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US 6,711,764 B1Granted
Faux bamboo hammock stand
OwnerCharles W. Mauze, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A hammock stand includes faux bamboo nodes formed periodically along the tubular component, which a color highlighted for simulating a bamboo appearance.
Claims20
A hammock support stand comprising:
- an elongated base tube having transverse leg tubes and upwardly and outwardly inclined support tubes connected at ends thereof wherein said tubes are formed of heavy gage steel tubing, the upper ends of said support tubes including means for supporting a hammock therebetween, at least one of said tubes includes a plurality of frustoconical nodes formed of a polymeric coating material bonded to the outer surfaces of said tubes and spaced periodically along the length thereof establishing a bamboo node configuration wherein the node and the tube surfaces therebetween are coated with a faux bamboo finish.
A faux bamboo component comprising:
- an elongated tubular element formed of heavy gage steel, said tubular element having frustoconical nodes formed at spaced locations along the length of the outer surface thereof wherein said nodes are a solid material formed in situ on said outer surface of said tubular element, and a coating on said element and said nodes having a faux bamboo coloration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.