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US 5,490,478 AGranted
Animal hammock
OwnerTeddi A. Coleinventor
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Abstract
An animal hammock includes a rectangular cloth body 20 folded at a transverse midline 22 to form halves 24 and 26. Diagonal gussets 28 and 30 are stitched at the corners extending from the open sides to the fold axis 22 to form a pocket 32 into which a small animal can crawl and hide or rest. Snap rings 70 and 72 threaded through hems 54 and 56 fasten the hammock to a support.
Claims6
An animal hammock comprising
- a vertically elongated rectangular cloth body folded about a lower horizontal axis to form upper extending ends;
- a pair gussets formed on respective opposite bottom corners at the lower horizontal axis by lines of stitches extending diagonally downward and inward from side edges of the folded body to the lower horizontal axis;
- the side edges of the folded body above the gussets being open to permit animal access;
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- means secured to the upper ends for hanging the body from a support.
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An animal hammock comprising
- a vertically elongated rectangular cloth body folded about a lower horizontal axis to form upper extending ends;
- said cloth body being formed from a pair of rectangular cloth sheets stitched together around a periphery thereof with polyester fill padding sandwiched between the cloth sheets;
- a pair gussets formed on respective opposite bottom corners at the lower horizontal axis by lines of stitches extending diagonally downward and inward from side edges of the folded body to the lower horizontal axis;
- the pair of rectangular cloth sheets having triangular cutouts on opposite sides at ends of the lower horizontal axis to reduce cloth material at the gussets, and
- means secured to the upper extending ends for hanging the body from a support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.