US1096450A - Couch-hammock and convertible end and back-rest therefor. - Google Patents

Description

I. E. PALMER.

COUCH HAMMOOK AND CONVERTIBLE END AND BACK REST THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1912.

1,096,450. Patented May 12, 1914.

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TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE I. E. PALMER 00., OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COUCH-HAMMOCK AND CONVERTIBLE END AND BACK-REST THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Continuation in part of application Serial No. 721,765, filed September 23, 1912. This application filed November 6, 1912. Serial No. 729,792.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Isaac E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlcsex and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Couch-Hammocks and Convertible Ends and Back-Rests Therefor, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to couch hammocks and convertible ends and back rests therefor.

This application is a continuation of and is in part a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 7 21,7 05, filed September 23, 1912.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I have disclosed a single embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the couch hammock having my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a slightly modified form of the invention; and Figs. 1 and 5 are respectively a side elevation and a front elevation of still another form of the invention.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a couch hammock with rope or chainlike suspension members at the corners thereof and at one or both ends provide a convertible end and back rest having means for connecting the same at its upper portion with the suspension members at the end to which it is applied, said end being of sufficient length to extend at a downward inclination beneath the body of the user, so as to be held thereby and to serve as a back rest. Preferably said convertible end and back rest is provided intermediate its ends with means for attachment to the suspension members or to some other suitable part of the couch hammock at or adjacent the frame.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have indicated the side members of the frame of the hammock at 1, 1 and the cross member thereof at 2. Obviously any suitable frame and seating for the hammock may be provided. Any suitable hammock body may be employed. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, I have represented upstanding sides 3. At

the corners of the frame, I have represented chains 4t constituting suspension members. While preferably I employ chains, yet any suitable rope or chain-like member may be employed for the purpose. Preferably I employ a member having longitudinally spaced openings, and for this purpose the chains represented arcbest adapted. These chains are connected at their upper ends to any suitable ring or other suspension devices. In Figs. 1 and 2, I have represented a convertible end and back rest This end is of flexible sheet-like material, such as canvas, and is provided at its upper end with a pocket 6 having therein a spreader 7, which at its ends is provided with T-shaped hooks 8 adapted to take, preferably detachably, into the desired links of the chains 4. By reason of this construction, the sheet 5 may be arranged at any desired height. If desired, I may employ a pillow at the upper end of the sheet 5 as represented at 9 in Fig. 1. The sheet 5 is of sufficient length to extend to or beyond the hips of the user, and may be provided with a pillow 10 to be positioned be yond the hips of the user, and by means of which the sheet may be held firmly in position when the weight of the hammock occupant is resting thercagainst. It will be obvious that when the sheet 5 is in the position indicated in Fig. 1, it acts as a head and back rest.

In order that the sheet 5 may fulfil its function as a convertible hammock end, I preferably provide it intermediate its ends with some suitable means for connecting it to the suspension chains 4: or to some other suitable part of the hammock at or adjacent the end of the frame. Preferably for this purpose I provide a spreader 11 in a pocket or strap or transverse series of straps 12 at a suitable point intermediate the ends of the sheet 5. I have represented a plurality of pockets or straps 12 arranged at different heights along the sheet 5, permitting vertical adjustment of the spreader 11. The said spreader is provided with suitable means for detachably engaging it with the desired links of the chains 4. To that end, I have here represented the spreader as having T- lower ends of the chains, and the portion of the sheet 5 extending downwardly beyond said spreader 11 is rolled up as a pillow at the end of the hammock. Adjacent the spreader 11 I may provide an intermediate pillow 13'.

It is to be understood that if desired both ends of the hammock may be provided with the described convertible end and back rest.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a slightly modi lied form of the invention, the construction there illustrated differing only from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in that I provide the sheet 5 with gromet eyes 1 1 for the reception of lacing 15, by which the edges of the sheet 5 may be detachably connected to the lower ends of the chains 4:. Obviously the lower portion of the sheet 5 may, however, be detachably connected to the frame itself or to the upstanding edges of the hammock body or even to the mattress.

In Figs. 4 and 5, I have illustrated still another form of my invention. Therein the sheet end 16, which may be somewhat narrower than the corresponding sheet shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, is provided at its upper edge wit-h a transverse pocket having there in a spreader 17 provided with T headed or other suitably shaped end hook-like members 18 to engage the desired links of the chains 19, substantially as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 at any desired height. Mounted upon the hooks 18 or directly connected to the spreader 17 are suitable rope or chain-like members 20, which extend downwardly along the edges of the sheet 16 and are connected to the said edges at suitable intervals if desired by means of straps, so that said chains and sheet may assume the same inclination or position. One such pair of straps I have indicated at 21.. Others may be employed if desired. Upon the sheet 16, I provide a pocket or strap or series of straps 22 similar, it may be, to those represented in Fig. 1 and therein position a spreader 23 having long hooks 24 with cross heads 25, which may be inserted in the desired links of the chains 20 as illustrated in Figs. a and 5. 1 may provide a vertical plurality ofpockets or straps 22, as with Figs. 1 and 2, thereby permitting the vertical adjustment of the spreader 23 therein, and in the links of the chain 20. hen the sheet 16 is used as a hammock end, the hooks 2 l-are also engaged with the appropriate links of the chains 19, as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

The lower ends or portions of the chains 20 may be unattached to the frame of the hammock, in which case the sheetend 16 may be provided with. a hip pillow, but

preferably 1 provide means to connect the lower ends of the said chains wit-h the frame, the means employed depending upon the character of the frame. If the side members of the frame be of wood or be angle irons, I may use hooks directly engaging therewith, but herein I have represented clamps 26 slidably adjustable along the side members 1 of the frame and with which hooks 27 or terminal links of the chain may be connected.

I may provide a pillow or upholstering at the spreader 23, and above and below the said spreader the arrangement may be such as to provide slack in the sheet 16, into which the back of the hammock occupant may fit. By adjustment of the clamps 26, the sheet 16 may be positioned at any inclination, or the sheet may be positioned vertically at the end of the hammock.

The construction shown in Figs. & and 5 may be employed at one or both ends of the hammock.

In all the forms of my invention, the spreaders may be readily connected with and disconnected from the links of the chains with which they are designed to engage.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

Claims.

1. A couch hammock comprising a seat and two suspension ends, one at least of said ends consisting of suspension chain or ropelike members directly connected to the corners of one end of the frame and also of a sheet like member extensible between and adapted to be connected at its upper end to said suspension members, means for con necting the intermediate portion of said sheet-like member, in upright position, to said suspe'i'ision member's adjacentthe corners of the frame, and other means, independent of the suspension members and cooperating with the sheet-like member below its upper end to vary the angularity of said sheet-like member.

2. A couch hammock comprising a seat and two suspension ends, one at least of said ends consisting of suspension chain or ropelike members directly connected to the corners of one end of the frame and also of a sheet-like member extensible between and adapted to be connected at its upper end to said suspension members, and of sufficient length to extend from its point of support at a downward inclination, to the seat, at a point substantially remote from said suspension members, and means for maintaining the intermediate portion of said sheetlike member in upright position adjacent the corners of the frame.

As a new article of manufacture, a combined couch hammock end and back rest CiK consisting of a flexible sheet having at its upper end means for attaching the same to rope or chain-like suspension members, the said sheet having other means for attachment to the hammock adjacent the corners of the frame and being of suflicient length to extend at a downward incline to a point upon the seat of the couch hammock relatively remote from its ends.

-i. A couch hammock consisting of a f 'ame having chain-like suspension members at the corners thereof, and sheet-1ike ends each having its upper portion provided with a transverse spreader connected to said sus' pension members, each of said ends being of sufficient length to extend at a downward incline to a point upon the seat of the couch hammock relatively remote from its ends, and provided at a point intermediate its upper and lower ends with a transverse spreader having means for detachably connecting its ends to the said suspension members adjacent the corners of the frame.

A couch hammock havin a frame provided with rope or chain-1i (e suspension members at the corners thereof, and a sheetlike end having its upper portion connected to said suspension members and of suflicient length to extend at a downward incline to a point upon the seat of the couch hammock relatively remote from its ends, said sheetlike end being provided at a point between its upper end and lower end with means for detachably connecting said end to the end portions of the hammock, and also having its lateral edges provided with rope or chainlike members attachable to the frame of the hammock intermediate the ends thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC E. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

IRVING U. Townsnnn, ROBERT H. KAMMLER.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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