# US 11,111,691 B2 · Side supporting type vehicle roof tent > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,111,691 B2 - Document ID: US11111691B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/631,453 - Filed: 2018-05-28 - Published: 2020-06-11 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-28 - Assignees: Q-Yield Outdoor Gear Ltd. - Applicants: Q-Yield Outdoor Gear Ltd. - Inventors: Qiu Jin; Nanqing Zhou; Muhua Mao; Ming Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11111691B2 ## CPC - B60P 3/343: {Hoods for caravans} - E04H 15/06: Tents at least partially supported by vehicles - B60P 3/38: Sleeping arrangements {, e.g. living or sleeping accommodation on the roof of the vehicle} - E04H 15/48: foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means ({E04H15/405 and} E04H15/46 takes precedence) - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract A side supporting type vehicle roof tent comprises a tent rack and a tent cloth fitted inside the tent rack. The tent rack comprises a base, a top cover, and at least one support connecting rod; the rear end of the top cover is pivotally connected to the rear end of the base; the support connecting rod is provided between the base and the top cover; one end of the support connecting rod is connected to the top cover, and the other end is connected to the base; the tent cloth is provided between the top cover and the base in a matching manner; the tent cloth between the front end of the top cover and the front end of the base is provided with an opening. The tent is simple in structure and easy to unfold or fold. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A side supporting type vehicle roof tent, comprising a tent rack and a tent cloth fitted inside the tent rack, the tent rack including a base, a top cover and at least one support connecting rod; a rear end of the top cover being pivotally connected to a rear end of the base, the support connecting rod being disposed between the base and the top cover, a first end of the support connecting rod being connected to the top cover, a second end of the support connecting rod being connected to the base, the tent cloth being fitted between the top cover and the base, wherein a portion of the tent cloth is located between a front end of the top cover and a front end of the base and is provided with an opening, such that the opening of the portion of the tent cloth is located between the front end of the top cover and the front end of the base, wherein the top cover is rotatable relative to the base about the pivotal connection of the rear ends of the top cover and the base between a folded state and an unfolded state, wherein the front end of the top cover is set in alignment with the front end of the base in the the folded state; wherein the support connecting rod of the tent rack is a screw rod; and the first end and second end of the support connecting rod are connected to the top cover and the base by means of two connection portions, wherein one of the two connection portion comprises a pivotal connection and another one of the two connection portions comprises a slidable connection; and wherein the tent rack further includes a U-shaped front support rod having two vertical rods, a transverse rod and a U-shaped opening facing downward, wherein the two vertical rods of the U-shaped front support rod are pivotally connected to the front end of the base; the tent cloth is fitted on the transverse rod of the U-shaped front support rod; and the opening of the tent cloth is disposed in the U-shaped opening of the U-shaped front support rod. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The side supporting type vehicle roof tent as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support connecting rod is disposed on either side of the tent rack. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The side supporting type vehicle roof tent as claimed in claim 1, wherein a retaining wall is provided on an outer periphery of the top cover facing the base, and a raised wall is provided on an outer periphery of a top of the base, such that the retaining wall corresponds to the raised wall as being in alignment with each other in the folded state, and the tent cloth is disposed between the retaining wall and the raised wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The side supporting type vehicle roof tent as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two vertical rods of the U-shaped front support rod are telescopic rods. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The side supporting type vehicle roof tent as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tent rack further includes at least one top support rod, a first end of the at least one top support rod is connected to the front end of the top cover, and a second end of the at least one top support rod is connected to the transverse rod of the front support rod. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The side supporting type vehicle roof tent as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first end of the at least one top support rod is pivotally connected to a middle portion of the front end of the top cover, the second end of the at least one top support rod is provided with a C-shaped retaining ring, and the C-shaped retaining ring is detachably connected to a middle portion of the transverse rod of the U-shaped front support rod. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The side supporting type vehicle roof tent as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one top support rod includes two top support rods each of which comprises a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the first ends of the two top support rods are fixedly connected to the front end of the top cover, and the second ends of the two top support rods are detachably connected to the transverse rod of the U-shaped front support rod through C-shaped retaining rings.