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US 8,296,880 B1Granted
Hammock
AssigneeHennessy Holdings, Ltd.
InventorThomas F. Hennessy
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Abstract
A hammock having a self-closing bottom entrance slit is constructed with the slit substantially offset to one side of the center line of the hammock. This improves comfort by enabling one to lie in the hammock out of contact with the slit, and facilitates the addition of an insulating panel to the hammock.
Claims17
A hammock comprising a bed made of a piece of fabric material gathered at opposite ends and joined at each said end to a suspension rope,
- said fabric having a entrance slit running from one of said ends for about half the length of the bed,
- said entrance slit being non-coextensive with a longitudinal axis bisecting said fabric.
In a hammock of the type 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 running from one end of the fabric for about half the length of the bed,
- 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 entrance slit thereupon being closed by tension in the fabric resulting from the weight of the person thereon, the improvement wherein
- the entrance slit is offset laterally from the longitudinal center plane of the hammock so that a person need not lie on or across the slit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.