Collapsible hammock stand
AssigneeTofasco of America, Inc.
InventorEdward Zheng
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Abstract
A hammock stand has a plurality of legs, support rods, and a cross brace that couples at least one leg to at least one of the support rods such that the hammock stand collapses in a single movement.
Claims13
A hammock stand comprising four legs, four support rods to which a hammock is coupled, and a pair of cross braces, each pair comprising a first and second cross brace that are rotatably coupled to each other via a point of rotation that is in the middle of each cross brace, wherein the legs, and the support rods are coupled to each other on respective ends of the hammock stand via respective cross braces such that the cross braces, without being uncoupled from the legs and support rods and upon folding of the hammock stand produce a movement in which two of the four legs approximate each other in a front-to-back and side-to-side motion as two of the support rods pivot towards each other, and wherein a second of the four legs is coupled to a first of the support rods via a connector rod that releasably engages with the first of the support rods and forms an obtuse angle with the second of the four legs when the hammock stand is in an open configuration.
A hammock stand comprising:
- a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, and a fourth leg;
- and further comprising
- a first support rod, a second support rod, a third support rod, and a fourth support rod, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth support rod are rotatably coupled to the first, second, third, and fourth leg, respectively;
- a first pair of cross braces rotatably coupled to each other, wherein one of the first pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the first leg and third support rod and wherein the other of the first pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the third leg and first support rod;
- a second pair of cross braces rotatably coupled to each other, wherein one of the second pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the second leg and fourth support rod and wherein the other of the second pair of cross braces is rotatably coupled to the fourth leg and second support rod;
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- a first connector rod, a second connector rod, a third connector rod, and a fourth connector rod, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth connector rod rotatably couples the first leg and the second support rod, the second leg and the first support rod, the third leg and the fourth support rod, and the fourth leg and the third support rod, respectively.
A hammock stand comprising four legs, four support rods to which a hammock is coupled, and a pair of cross braces, each pair comprising a first and second cross brace that are rotatably coupled to each other via a point of rotation that is in the middle of each cross brace, wherein the legs and the support rods are coupled to each other on respective ends of the hammock stand via respective cross braces such that the cross braces, without being uncoupled from the legs and support rods and upon folding of the hammock stand produce a movement in which two of the four legs approximate each other in a front-to-back and side-to-side motion as two of the support rods pivot towards each other, wherein a second of the four legs is coupled to a first of the support rods via a connector rod, wherein the pair of cross braces are rotatably coupled to each other, and wherein at least one of the cross braces is rotatably coupled to a first of the four legs, and rotatably coupled to a third of the support rods.
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