US1464875A - Combination tent, hammock, and packsack - Google Patents

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Aug. 14, 1923.

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COMBINATION TENT, HAMMOCK, AND PAGKSACK Filed Oct 2-1, 1921 5 sheets sheet 5 AZYWRNEK the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new anduseful Patented Aug. 1 1923.

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:OLIVER "I1. HULL AND MARGUERITE E. HULL, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR-S,

BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-FOURTH TO OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ONE-FOURTH TO SAID GLIVER L.

, TO SAID MARGUERITE E. HULL.

, CHARLEY ABBG'IT, HULL, AND ONE-HALF COMBINATION TENT, HAMMOCK, AND PACKSACK.

Application filed October 21, 1921. Serial No. 509,253.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, OLIVER L. IIULL and MARGUERITE E. HULL,'citiZens of the United States of America, residing at Portland, in

Improvements in Combination Tents, Hammocks, and Packsacks, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention relates generallyto pack outfits for campers, travelers or lumbermens use as well as for army use, and more particularly to a tent, hammock or canopied hammock and pack sack capable of being transported either in part or in whole upon the person in the form of a shoulder pack, with the travelers effects such as blankets, food, cooking utensils and the like.

More especially our invention aims to pro vide a light, strong outfit of which the hammock may be used with or without the tent or canopy and with orwvitlioiit unpacking the sacks, and in which the several parts may be quickly and easily released for use as well as folded and connected in compact non-slipping form for transportation as a shoulder pack.

These general objects, as well as certain others residing in the details, together with the resulting advantages of our invention, will be better understood from the following description, which refers to the accompany ing drawings, the latter forming a part of this specification.

In these figures,:

Figure 1 is a side view of the complete de vice set up for use and partly broken away,

Figure-2 is, an end view of the complete device set up as inFigure 1,

F igure 3 is an enlarged side view'of one Figure 7 is a bottom mock or bed,

Figure 8 is a plan view of one of the support holding bags,

Figure 9 is a rear elevati plete pack,

on of the com- Figure 10 is a detail longitudinal section through the upper portion of one end of the canopy ortent,

Figure 11 is an end view of the tent or can'opy,

- Figure 12 is an enlarged perspective view of the connected ends of the upright sections and the outstanding canopy supporting arms,

Figure 13 is an enlarged vertical section through one side ofthe tent or canopy taken on line 1313 of Figure 1, V

Figure l i is an enlarged longitudinal section taken through a portion of the hammock on line 1*l-14; of Figure 7,

Figure 15 is a detail perspective view of one of the land anchors and its connection,

Figure 16 is a side view on an enlarged scale of one of the supporting connections Figures 17 and 18 are respectively a plan and side view of the anchor setting bar, and

Figure 19 is a detail cross section taken on line 19-19 of Figure 18.

The hammock, which in its folded position forms the outer covering of the complete pack shown in Figure 9 has a plain unbroken upper surface as will be observed from Figure 1, the various connections providing for the formation and support of the pack being upon its lower surface, as well as the pockets or sacks 21 and 22, the latter of which are located adjacent to opposite ends of the hammock and centrally between its side edges. This hammock 20 consists of an enlarged rectangular section of canvas or other suitable material having its ends folded back and secured thereon to form tubular transverse end guides 23 and 24 respectively adjacent to the pockets or sacks 21 and 22.

Along its opposite sides, the lower surface of the hammock, has rows of lengthwise spaced and slotted eyelets, those along one side being indicated at 25 and those along the other side being indicated at 26, and ina row lengthwise along one side of the pockets or sacks 21 and 22 are a series'of pivoted books 27 which are to engage the eyelets 26. This is accomplished by first folding one side 28 of the hammock inwardly on its center and then folding the other side 29 over the previously folded side 28 so that by engaging hooks 27 with eyelets 26 the folded sides of the hammock will be secured over blankets and the like as well as the'folded canopy to be hereinafter described, before the ham mock is folded endwise.

In the central portion of the lower surface of the hammock, between the sacks 21 and 22 are laterally spaced lengthwise extending shoulder straps 30, riveted or otherwise permanently secured at their upper ends to a reenforcing cross piece 31, and having extending tongues 32 at their lower ends adj ustably engaged with buckles 33 secured to the hammock. Between the lower ends of these shoulder straps 30 and the pocket or sack 22 are a transverse series of buckles 34 which are positioned at the lower end of the complete pack after the lateral. folds above described have been made, by endwise folding in overlapping relation, the end having pocket or sack 22 being first folded in and then the opposite end overlapped, so that straps 35 extending from the outer end of sack 21 may be engaged with buckles 34 around the lower end of the pack seen in Figure 7.

The endwise folding still leaves the sides of the overlapped ends open, and to secure these sides and prevent sagging, strips 36 and 37 along opposite sides of the sack 21 and shoulder straps 30, have lengthwise series of lacing studs or hooks 38 with which laces 39 as shownin Figure 9 coact. These strips 36 and 37 also respectively carry buckles 40 and straps 41 adapted to form adjustable attaching loops at opposite sides of the finished pack for the purpose of holding tubular casings 42, one of which is shown in detail in Figure 8, adapted to contain the folding hammock and tent sup ports to be hereinafter described.

Thus in the form of a pack, the shoulder straps 30 are at the inner fare while the pocket 21 is outermost and will therefore be utilized in practice to hold those articles if any likely to be wanted during travel.

Moreover this pocket 21 which as shown in Figure 14 has both inner and outer walls the former attached along its sides to the hammock, may have an opening 43 at its inner end, which will be its upper end in the pack form, through which to thrust the handle of a pick, shovel, axe and the like.

It is quite obvious from the above that the hammock as thus described and adapted for folding is entirely flexible throughout and before passing to its supports, attention is particularly called to the fact that all sacks, pack connections and the like are upon the lower surface of the hammock and the latter is thus adapted to be set up and used without detachment and possible loss of any of these connection and with the sacks in packed or unpacked state.

The supports for the hammock include a pair of end rails 45, end uprights and ground connections, and to receive the end rails 45, the tubular end guides 23 and 24 have openings 46 intermediate their ends of lengthwise slotted form. The rails are each in two similar end" sections 47 hingedly connected at their inner ends by hinge plates 48 whose leaves have apertures 49 registering in the open or unfolded position. One section thereof has a brace channel 50 rigid therewith and extending from the inner end thereof to be engaged by the other section in the open position. The sections 47 also have angularly projecting eyes 51 adjacent to their outer ends and so disposed that after the sections 47 are folded and their outer ends introduced into oneof the tubular guide openings 46 the sections 47 are gradually straightened until the entire rail extends along and within the guide of the hammock, and the rail must then be rotated in the guide to bring the apertured portions 49 of the hinge plates 48 outermost and per mit the eyes 51 to dependthrough apertures 52 in the lower outer portions of the guide tubes 23 and 24 of the hammockJ \Vhen thus disposed in the tubular guides therefore, the end rails 45 at opposite ends of the hammock 10, may be connected to hooks 53 projecting inwardly from the up per ends of hammock supporting end uprights 54, these books being engageable with the apertured portions or, eyes 49 of the hinge plates 48 and being associated with crown pieces of the uprights 54 which also have downwardlyand outwardly inclined and slotted cars 56 to receive the upper snap-hooks 57 of anchor connecting guy ropes 58. At its lower end each hammock supporting upright 54 has a foot piece 59 provided with ground entering spurs 60 and with upstanding side cars 61 the latter serving to receive snap hooks 62 at the lower end portions of hammock steadying ropes 63, having at their upper ends snap hooks 64 to engage the beforementioned eyes 51 of the hammock end rails 45.

The ropes 63 like the guy ropes 58 are adjustable by virtue of their clutches 65, and the outer ends of the guy ropes 58 have snap hooks 66 engageable with the rings 67 of anchor cables 68 whose outer ends are secured in the anchor plates 69 shown particularly in Figures 15 and 16.

The anchor plates 69 are generally triangular with Vshaped recesses 70 at their widest ends opening into slots 71, the latter of which are thus adapted to receive cross pins 72 of the bifurcated end 73 of a driving bar 74. The base of the bifurcation of this barv is adapted to interfit the recess 70 when the anchor plate is positioned within the bifurcation as seen in dotted lines in Figure 17 so that a hammer and the like may be used against the opposite or head end 75 of the bar to easily drive the anchor plate into the ground as shown in Figure 16. Y

The tent or canopy generally indicated at 76 in Figures 1, 2 and 11, has its sides 77 sloping from its upper central portions and provided at their lower edges with depending side extensions 78 and has flat end walls 79 whose lower portions depend flush with the lower edges of the side extensions. Extending inwardly fromv the end walls 7 9 at the upper central portion of the canopy and along the lower edges of the side walls 77 are tubes 80, housing springs 81 whose inner ends are secured to the tubes and whose outer ends project loosely through the outer ends of the tubes and have terminal hooks 82 for engagement with eye plates 83 at the outer ends of the canopy supporting upright 84 and its hinged arms 85.

The canopy supporting uprights have root pieces 86 at their lower ends provided with apertured ears 87 hingedly connected to similar ears S8 of the crown pieces of the hammock supporting uprights 5-1, so that the canopy supporting uprights thus upstand from the hammock supporting uprights in use, it being noted that the hinge comic:- tions therebetween formed by cotter pins 89 through the ears 87 and 88, flex outwardly,

' and are readily detachable in case the canopy is not used. The arms are hinged at their lower inner ends to the foot piece 86 and also have intermediate jointed braces 90 connected to the uprights and it is obvious that by flexing the braces 90, either or both sides of one or both ends of the canopy may be raised as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2, in view of the spring connections 81.

In use, the end walls 79 of the canopy depend below the end rails so of the hammock 20 between the latter and its support ing uprights 54 and for this reason each end wall 79 has a vertical slit 91, as seen in Figure 11 so as to straddle the hammock hook Adjacent to the inner end of each slit 91 is preferably provided a connecting hook so that the end wall may be closed around the hook 53.

Each end wall 79 may also have an inner pocket 93, and each of the side extensions 78, which drop below the hammock 20 in use, has an inner lengthwise series of pivoted hooks 94 to engage the side eyelets 25 and 26 of the hammock so that the space above the latter and within the canopy may be c0mpletely closed.

The side extensions 78 are also preferably provided with. netting covered openings 95, each opening having an external closing flap 96 to the central portion of the lower free edge of which a flexible adjusting connection 97 is secured. This connection as best show in Figure 13 passes through openings in the flap 96 and through openings in the extension 78 Or the canopy so that the flap may be raised and lowered, or partially adjusted from within the canopy.

Thus it is obvious that as the side portions and ends of the canopy depend below the hammock, rain will be prevented from dripping onto the latter, and that when the hammock 20 sags under the weight of the sleeper, the canopy remains taut as any riexure is taken up in its spring connections.

It is likewise obvious that when making up the pack, the canopy may be readily cletached and folded in order that it may be placed within the folded hammock, and that the supporting uprights after folding as shown in Figure 8, along with the folding hammock end rails, the ropes and cables, may be placed in the. casings a2 and strapped to the pack as in Figure 7, making a compact, easily shouldered, and light-weight pack which will not slip nor sag during travel.

lVe claim:

1. A tent hammock including a canopy, a hammock around which the canopy depends and to which the hammock is connected, end supports for the hammock and canopy, said canopy having tubular spring holders extending lengthwise thereof from its ends, and springs connected at their inner ends to said holders and projecting outwardly for engagement with said supports.

2. In a device of the character described, a flexible hammock having tubular transverse guides at the opposite ends thereof, and end rails in foldalole hinged sections removably disposed in said guides and having hinge plates provided with apertured portions extending there-from in the direction of: folding thereof, and. end supports with which said apertured portions are en gageable.

3. A device of the character described in cluding a hammock, a canopy therefor, end supports including uprights in hinged sections to the lower sections of which the hammock is connected, outstanding arms hinged at their inner ends to the lower portions of the upper sections of the uprights, and means on the canopy to engage the outer ends of said arms and the upper ends of the upper sections of the uprights, said last named means including springs yieldable lengthwise of the canopy and mounted in portions of the canopy for the purpose described.

4:. A tent hammock, including a flexible foldable canopy, a hammock detachably connected to the canopy and adapted to en close the canopy when the latter is detached and folded, means carried by the hammock to secure the latter in folded relation around the canopy, foldable supports for the canopy and hammock, means carried by the ha1n mock to attach the said supports when folded to the sides of the folded hammock, and shoulder straps also carried by the hammock.

5. A device of the character described including a foldable canopy and a hammock of flexible foldable nature adapted to enclose the canopy when folded and having means to secure its side portions in overlapped folds on its central portion, and means to secure its end portions in overlapped folds upon its central portion.

6. A tent hammock including a. canopy and a hammock of flexible foldable nature, the latter being adapted to enclose the former when folded and having means to secure its side portions in overlapped folds on its central portion, and means to secure its end portions in overlapped. folds upon its central portion, and means to also bind together the side edges of the endwise overlapped folds.

7. A tent hammock including a canopy and a hammock of flexible foldable nature, the latter adapted to enclose the former and having means to secure its side portions in overlapped folds on its central portion, and means to secure its end portions in overlapped folds upon its central portion, said means being located Wholly upon the lower surface of the hammock, lacing means also on said lower surface and arranged to extend along the side edges of the endwise folds, supports for the canopy and hammock in use, and means at said side edges of the folded hammock to bind and hold the said supports when folded.

In testimonywhereof we have affixed our signatures.

OLIVER L. HULL. HARGUERITE E. HULL.

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