Collapsible hammock stand
AssigneeTofasco of America, Inc.
InventorEdward Zheng
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Abstract
A hammock stand has a plurality of legs, support rods, and a cross brace that couples at least one leg to at least one of the support rods such that the hammock stand collapses in a single movement.
Claims20
A hammock stand comprising four legs, four support rods, and a pair of cross braces, wherein the legs, the support rods, and the cross braces are coupled to each other such that the hammock stand collapses in a single movement in which two of the four legs approximate each other as two of the support rods pivot towards each other.
A hammock stand comprising:
- a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, and a fourth leg;
- a first support rod, a second support rod, a third support rod, and a fourth support rod, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth support rod are rotatably coupled to the first, second, third, and fourth leg, respectively;
- a first pair of cross braces rotatably coupled to each other, wherein one of the first pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the first leg and third support rod and wherein the other of the first pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the third leg and first support rod;
- a second pair of cross braces rotatably coupled to each other, wherein one of the second pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the second leg and fourth support rod and wherein the other of the second pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the fourth leg and second support rod;
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- a first connector rod, a second connector rod, a third connector rod, and a fourth connector rod, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth connector rod rotatably couples the first leg and the second support rod, the second leg and the first support rod, the third leg and the fourth support rod, and the fourth leg and the third support rod, respectively.
A collapsible hammock stand having a plurality of legs, a plurality of support rods, and at least one pair of cross braces coupling at least one leg to at least one of the support rods such that the hammock stand collapses in a simultaneous front-to-back and side-to-side motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.