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US 6,185,763 B1Granted
Hammock
OwnerThomas Francis Hennessyinventor
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Abstract
A hammock which comprises a bed having an entrance slit, situated in the same vertical plane as its longitudinal axis of symmetry and located on one side of its center of symmetry. The bed is provided with a self closing feature for the entrance slit. This feature is located at the mid point of the bed's short side, where the entrance slit begins. The bed has a bundle of gathered folds, situated at both its ends. The bundle is made of each short side of a rectangular sheet which forms the bed. A ridge line goes through each opposite bundle of gathered folds, where it is connected to each suspending rope.
Claims5
A hammock comprising
- a bed comprising a piece of fabric, said fabric being gathered at opposite ends, each gathered end being secured to a rope which can be tied to a tree,
- said fabric having a longitudinal direction extending between said gathered ends,
- an entrance slit formed in the fabric, said slit substantially bisecting said fabric widthwise and extending in said longitudinal direction from a first point at one of said ends to a second point approximately midway between said ends,
- whereby, once the hammock is attached to a pair of trees, a person can enter the hammock from below by standing up through the slit and then reclining on an unslit portion of the fabric, the slit thereupon being closed by tension in the fabric resulting from the weight of the person thereon.
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