IP Library Granted Patent US 12,258,772
Granted Patent B2
US 12,258,772 · App. 17/557,521 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Shade tarp using advertising balloon

Inventor: Jin Heum Baek (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR)
E04H15/20E04H15/54E04H15/58E04H15/14E04H2015/201
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,258,772
App. No.
17/557,521
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a shade tarp using an advertising balloon. The shade tarp includes a frame including an outer frame into which gas is injected and an inner frame provided inside the outer frame; a cover portion configured to cover an inner space formed inside the frame; and a connector configured to connect the cover portion to the frame, wherein the connector connects the cover portion to the frame so that the cover portion is movable with respect to the frame.

Claims (46)

1. A shade tarp using an advertising balloon for creating shade on a ground, the shade tarp comprising:

a frame comprising an outer frame into which gas is injected and an inner frame provided inside the outer frame;

a cover portion configured to cover an inner space formed inside the frame;

a connector configured to connect the cover portion to the frame,

wherein the connector is configured to connect the cover portion to the frame so that the cover portion is movable with respect to the frame; and

the frame has a cylindrical shape and includes a twisted portion in which the frame having the cylindrical shape is twisted; and

a fixing cover configured to be combined to the twisted portion, and has any one of an L-shape, a T-shape, and a cross shape.

2. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein the cover portion comprises an edge portion to which the connector is combined, and a sun-shielding portion provided inside the edge portion, wherein gas is injected into the sun-shielding portion.

3. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein

an outer cord for fixing the outer frame is provided on the outer frame, and

an inner cord for fixing the inner frame is provided on the inner frame.

4. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein a base support having a first end and a second end combined to the frame is provided in the inner space formed inside the frame.

5. The shade tarp of claim 4 , wherein

a plurality of base supports are combined in the inner space formed inside the frame,

wherein the first end and the second end of each of the plurality of base supports are combined to any one point of an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion of the frame.

6. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein

the connector comprises a movable portion having a bar shape combined to protrude toward an upper portion of the frame, and a lid portion provided on an end of the movable portion,

wherein a connection hole is formed in the cover portion, and the cover portion is fitted to the movable portion through the connection hole, and the lid portion has a width greater than a width of the connection hole of the cover portion.

7. The shade tarp of claim 6 , wherein the movable portion is combined to a top surface of the frame or an inner surface of the frame.

8. The shade tarp of claim 6 , wherein the cover portion is fitted to the movable portion and movable, or is fitted to the movable portion and fixed to an upper portion of the movable portion.

9. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises:

a first connector configured to connect a first side of the cover portion to the frame so that the side of the cover portion is movable upward with respect to the frame, and

a second connector configured to connect a second side of the cover portion to the frame so that the second side of the cover portion is fixedly combined to the frame so as not to be movable upward,

wherein the cover portion is hinged to the frame so that the first side of the cover portion is movable upward.

10. The shade tarp of claim 9 , wherein the first connector connects the cover portion to the side of the frame, and comprises

a first movable portion having a bar shape combined to protrude toward an upper portion of the frame and a first lid portion provided on an end of the first movable portion,

wherein the first movable portion extends in an upward oblique direction relative to the frame.

11. The shade tarp of claim 9 , wherein a spring is provided on the second connector.

12. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises

a first connector configured to connect a first side of the cover portion to the frame so that the side of the cover portion is movable upward relative to the frame,

a second connector configured to connect a middle portion of the cover portion to the frame, while the middle portion of the cover portion is fixedly combined to the frame so that the middle portion of the cover portion is not movable upward relative to the frame, and

a third connector configured to connect a second side of the cover portion to the frame so that the other side of the cover portion is movable upward relative to the frame.

13. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein

at least one twisted portion is further configured to have two or three twisted portions.

14. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein

the frame comprises a rope fixing member, and further comprises a rope inserted into the rope fixing member,

wherein the rope extends below the frame,

wherein the connector connects the cover portion to the rope so that the cover portion is movable relative to the frame.

15. The shade tarp of claim 14 , wherein a moving fixing portion that does not pass through the rope fixing member is provided on the rope.

16. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein the cover portion comprises a plurality of layers.

17. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein the frame has a double-layer structure comprising a first frame into which gas is injected and a second frame that surrounds the first frame and into which gas is injected.

18. The shade tarp of claim 1 , further comprising

a safety net having a net shape and configured to cover the frame,

an auxiliary cover portion combined to the safety net or the frame and configured to cover the inner space formed in the frame, and

an auxiliary connector configured to connect the auxiliary cover portion to the safety net or the frame.

19. The shade tarp of claim 1 , wherein the frame is installed on a support structure installed on the ground.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0086574 · Jul 16, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0084953 · Jul 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2020009086 · Jul 10, 2020
Related Publication 20220112739A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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