Hammock, especially baby hammock
OwnerJoyce O. Murphyinventor
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Abstract
A baby hammock should be washable. Therefore, any non-washable components should be easily removable from the washable components. The reassembly of the components should be simple. For this purpose the present hammock has longitudinal, open ended pockets or channels extending along the upper edges of the side panels and of the end panels of the hammock body. Wooden rods, also referred to as dowels, are inserted into these pockets. The ends of the rods overlap at each corner of the hammock body. Ropes interconnect the overlapping rod ends and simultaneously serve as suspension elements. The ropes extend through one or several rings at the upper rope ends. The lower rope ends pass through and around the rod ends and are tied for a safe connection. The tying is easily untied for removing the rods.
Claims9
A hammock, comprising a hammock body with four corners and made of a suitable material having longitudinal side panels, end panels and a bottom, each panel having an upper edge and rod holding means secured to each other edge, two stiff longitudinal rods operatively held by the respective rod holding means of the longitudinal panels, two stiff end rods operatively held by the respective rod holding means of the end panels, said stiff longitudinal rods and said stiff end rods having such a length that the rod ends overlap at each of said four corners, and four rope means for interconnecting the respective overlapping rod ends at each of the four corners and for suspending the hammock whereby each rope means is provided for performing simultaneously a rod connecting function and a hammock suspending function, wherein each of the four rope means comprises a set of four lengths of rope, each set forming a suspension end and a group of four free rope ends, said hammock further comprising means for connecting said four free rope ends to both overlapping ends of the rods at the respective corner, and wherein said connecting means comprise an opening through each of said rod ends, wherein two of said four free rope ends at each corner extend through said opening while the remaining two free rope ends extend around the respective rod, and wherein said means for connecting comprise knot means for releasably tying said free rope ends at least below the lower rod end.
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