US 12,258,762 B2
Assembly structure for tent and variably expandable outdoor tent
Scott Adam Garrison, Fitchburg, WI (US); Yingju Sun, Zhejiang (CN); Jiehua Chu, Zhejiang (CN); and Jianqiang Xie, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to Zhejiang Yotrio Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 18/274,855
Filed by Zhejiang Yotrio Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Aug. 10, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/111336
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/016478, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202121867751.5 (CN), filed on Aug. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0093502 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. E04F 10/02 (2006.01); E04F 10/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 10/02 (2013.01) [E04F 10/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly structure for a tent, comprising stand columns and ring beams, wherein the stand columns and the ring beams are each provided with at least one assembly slot, the stand columns and the ring beams are capable of being assembled by using first connection components to form a tent frame, each first connection component comprises a first connection component unit configured to be cooperatively mounted with the assembly slot in a respective stand column of the stand columns, a second connection component unit configured to be cooperatively mounted with the assembly slot in a respective ring beam of the ring beams, and a third connection component unit configured to dock the first connection component unit and the second connection component unit,
wherein the at least one assembly slot of each of the stand columns and the ring beams comprises a slot cavity and an open slot penetrating through the slot cavity, limiting plates are disposed at two sides of the open slot, and a part of the slot cavity adjacent to the open slot is wider than the open slot,
the assembly structure further comprising a plurality of fastening insert members, each fastening insert member is configured to be received by the at least one assembly slot and comprises a fastening insert part and a fixing part, each fastening insert part is configured to be received by the slot cavity, and the fixing part is configured to be received by the open slot, an outer surface of the fixing part is provided with a fixed hole, and
wherein the first connection component unit comprises one of the plurality of fastening insert members that is configured to be received by the assembly slot in the respective stand column, the second connection component unit comprises another one of the plurality of fastening insert members that is configured to be received by the assembly slot in the respective ring beam, and the third connection component unit is configured to perform cooperative mounting the one of the plurality of fastening insert members of the first connection component unit with the another one of the plurality of fastening insert members of the second connection component unit.