS. 1 to 4, the connection is convenient, and connection strength is well.

[0073] The cover connecting assembly 100 includes a plurality of second cover connecting assemblies 24 (i.e., the cover connecting assembly shown in FIGS. 1 to 4), an upper edge of the surrounding fabric 32 is connected to the eave frame 203 by the second cover connecting assemblies 24, the eave frame 203 includes the first rod 1311 and the second rod 1312, the pivot 41 rotatably connects a middle of the first rod 1311 and a middle of the second rod 1312, and the opening of the connecting slot 221 of the second cover connecting assembly 24 is oriented downwards.

[0074] The connecting band 21 has a cover connecting end portion 211 connected with the surrounding fabric 32 and an operating section 212 extending downwards relative to the cover connecting end portion 211, and the hanging member 22 is provided on or close to the cover connecting end portion 211. When the surrounding fabric 32 is connected, the opening of the connecting slot 221 is aligned with the connecting part 412, and the user can pull the operating section 212 to facilitate the connecting part 412 to be clamped into the connecting slot 212.

[0075] As used in this specification and the appended claims, the terms include and comprise are intended to include only the explicitly recited steps and elements, these steps and elements do not constitute an exclusive list, and in embodiments the method or apparatus may include other steps or elements. The term and/or used herein includes any combination of one or more related listed items.

[0076] The indefinite articles a and an preceding an element or component herein are intended to describe without limitation the number of instances (i.e., occurrences) of the element or component, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Therefore, the terms a and an are to be construed as including one or at least one and the singular form of the element or component also include the plural form.

[0077] It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, when a feature is referred to as being fixed or connected to another feature, it can be directly fixed or connected to the other feature or indirectly fixed or connected to the other feature. In addition, the terms upper, lower, left, right, etc. used in the present disclosure are described only relative to the mutual position relationship of the components of the present disclosure in the drawings.

[0078] It may be further understood that the terms first, second, or the like, are used to describe various information, but the information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the information of the same type, and do not indicate a particular order or degree of importance. Indeed, the terms first, second, or the like, are used interchangeably throughout. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0079] Although the present invention has been disclosed in the form of embodiments and variations thereon, it will be understood that numerous additional modifications and variations could be made thereto without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0080] For the sake of clarity, it is to be understood that the use of a or an throughout this application does not exclude a plurality, and comprising does not exclude other steps or elements.