Improved Folding Frame for Hammocks.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
Improved Folding Frame for Hammocks.
I, ALBERT KARNBACH, Fitter, of Barby, in the Province of Saxony, German
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The present invention consists of a folding frame on which to sling hammocks,
and the same is more especially designed for use for hospital and military
purposes.
In order to make the present Specification more easily intelligible, reference is
had to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters denote similar parts
throughout the several views,
Fig. 1 being a side elevation of the frame when put up for use,
Fig. 2 a ground plan of Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is a end elevation of Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 shows the frame partially folded,
Fig. 5 the same entirely folded up, and,
Fig. 6 is a detail view of the main joint of the said frame.
The frame consists of the two triangular end posts of the shape clearly shown in
Fig. 3, the four lower stays b', 62, 63, 64, pivoted respectively at e, e¹ to the lower
part of the main joint A and at f¹, f, f³, f, to the outside of the lower part of the
end posts and the two upwardly extending stays c, c', pivoted at d, d', to the joint
block A and having their upper ends hooked at g, g¹, to engage over pins h, h³, in
the upper part of the end posts.
The upper parts of the end posts a, a', are provided with pins i, whereon the
hammock is slung. It will be seen that the lower stays or ties 61, 62, 63, 64, are in
plan view the same forin as the end posts, so that when the upper ties or stays are
disengaged from the pins h, h', the said end posts may be folded into the lower
stays as shown at Fig. 4. The central joint block A is so constructed that when
the above mentioned parts are folded together in the manner described the upper
stays or ties will fold down outside the same (Fig. 5) and thus form a closely
folded, easily manipulated packet.
In order to move the frame and hammock about when the same is extended or
fitted up, it is only necessary to furnish the lower ends of the end posts with
rolls which may also if necessary be provided with rubber tyres in order to pre-
vent noise.
The frame is folded up by simply unhooking the ties c, c', folding the end posts
down inside the lower stays 61, 62, 63, 6, and then folding the longer ties c, c¹ down
outside the first mentioned stays in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The combination of end posts a, a', the lower stays b¹, 62, 63, 64, pivoted to the
outside of the lower part of said end posts and bent to correspond in shape with
the same when folded together and pivoted also the central joint block A, the
ties c, c', pivoted to the block A as described at d, d³, and having hooks at their
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page_text: further ends, suitable attachment device h, h¹, at the upper part of the said end
posts over which said hooks engage and means for suspending the hammock from
the top ends of the said posts.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention "Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.