Joint assembly
AssigneeSportsman Corporation
InventorJack Chen
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Abstract
A joint assembly is mounted between adjacent supports of a frame of a tent and has a female joint, a male joint and a slide. The male joint covers on the female joint. The slide is mounted slidably between the joints and abuts a resilient member. The female joint has a partition with at least one through hole to allow a protrusion of the slide to selectively pass through. When the slide moves to mount the protrusion in the through hole, the joints are held from rotating relative to each other. When the slide moves to completely retract between the joints, the protrusion leaves the through hole to allow the joints to rotate relative to each other. Therefore, when the frame is folded, the slide is completely retracted to avoid damage other components.
Claims14
A joint assembly comprising:
- a female joint having
- a partition formed on an inside surface of the female joint and having at least one through hole;
- and
- an inner annular channel formed in the inside surface of the female joint;
- a male joint mounted on and covering the inside surface of the female joint and having
- an inside surface of the male joint facing the inside surface of the female joint;
- and
- an opening formed through a sidewall of the male joint;
- a slide mounted slidably between the female and male joints through the opening and having
- a first side of the slide faces to the inside surface of the male joint;
- a second side of the slide faces to the inside surface of the female joint;
- and
- a protrusion formed on the second side of the slide and selectively mounted in the at least one through hole of the partition;
- a resilient member mounted between a proximal end of the slide and the sidewall of the male joint;
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- two extending tubes formed respectively on and protruding transversely out from sidewalls of the female and male joints.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.