Tent having improved windproof and ventilation abilities
A tent has at least one main pole fixed to a ground with being bended into an arch shape so as to constitute a frame of the tent, a main body made of waterproof fabric and expanded by the main pole to form a dome shape having a predetermined volume, and a wind screen provided to the highest top portion of the main body so as to extend while approximately forming a horizontality with the ground and capable of resisting wind flowing along an outer surface of the main body. According to the tent, since the side of the tent is raised due to the wind screen even when the strong wind blows, it is possible to the original shape of the tent without any deformation.
This application claims all benefits of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-65383, filed on Jul. 19, 2005 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a climbing or camping tent, and more particularly to a tent having improved windproof and ventilation abilities.
2. Background of the Related Art
In general, a tent forms a dome shape having a certain volume made by assembling waterproof fabric and a plurality of tent poles, so that it provides a user with a space in which the user can temporarily reside out of doors during the mountain climbing or camping.
As shown in
However, according to the tent of the prior art, as shown in
In addition, since the tent has generally poor ventilation ability due to the structure thereof, when it is used out of doors, it gets damp in the tent at night (dew condensation phenomenon) and a temperature is rapidly increased in the tent during the daytime.
In order to improve the ventilation ability of the tent, it is necessary to form a proper air passage in the tent so that the air can flow vertically from a bottom region to an upper region in the tent by a stack effect to ventilate the inside of the tent. However, according to the tent of the prior art, since a ventilation window is mainly formed at a side portion of the main body 1 considering a problem of rainwater infiltration, the stack effect cannot be obtained.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a tent having improved windproof and ventilation abilities.
In order to achieve the above object, there is provided a tent comprising at least one main pole fixed to a ground with being bended into an arch shape so as to constitute a frame of the tent, a main body made of waterproof fabric and expanded by the main pole to form a dome shape having a certain volume, and a wind screen provided to the highest top portion of the main body so as to extend while approximately forming a horizontality with the ground and capable of resisting wind flowing along an outer surface of the main body.
According to the tent of the invention, even when a strong wind blows, it is possible to maintain an original shape of the tent without any deformation because a side of the tent is raised due to the wind screen.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the wind screen may be extended into front and rear of the main pole to form a tunnel shape. Specifically, the wind screen may comprise at least one sub-pole provided to the highest top portion of the main pole so as to intersect the main pole while approximately forming a horizontality with the ground, and screen fabric having both ends to be fixed to the outer surface of the main body and protruding from the outer surface of the main body into the tunnel shape when a central portion of the screen fabric is stretched by the sub-pole.
In addition, according to an embodiment of the invention, the tent may further comprise an upper ventilation window formed at a lower side of the wind screen of an upper portion of the main body and a lower ventilation window formed at a lower portion of the main body. In this case, the air in the main body flows vertically from the lower ventilation window toward the upper ventilation window, thereby ventilating the inside of the tent. Like this, as the air flows vertically in the tent, it is possible to obtain a stack effect.
In addition, according to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a tent comprising at least one main pole fixed to a ground with being bended into an arch shape so as to constitute a frame of the tent; a main body comprised of waterproof fabric and expanded by the main pole to form a dome shape having a predetermined volume; a fly covering the main body; and a wind screen provided to the highest top portion of the fly so as to extend while approximately forming a horizontality with the ground and capable of resisting wind flowing along an outer surface of the fly.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe 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, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.
As shown in
The highest top portion of the main body 10 is provided with a wind screen 30 for resisting wind flowing along the outer surface of the main body 10 to maintain the shape of the main body 10 even when a strong wind blows.
The wind screen 30 has a sub-pole 31 provided to intersect the main pole so that it is approximately parallel to the ground at the highest top portion of the main pole 21, which is located at a central portion of the main body 10, and screen fabric having both ends to be fixed to the outer surface of the main body 10 and protruding from the outer surface of the main body 10 into a tunnel shape when a central portion of the screen fabric is stretched by the sub-pole 31.
In other words, as shown in
When a strong wind blows from a side of the tent, a front side 13 or rear side 14 of the main body 10 is bended into the tent due to an influence of the wind, as shown with a dash-dot-dot line in
Referring to
The upper ventilation window 41 is formed at the upper portion of the main body in the wind screen 30. Since the wind screen 30 serves as an awning, there is no worry that rainwater flows in the tent via the upper ventilation window 41.
The lower ventilation window 42 is formed perpendicularly to the ground at a lower inside of the front side 13 of the main body. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the rainwater from flowing in the tent via the lower ventilation window 42. The front side 13 of the main body is set up such that a lower end thereof is spaced from the ground at an interval. Thereby, the outside air can flow in the tent through the lower ventilation window 42 via a space formed between the front side 13 of the main body and the ground.
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In the embodiment shown in
In addition, in the embodiment shown in
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In the mean time, according to this embodiment, the tent is formed with a ventilation window 43 at an upper portion of the rear side 14 of the main body 10 and an entrance 15 having a size over a total area at the front side 13, so that it is possible to obtain a better ventilation ability than the embodiment shown in
As shown in
Meanwhile, the wind screen 30 is formed on the top of the fly 40. Specifically, the screen fabric 32 formed on the highest top portion of the fly 40 is supported by the sub-pole 31, so that the wind screen 30 forms a tunnel shape. Both ends of the screen fabric 32 are fixed to the top outer surface of the fly 40 and the sub-pole 31 is connected to a central portion of the fabric with being bended to have a radius of curvature larger than that of the main body 10, so that the screen fabric forms a tunnel shape parallel to the ground.
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In this embodiment, the fly 40 covering the outer surface of the main body 10 is formed with the wind screen 30 and the ventilation window 42, so that it is possible to prevent the rainwater from entering the tent without doubt as well as to obtain good ventilation ability.
The tent according to the embodiment shown in
In the tent shown in
The sub-poles 31, 31′ for forming the wind screen 30, 30′ are provided to intersect the fly poles 51, 52 at the highest top portion of the fly poles 51, 52. Accordingly, the wind screens 30, 30′ are formed at the front and rear of the fly 40.
As described above, according to the invention, the wind screen resisting the wind flowing along the outer surface of the main body is provided at the highest top portion of the tent main body. Accordingly, since the side of the tent is raised due to the wind screen even when the strong wind blows, it is possible to maintain the original shape of the tent. That is, it is possible to embody a tent having excellent windproof ability.
Further, according to the invention, the ventilation windows are provided to the inside of the wind screen at the upper portion of the main body and to the lower portion of the main body, respectively. Accordingly, since the air can flow vertically in the tent and a stack effect can be thus obtained, it is possible to embody a tent having excellent ventilation ability.
While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Claims
1. A tent comprising:
- at least one main pole fixed to a ground with being bended into an arch shape so as to constitute a frame of the tent;
- a main body made of waterproof fabric and expanded by the main pole to form a dome shape having a predetermined volume; and
- a wind screen provided to the highest top portion of the main body so as to extend while approximately forming a horizontality with the ground and capable of resisting wind flowing along an outer surface of the main body.
2. The tent according to claim 1, wherein the wind screen is extended into front and rear of the main pole to form a tunnel shape.
3. The tent according to claim 2, wherein the wind screen comprises:
- at least one sub-pole provided to the highest top portion of the main pole so as to intersect the main pole while approximately forming a horizontality with the ground, and
- screen fabric having both ends to be fixed to the outer surface of the main body and protruding from the outer surface of the main body into the tunnel shape when a central portion of the screen fabric is stretched by the sub-pole.
4. The tent according to claim 1, further comprising:
- an upper ventilation window formed at a lower side of the wind screen of an upper portion of the main body; and
- a lower ventilation window formed at a lower portion of the main body,
- wherein air in the tent flows vertically from the lower ventilation window toward the upper ventilation window, thereby ventilating the inside of the tent.
5. The tent according to claim 2, further comprising an entrance having a size over a total area at the front side and a ventilation window formed to be screened by the window screen at an upper portion of the rear side of the main body.
6. A tent comprising:
- at least one main pole fixed to a ground with being bended into an arch shape so as to constitute a frame of the tent;
- a main body comprised of waterproof fabric and expanded by the main pole to form a dome shape having a predetermined volume;
- a fly covering the main body; and
- a wind screen provided to the highest top portion of the fly so as to extend while approximately forming a horizontality with the ground and capable of resisting wind flowing along an outer surface of the fly.
7. The tent according to claim 6, wherein the wind screen comprises:
- at least one sub-pole provided to the highest top portion of the main pole with being bended to have a radius of curvature larger than that of the fly at the highest top portion of the fly; and
- screen fabric having both ends to be fixed to an outer surface of the main body and protruding from the outer surface of the fly into a tunnel shape when a central portion of the screen fabric is upwardly stretched by the sub-pole.
8. The tent according to claim 6, further comprising a ventilation window formed to be screened by the wind screen at an upper portion of the fly.
9. The tent according to claim 6, further comprising a pair of fly poles provided to front and rear of the main body with being bended, respectively, and supporting the fly to extend into the front and rear of the main body,
- wherein the wind screen is formed at the highest top portion of each of the fly poles.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 5, 2005
Publication Date: Jan 25, 2007
Inventor: Jeh-kun Lah (Incheon)
Application Number: 11/242,839
International Classification: E04H 15/16 (20060101); E04H 15/40 (20060101); E04H 15/42 (20060101);