초록

A hammock is provided with a pair of tubular sheaths which can be drawn toward one another to furl the hammock while it is suspended from trees.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A collapsible hammock having a flexible bed portion in combination with at least one sheath comprising a generally tubular piece of flexible material adapted to be drawn lengthwise over a substantial portion of the bed portion from a suspended end thereof and having a sufficiently small diameter

1. A collapsible hammock having a flexible bed portion in combination with at least one sheath comprising a generally tubular piece of flexible material adapted to be drawn lengthwise over a substantial portion of the bed portion from a suspended end thereof and having a sufficiently small diameter over its entire length to collapse the bed portion within said sheath while the hammock is suspended between anchors.2. The invention of claim 1, wherein each of said sheaths is made of a low-friction fabric material so as not to drag unduly on the bed portion while it is being drawn over the bed portion.3. A collapsible hammock having a flexible bed portion, in combination with a pair of sheaths, each sheath comprising a generally tubular piece of flexible material adapted to be drawn lengthwise over the bed portion from a respective suspended end of the bed portion and having a sufficiently small diameter over its entire length to collapse the bed portion within said sheath while the hammock is suspended between anchors.4. The invention of claim 3, wherein each of said sheaths has a length about half that of said bed portion, and an end of each of the sheaths is engaged at a respective end of the bed portion, whereby said sheaths, when fully drawn toward one another, meet at the midpoint of the bed portion.5. The invention of claim 3, wherein each of the sheaths has a mouth and a stiffener secured to the sheath and extending around the mouth.6. The invention of claim 5, further comprising a binding defining the mouth.7. The invention of claim 6, wherein the stiffener is a polyethylene strip sewn into the binding.8. The invention of claim 5, wherein the stiffener is a substantially rigid ring.9. The invention of claim 3, wherein each of said sheath is made of a low-friction fabric material so as not to drag unduly on the bed portion while it is being drawn over the bed portion.