US1566044A - Couch hammock - Google Patents

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Dec. 15,1925. 1,566,044

G. F. SISBOWER ET AL couca HAMMOCK Filed Dec. 22. 1921 D ofi m fim INVENTORS ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 15 1925. I I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. SISBOWER, OF FLUBHING, AND LOUTS E. PITTONI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AS- SIGNOBS TO MANHATTAN-ROME COMPANY, BRANCH OF ROME METALLIC BED- S'IEAD 00., OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COUCH BAMHOCK. Application filed December 22, 1921. Serial No. 524,258.

Tooll whom it may concern: link A and through the loop on the inner Be it known that we, Gnoncn F. SISBOWER, side of the slot is passed a lock-pin D which a citizen of the United States, residing at is considerably larger in'diameter than the Flushing, in the county of Queens and State width of the slot so that it can not be pulled of New York, and LOUIS E. PrrroNna subthrough it. This forms an extremely simject of the King of Italy, residing at New file link connection which is easily assem York city, in the county of Queens and led or taken apart, while it will be ap- State of New York, have invented certain parent that the extension B, as the seat new and useful Improvements in Couch swings back and forth will merely roll on Hammocks, the following being a full, clear, the link A without rubbin there being a and exact disclosure of the one form of our Similar rolling and non-ru bing action at invention which we at present deem prefthe upper end of the link. As the hammock erable. swings the flexible link which is thus se- For a detailed description of the present cured in the slot or recess at a fixed point form of our invention, reference may be and thence wraps over the edge of the rehad to the following specification and to the cess, merely flexes while both sides of the accompanying drawing forming a part loop lie and bear on the rod B for a longer thereof, where1nor shorter are. This device has proved ef- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our defective in giving a silent link-support for vice and the hammock seat since the absence ofrub- Fig. 2 shows it in detail. bing friction prevents the creaking that of- In Letters Patent No. 1,401,286 granted tentimes detracts seriously from the comfort to us December 27, 1921, we have shown and of a couch-hammock.

claimed a couch hammock which is sup- What we claim as new and desire to secure ported from below instead of from above, by Letters Patent is:

and which has on the seat portion. rods ex- 1. The combination with a couch hamtending laterally into line with the endmock seat provided with a rigidl dis osed supports and supported therefrom by links. member located at a fixed point, 0 an e astic Our present invention relates to a link supflexible supporting link having a looped end port designed particularly for the aforesaid secured to said member with both sides of couch-hammoc and the mode of connecting the loop wrapped over said member on the the links with the end-supports on the one same side thereof. hand and the hammock-seat on the other 2.. The combination with a couch-hamhand. Our purpose is to provide a flexible mock of a flexible supportin link therefor 85 connection of the link with both members, wrap ed over the supporte member and said connection being of a kind. which can entering a recess on the under side thereof,

not slip on either member so as to cause together with means for securing said link creaking by friction as the hammock swings. in said recess.

Referring to the drawing, A, A represent 3. The combination with a couch-hamthe links aforesaid. They. are re erably mock, of end-supports therefor embracing formed by webbing or other suita le fabric the hammock seat,extensions from said seat and are rovided at top and bottom with in line with saidv supports and supporting loops. e loops are conveniently formed links each having a looped end entering a by making the link in the form of an endrecess on the supported member and wrap- 4 less band. On the part B, which extends ping thereon as t e hammock swings.

from the seat infront of the end support 4..A couch hammock provided with end E, is a slot-piece C attached to the under supports and a hammock seat located beside of B near its end and forming a narrow tween said supports, sup. ort pins projectrecess or slot between 'C and B. A. correing from the ends of said ammock seat and spending slotiece C is, attached to the end each provided with a recess, and flexible support E. rough each of the respective holding links each having a loop end slots is passed a looped end of the webbing wrapped over a support pin and entering the recess thereof and secured in said recess end support and the other wrapped over a by a lock-pin which serves to enlarge the support pin of the seat, and means enlarging loop back of the recess. the ends of the loops to retain them in posi- 5. A couch hammock provided with end tion. supports, a hammock seat located between Signed at Long Island City, Queens 15 said end supports, supporting pins carried County, State of New York, this 21st day by the end supports, rigid support pins proof December, 1921.

jectlng from the end of said seat, and flexible links each having looped ends one of GEORGE F. SISBOWER. 10 which is wrapped over a support pin of an LOUIS E. PITTONI.

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