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US 5,113,537 AGranted
Portable sleeping unit for children
OwnerSandra L. Turkinventor
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Abstract
A portable sleeping unit for children includes a collapsible frame and a hammock supported thereby. The hammock comprises plural fabric panels sewn together along their edges, with a stay embedded in each seam, and a slide fastener for interconnecting the two topmost panels to close the unit. The hammock is loosely suspended from the frame by straps extending from either end, so that when a child is placed inside the hammock, its weight bows the lower stays doenward, and the remaining stays bow generally outward to tension the hammock panels and produce a generally football-shaped enclosure.
Claims11
A portable sleeping unit for children comprising
- a hammock comprising a plurality of lenticular fabric panels laterally interconnected by seams so as to form a substantially closed surface, a plurality of stays extending generally along said seams, means for interconnecting the ends of the stays at either end of the hammock, and at least one strap connected to the fabric at either end of the hammock, and
- a collapsible frame including spaced uprights having means for suspending the hammock, whereby, when the hammock is suspended from said uprights and a child is placed in the hammock, the stays are bowed outward by the weight of the child, expanding the hammock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.