Claims
- 1. A hammock comprising a bed formed from a piece of fabric, said fabric being gathered at opposite ends, each gathered end being connected to a respective rope which can be tied to a tree,
said fabric having a longitudinal direction extending between said gathered ends, and a ridge cord extending in a vertical plane including said hammock's longitudinal axis of symmetry, and secured to each of said hammock's gathered ends, said cord being shorter that the length of said fabric, so that the fabric sags between said ends when the fabric is tied to the tree.
- 2. A hammock as recited in claim 1, wherein said ropes are continuous extensions of said ridge cord.
- 3. A hammock as defined in claim 1, further comprising means for adjusting the length of said ridge cord between said opposite ends.
- 4. A hammock as defined in claim 1, further comprising
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.
- 5. A hammock as defined in claim 1, wherein said piece of fabric is substantially rectangular before being gathered at opposite ends.
- 6. A hammock as defined in claim 1, wherein said opposite ends of the piece of fabric comprise a bundle of folds, and an aperture is formed extending through said bundle, a respective one of said ropes being secured in said aperture.
- 7. A method of hanging a hammock having a bed made of a piece of fabric, said method comprising steps of
gathering said fabric at opposite ends, running a ridge cord between said gathered opposite ends, securing said opposite ends to said cord in such a way that the effective length of the cord is shorter than the length of the fabric, whereby the fabric sags even when the cord is taut, and suspending the hammock between a pair of trees by tying each of said gathered opposite ends to a respective one of said trees.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a division of copending patent application Ser. No. 09/262,448, filed Mar. 4, 1999.
Divisions (1)
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09262448 |
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09770670 |
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