Tent pole fixer of connecting pole and fly
A tent pole fixer is provided that is mounted on the edge of a tent so as to connect an end portion of a pole. The tent pole fixer has one end portion coupled to an edge of a tent, a longitudinally middle portion to which the pole supporting the tent is coupled, and the other end portion coupled to the fly covering the tent, wherein the both end portions are able to relatively move up and down about the middle portion. The tent pole fixer has a benefit of improving air permeability of the tent with the securing of sufficient space between the tent and the fly.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tent pole fixer that is mounted on the edge of a tent so as to connect an end portion of a pole, and more particularly to a tent pole fixer to which a pole and then a fly are installed so that a tent is unfolded at its edge portion by resilient restoring force to contact the ground, thereby improving air permeability through securing a space between the fly and the tent, and facilitating to install the tent and the fly using the pole as well.
2. Description of the Prior Art
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Into the eyelet 15 of the webbing 13 as constructed above, an end of the pole 20 extending along the ridgeline of the tent 10 is inserted. With the insertion of the other end of the pole 20 into an eyelet of another webbing, the pole 20 is fixed at its both ends while being curved. Accordingly, resilient restoring force is created on the pole to strain at its end straightly, rendering the edge of the tent 10 pushed out to unfold the tent 10.
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However, since in the state where the webbing 13 of the tent 10 and that 33 of the fly 30 are connected to the end of the pole 20, resilient restoring force of the pole 20 exerts to unfold the fly 30 and the tent 10, as shown in
When the distance between the tent 10 and the fly 30 becomes narrower, a passage of air flowing between the tent 10 and the fly 30 becomes narrower, which causes a problem in that air permeability is degraded.
In addition, in case where one end of the pole is connected to the webbing of the tent and the other end of the pole is connected to other webbing of the tent, since the end of the pole is merely inserted into the eyelet without being coupled to the eyelet of the webbing, there caused a problem in that the end of the pole is easily detached from the eyelet. In this case, it is inconvenient in that the end of the pole is inserted again into the eyelet to install. Furthermore, when the webbing of the fly is connected to the end of the pole to which the webbing of the tent has been connected, the end of the pole connected to the webbing of the tent is easily detached from the eyelet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tent pole fixer of connecting a pole and a fly which, when a tent is connected to an end of the pole and the fly is put out over the tent, diverts a direction of resilient restoring force of the pole exerting to spread out the fly to that exerting to advance an edge of the tent toward the ground thereby to improve air permeability through securing a sufficient space between the tent and the fly.
The tent pole fixer of the present invention has a construction for coupling one end of the pole so that while one end of the pole is coupled to the tent pole fixer and then the other end thereof is coupled to another tent pole fixer, the one end of the pole and the tent pole fixer coupled with each other are not decoupled to thereby easily install the tent and the fly.
In order to accomplish the above object, there is provided a tent pole fixer comprising one end portion coupled to an edge of a tent, a longitudinally middle portion to which a pole supporting the tent is coupled, and the other end portion coupled to a fly covering the tent, wherein both end portions are able to relatively move up and down about the middle portion.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the one end portion of the tent pole fixer is provided with a slot through which a band extending from the tent edge passes to be fixed thereto.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the middle portion is provided with a ball-receiving hole into which an end of the pole is inserted to be coupled thereto.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the end of the pole is shaped like a ball, and the ball-receiving hole is provided at its inlet portion with an engaging portion whose diameter is smaller than that of the ball such that the ball is detachably fixed in force to the ball-receiving hole.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the other end portion of the tent pole fixer is provided with a hook, to which a clamp member extending from the fly is coupled.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the other end portion of the tent pole fixer is provided with a through-hole in a width direction, through which a ring is inserted.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Hereinafter, a detailed construction and embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The bottom surface of the tent pole fixer 200 is shaped convex so that both end portions thereof, i.e., one end portion hinged to an edge of the tent 110 and the other end portion to which the ladder-lock 131 extending from the fly 130, are relatively moved up and down about the portion to which the end of the pole is coupled, like a seesaw.
Thus, the edge of the tent 110 is tensely spread evenly as to come close to the ground while the other end portion of the tent pole fixer 200 connected with the ladder-lock 131 is pulled upward by the fly 130.
A construction of the tent pole fixer as constructed above will now be described in detail.
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In the meantime, in order to couple the ball 121 to the ball-receiving hole while passing through the engaging projections 223 of the ball-receiving hole 220, it should press the end of the pole 120 toward the ball-receiving hole 220 to the extent as to resiliently deform and expand the inlet of the hole 220. As a result, in a state where the ball 121 has been inserted into the hole 220 through resilient deformation of the inlet of the hole 220, the ball 121 can be detached from the hole 220 only by applying a force greater than the pressing force for detaching the pole 120 and the tent pole fixer 200 from each other.
Like above, the tent pole fixer 200 is installed at its one end portion on the edge of the tent 110, and to which the end of the pole 120 is coupled at its middle portion of the fixer. Further, as shown in
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The relationship of installing the pole and the fly on the tent pole fixer will be explained below.
Unit poles are connected together to form the pole 120. The pole 120 then is positioned along the ridgeline of the tent 110. Herein, if the tent is provided with clips, the pole is coupled to the clips, and if the tent is provided with a sleeve 111, the pole 120 is inserted into the sleeve 111 as to be positioned along the ridgeline of the tent 110. After the end of the pole 120 is positioned to the ball-receiving hole 220 of the fixer 200 attached to the edge of the tent 110, a force is applied to the pole 120 such that the ball 121 formed on the end of the pole 120 is coupled in the ball-receiving hole 220 through the engaging projections 223 formed on the inlet of the ball-receiving hole 220. Like this, all of ends of the poles 1120 positioned along the ridgeline of the tent 110 are respectively coupled to the tent pole fixers 200. Herein, the edge of the tent 110, as shown in
In this state, the fly 130 covers the tent 110, and the ladder-lock 131 extending from the edge of the fly 130 is coupled to the hook 230 formed on the other end of the tent pole fixer 200. At this time, the fly 130 is applied with a force to spread out by resilient restoring force of the pole 120 inside the fly 130, and the force is transferred to the ladder-lock 131 to serve to move up the other end portion of the tent pole fixer 200.
Like this, the force tending to move up the other end portion of the fixer 200 serves to move down the one end portion, i.e., the hinged portion, of the fixer 200 by a lever rule of the tent pole fixer 200, so that the edge of the tent 110 is moved down to contact the ground as shown in
That is, the ladder-lock 131 extending from the fly 130 is coupled to the other end portion of the tent pole fixer 200 so that resilient restoring force of the pole 120 is switched into a force in a direction tending to move the edge of the tent 110 toward the ground by the tent pole fixer 200.
Like this, the tent pole fixer 200 moves the edge of the tent 110 toward the ground using resilient restoring force of the pole to secure a sufficient space between the tent 110 and the fly 130 to thereby improve air permeability through smooth air flowing between the tent 110 and the fly 130.
Meanwhile, a through-hole 250 is formed in a width direction of the tent pole fixer 200 under the hook 230 of the tent pole fixer 200. A ring 251 is fitted into the through-hole 250 and engaged with a pack fixed to the ground to thereby fix the tent 110 to the ground.
As set forth before, the tent pole fixer of connecting the pole and the fly according to the present invention is constructed such that the pole is coupled to its longitudinally middle portion in ball joint type, one end portion thereof is pivotally fixed to the edge of the tent, the other end portion thereof is connected with the fly, and the resilient restoring force of the pole transferred through the fly is turned to a direction tending to move down the edge of the tent to render the edge of the tent close to the ground, thereby securing a sufficient space between the tent and the fly. The present invention thus has a benefit of improving air permeability of the tent with the securing of sufficient space between the tent and the fly.
Further, with the placement of the tent pole fixer on the edge of the tent, it is conveniently performed the installation by coupling the pole in ball joint type to the middle portion of the tent pole fixer and mounting the ladder-lock extending from the fly to the hook of the tent pole fixer.
Furthermore, with the coupling of the end of the pole to the tent pole fixer in ball joint type, there is an advantage in that a problem in the prior art is avoided that the end of the pole is detached from the eyelet when one end thereof is inserted into the eyelet of the webbing and the other end thereof is inserted into other eyelet of another webbing.
Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described 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.
Claims
1. A tent pole fixer of connecting a pole and a fly, comprising:
- one end portion coupled to an edge of a tent;
- a longitudinally middle portion to which the pole supporting the tent is coupled; and
- the other end portion coupled to the fly covering the tent,
- wherein the both end portions are able to relatively move up and down about the middle portion.
2. The tent pole fixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one end portion of the tent pole fixer is provided with a slot through which a band extending from the tent edge passes to be fixed thereto.
3. The tent pole fixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the middle portion is provided with a ball-receiving hole into which an end of the pole is inserted to be coupled thereto.
4. The tent pole fixer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the end of the pole is shaped like a ball, and the ball-receiving hole is provided at its inlet portion with an engaging portion whose diameter is smaller than that of the ball such that the ball is detachably fixed in force to the ball-receiving hole.
5. The tent pole fixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the other end portion of the tent pole fixer is provided with a hook, to which a clamp member extending from the fly is coupled.
6. The tent pole fixer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the other end portion of the tent pole fixer is provided with a through-hole in a width direction, through which a ring is inserted.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 19, 2006
Publication Date: Jun 19, 2008
Inventor: Jeh-kun Lah (Incheon)
Application Number: 11/641,106