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US 7,395,561 B2Granted
Support device
AssigneeKelsyus, LLC
InventorsBrian E. Le Gette, William G. Phelps, Jr., David L. Reeb, Walter Paul Robinette, II, Alan Tipp, Justin Saul Werner
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Abstract
An apparatus or support having a hammock member, a hammock support member, and a frame that can be disposed in an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The hammock member has a first end portion connected to a first end portion of the frame and a second end portion connected to a second end portion of the frame. The hammock support member extends from a first side portion of the hammock member to a second side portion of the hammock member.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- a frame having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the frame including:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion being angled with respect to the first end portion when the frame is in its expanded configuration;
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- a side portion having a first support member pivotally coupled to a second support member, the first support member having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion of the first support member, the second support member having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion of the second support member, the first end portion of the first support member being disposed a first distance from the second end portion of the second support member when the frame is in its expanded configuration, the first end portion of the first support member being disposed a second distance from the second end portion of the second support member when the frame is in its collapsed configuration, the second distance being greater than the first distance;
- a hammock member having a first end portion connected to the first end portion of the frame and a second end portion connected to the second end portion of the frame, the hammock member including a membrane portion and a coupling portion, the hammock member being spaced from the side portion when the frame is in its expanded configuration, and
- a hammock support member configured to contact the membrane portion of the hammock member and extend from a first side portion of the membrane portion to a second side portion of the membrane portion opposite the first side portion of the membrane portion, the hammock support member being a metal tubular member and having a non-linear configuration.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a frame having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the frame including:
- a first end portion having a first support member and a second support member pivotally coupled to the first support member;
- a second end portion being angled with respect to the first end portion when the frame is in its expanded configuration;
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- a side portion having a first support member and a second support member, the first support member having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion of the first support member, the second support member having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion of the second support member, the first end portion of the first support member being disposed a first distance from the second end portion of the second support member when the frame is in its expanded configuration, the first end portion of the first support member being disposed a second distance from the second end portion of the second support member when the frame is in its collapsed configuration, the second distance being greater than the first distance;
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- a hammock member having a first end portion connected to the first end portion of the frame and a second end portion connected to the second end portion of the frame, the hammock member being spaced from the side portion when the frame is in its expanded configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.