CENTRALIZED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING MECHANISMS FOR TENT FRAMES AND TENT FRAMES HAVING SAME

摘要

Disclosed are tent frames, and centralized locking and unlocking mechanisms for tent frames. A centralized locking mechanism includes a slider coupled with the first connector movably disposed on a central pole, and a fastening assembly coupled with the slider. The fastening assembly includes a fastener configured to selectively couple the second hole of the slider with the first restricting hole of the central pole and thus restrict the slider from moving along the central pole, and decouple the second hole of the slider from the first restricting hole of the central pole and thus allow the slider to move along the central pole. An unlocking mechanism is disposed at the lower end of the central pole for selectively unlocking the centralized locking mechanism.

主权项

1. A tent frame comprising:
a central pole; a first connector movably coupled with the central pole; a second connector fixedly coupled with a lower end of the central pole; a plurality of supporting poles; a plurality of third connectors, each movably coupled with a corresponding supporting pole; a plurality of fourth connectors, each fixedly coupled with an upper end of a corresponding supporting pole; one or more upper connecting units, each pivotally connected to the first and second connectors disposed at the central pole, and pivotally connected to the third and fourth connectors disposed at a corresponding supporting pole; and a centralized locking mechanism configured to selectively restrict the first connector from moving along the central pole thereby holding the tent frame in an unfolded state, or release the restriction thereby allowing the tent frame to fold.