Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Portable shelter – Framework
Patent
1994-04-11
1996-07-09
Mai, Lanna
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Portable shelter
Framework
135135, 135153, E04H 1540
Patent
active
055335420
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
My present invention relates to a device for camouflaging military equipment, consisting of a rack with several supporting lugs carrying a camouflaging net or the like, with the upper ends of at least several supporting lugs being linked to each other.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In a device of this type described in WO 90/15301, deformable bars or lugs are linked to each other at one common point, thus forming a rack. The deformability of the supporting lugs is due to the fact that they consist of link elements which may be arranged in various positions.
Both the connection of the upper ends of the bars or supporting lugs in one common point and the composition of the bars or supporting lugs in the form of basically rigid link elements entail a very limited degree of deformability of the rack and thus of the camouflaging device.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,441,518 describes a camouflaging device having elastic lugs which open and fold like an umbrella. A camouflaging net can then be placed upon several of these "umbrella-type racks". The racks cannot be substantially deformed to achieve another shape of the camouflaging device.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to provide a device of the abovementioned type which in the simplest possible way is suitable for camouflaging in various types of terrains and/or seasons.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This object is achieved by an embodiment of the invention in which the supporting lugs are plastically deformable while their upper ends are linked to each other via a disc-shaped connecting element, and in which the end of the plastically deformable supporting lugs which face the connecting element can be folded towards both sides of the connecting element.
By deforming the lugs in one direction and then again in the other direction, different appearances are created, in particular if the two sides of the camouflaging net or similar are styled differently.
This different styling of the camouflaging net may be principally achieved by having the two sides of the camouflaging net or similar done in different shapes. However, to cover the lugs in two different positions of the device, it is advantageous to cover the lugs with a camouflaging net on both sides and to use two different-looking camouflaging nets.
In another embodiment of the invention the supporting lugs are elastically deformable and linked to each other by mean of a disc-type connecting element; the supporting lugs are elastically deformable and linked to each other by means of a disc-type connecting element; the upper ends of the supporting lugs are linked by a joint to one side of the disc-type connecting element; the ends facing the connecting element are linked to each other by means of ropes; and the ends of the elastically deformable supporting lugs which face the connecting element can be folded towards both sides of the connecting element.
As a result, the device changes its shape of necessity whenever it is turned around, i.e. whenever the lugs are folded towards the other side of the disc-shaped connecting element.
To protect against the automatic folding of the device, it is advantageous to have at least one traction rope, which at one end is fastened to a lug, acting on the connecting element opposite the joints. This traction rope should be elastic.
A particularly irregular shape is achieved for both positions of the device if the lugs are of different length.
According to the invention, the surface or equipment to be camouflaged may be enlarged in a simple manner by installing at least two disc-shaped connecting elements equipped with elastically or plastically deformable lugs and by having at least one lug linked to both connecting elements.
An embodiment of the invention which has proved especially advantageous in connection with plastically deformable lugs has a disc-shaped connecting element equipped with lateral apertures into which the lugs are inserted.
To ensure a reliable fit of the device to the equipment to be camouflaged, the ends of at l
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