IP Library Granted Patent US 12,607,213
Granted Patent B2
US 12,607,213 · App. 18/185,201 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Expansion connector for outdoor entertainment equipment

Inventors: Cheng-Wu Yu (Jiujiang City, CN); Wei Zhu (Jiujiang City, CN); Li-Ju Hsiang (Jiujiang City, CN)
Assignee: Crowntec (Jiang Xi) Sports Technology Co. Ltd.
F16B7/048F16B7/185A63G9/00Y10T403/4602
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Patent No.
US 12,607,213
App. No.
18/185,201
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An expansion connector for an outdoor entertainment equipment, includes a base plate and a mounting tube, the base plate includes a flat plate portion, and two wing portions formed by bending from two opposite sides of the flat plate portion toward a same direction, the two opposite sides of the flat plate portion connecting with the two wing portions are not parallel, inclination directions of the two wing portions are opposite, the two wing portions and the flat plate portion jointly define an outdoor entertainment equipment bracket assembly area, the flat plate portion forms at least two first connection through holes, each of the two wing portions forms at least one second connection through hole, the mounting tube is disposed on the flat plate portion and extends in a direction opposite to that of the two wing portions, and the mounting tube forms at least one third connection through hole.

Claims (15)

1 . An expansion connector for an outdoor entertainment equipment, comprising:

a base plate comprising a flat plate portion, and two wing portions formed by bending from two opposite sides of the flat plate portion toward a same direction, the two opposite sides of the flat plate portion connecting with the two wing portions being not parallel to each other, inclination directions of the two wing portions being opposite, the two wing portions and the flat plate portion jointly defining an outdoor entertainment equipment bracket assembly area, the flat plate portion forming at least two first connection through holes, the at least two first connection through holes being respectively adjacent to the two opposite sides of the flat plate portion connecting with the two wing portions, each of the two wing portions forming at least one second connection through hole; and

a mounting tube disposed on the flat plate portion and extending in a direction opposite to that of the two wing portions, the mounting tube forming at least one third connection through hole;

wherein the base plate is provided for assembling on a bracket of the outdoor entertainment equipment, and the mounting tube is provided for an assembly tube of an expanded entertainment equipment to be assembled therein.

2 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one second connection through hole is an elongated hole.

3 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two first connection through holes are respectively located on two extension lines parallel to the two wing portions.

4 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a position where the mounting tube connects to the flat plate portion is between the two extension lines.

5 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each of the at least two first connection through holes is an elongated hole.

6 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the at least one second connection through hole is an elongated hole.

7 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 6 , wherein another two opposite sides of the flat plate portion not connected to the two wing portions respectively comprise a straight section and two inclined sections respectively connected to two ends of the straight section.

8 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the another two opposite sides of the flat plate portion not connected to the two wing portions have unequal lengths.

9 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a center of the mounting tube is deviated from a center of the flat plate portion.

10 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein another two opposite sides of the flat plate portion not connected to the two wing portions respectively comprise a straight section and two inclined sections respectively connected to two ends of the straight section.

11 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the another two opposite sides of the flat plate portion not connected to the two wing portions have unequal lengths.

12 . The expansion connector for the outdoor entertainment equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a center of the mounting tube is deviated from a center of the flat plate portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2023
From: YU, CHENG-WU; ZHU, WEI; HSIANG, LI-JU
To: CROWNTEC (JIANG XI) SPORTS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 063305/0889 →
Continuity (1)
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