Asymmetrical hammock shelter
AssigneeThe Hennessy Hammock Co.
InventorThomas Hennessy
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Abstract
A hammock includes a bed made of a piece of flexible material gathered by folding at opposite ends. Ropes are attached to the gathered ends whereby the bed can be suspended from trees. The edges of the bed are drawn apart along a tension axis which is diagonal to the suspension axis, giving the bed the shape of a non-equilateral polygon so that one can lie diagonally across the suspension axis, whereby the back is well supported.
Claims16
A hammock comprising
- a bed made of sheet material,
- two suspension elements for supporting the hammock, the suspension elements being connected to the bed at spaced primary tension points defining a suspension axis, and
- at least two lateral tension elements, for stretching the bed, connected to the bed at spaced lateral tension points defining a tension axis,
- said lateral tension points being asymmetric to one another about said suspension axis, whereby the tension axis is diagonal to the suspension axis.
A method of hanging a hammock having a bed made of a piece of sheet material, said method comprising steps of
- gathering said sheet material at opposite ends,
- suspending the hammock between a pair of trees by tying each of said gathered opposite ends to a respective one of said trees forming a suspension axis, and
- pulling lateral edges of the material away from each other at points which are longitudinally offset from one another so as to give the bed a shape of a non-equilateral polygon.
A hammock comprising a bed having a suspension axis defined by points at which suspension ropes are attached, and means for holding the bed open by applying lateral tension to the bed at lateral tension points on either side of the suspension axis, wherein the lateral tension points are disposed asymmetrically about the suspension axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.