US328474A

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Publication number: US328474A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1902-10-20

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I'. A. FLETCHER..

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING HAMMOGKS.

N0. 328,474. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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turn rares FRANK A. FLETCHER, OF VATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING HAMIVIOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 328,474, dated October 20, 1885.

Application tiled J une 20, 1884. Serial No. 135,516.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. FLETCHER, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of IVatertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain Improved Devices for Supporting Hammocks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My improved devices are designed especially to be used in connection with a movable framework to attach a hammock thereto 5 and their construction and arrangement are such that,

they may be used with any style or size of hammock; that they may support the hammock at any desired height or position, and that by their employment the hammock may be quickly and easily adj usted from one height or position to another. These devices consist of two separate attachments, one of which is a band or clevis which embraces a suitable part of the supporting frame-work, and which can be used independently of the other attachment, and the other attachment is a double hook which is used in connection with the clevis when a small-sized hammock is used, or when it is desired to support a large hammock in positions not otherwise attainable or between supports at a great distance apart.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a suitable frame-work and a hammock supported thereon by the band or clevis alone. Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of a fra1ne,show ing the method of using both attachments. Fig. 3 is a det-ail plan view,on a large scale,of the attaching device shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of the double hook.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

A is a suitable supporting frame-work having inclined braced strips B B, between which the hammock G is suspended.

For attaching the hammock to the braced strips, B B, I use a band or clevis, D, which embraces the strip B,and can be easily slipped along the strip to any desired position, as it is not necessary that it should ht the strip closely. As shown in Fig. 3, the clevis is providedwithtwooppositely-extendinghooks, a a, over which the loop b of the hammock is (No model.)

passed. The downward pressure of the hammock, when occupied, entirely prevents the clevises D D from slipping down the strips B B, and retains them iirmly in position; but when the hammock is not occupied the clevises can be easily slipped up or down to suit the position or height desired.

But in many cases it will be found that the loops b b of the hammock cannot be passed over the hooks a c of the clevises-as, for eX- ample, where a very small hammock is used, it not being in consequence long enough to reach the hooks when it is desired to support the hammock very high, or in case the clevises are situated at a great distance apart, as they may be, since the use of my improved devices is not necessarily limited to frameworks of the character shown. In all such and similar cases I use in connection with the clevis D the attachment E. (Shown in Figs. 2 and 4.) This attachment is provided with oppositely-extending hooks e e, over which the loop b of the hammock is passed. To this attachment is secured a lengtheningcord, G, which might be provided with a loop to pass over the hooks a a of the clevis. I prefer, however, to use a single cord with no loop, as shown in Fig. 2, because in this case any length of the cord may be utilized,and an additional means for adjusting the hammock is provided. The free end of this cord is passed between the inner bar, c', of the clevis and the strip B. The downward pressure ofthe hammock, when occupied, presses down the inner bar, c', of the clevis upon the free end of the cord, thus clamping it tightly against the strip B, and preventing it from being pulled out of place.

To prevent the cord from slipping sidewise along the bar ,the bari is formed on its outer edge with a notch, m, in which the cord is retained.

In order that the clevis may iit the strip B as closely as possible without interfering with its easy adjustment, the bar i is formed on its inner edge with a notch, s. The employment of this notch leaves a space between the bar c' and the strip B, through which the free end of the cord G is passed, the depth of the notch being less than the diameter of the cord, so that the clamping of the cord by the downward pressure may still be provided for. This IOO feature is especiallypimportant, as it is desirable that the clevis shall havel as little play as possible on the strip B, and the same clevis is to be used whether the hammock is supported by the clevis alone or by the clevis and attachment E together. Y r

To secure the cord G to the attachment E, said attachment is formed withA a central aperture, t, preferably cone-shaped, as shown. The cord is knotted at one end, and the other end is passed through this aperture t, the knot preventing the cord from passing entirely through, and the cone shape of the aperture permitting the knot to be entirely concealed.

The olevis D and attachment E are prefer'- ably made of cast-iron, as the most economical material; but theyl maybe made of any other metal or of any other suitable material.

I claim as my invention"- i v 1. A devicefor supporting hammocks, consisting of a clevisformedwith a central opening, whereby it may embrace a supportingframe, and with a notch or recess, m, on the outer edge of itsinner side or bar, in which` notch the hammock-rope is held, substantial] y as set forth.

2. A device for supporting hammocks, consisting of a clevis formed with a central opening, and with a notch or recess, s, on the inner edge of its inner side or bar, in Which notch the hammookrope is held, substantially as set forth.

3. A device for supporting hammocks, consisting of a clevis formed With a central opening, and With notches or recesses m and s on "opposite edges of its inner side, in which notches the hammock-rope is held, substantially as set forth.

4. A hammock-supporting clevis having a' central opening, notches or recesses m and s on opposite edges of its inner side, and hooks a.' aextending outwardly in opposite directions from the inner bar on opposite sides of the notch m, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name before two Witnesses.

FRANK A. FLETCHER.

Witnesses: y

J. C. KNOWLTON, GEO. S. KNOWLTON.