IMPROVEMENTS IN HAMMOCKS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Abijah Pratt, of the City and State of New York,
United States of America for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Abijah Pratt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th November 1882.
ABIJAH PRATT, of the City and State of New York, United States of
America "IMPROVEMENTS IN HAMMOCKS"
My invention relates to improvements in hammocks, those now used being only
intended for the accommodation of one person and only to recline in.
The object of my invention is to provide a hammock that will accommodate one
or two persons with equal comfort, and also one that at pleasure can be formed
into an easy seat with back thereto, and when occupied as a single hammock will
have cover to protect occupant.
The body portion of the hammock is in the form of two elongated hexagonal
figures placed side by side and constructed of ordinary netting or cloth. The
binding or edge consists of ropes provided with small rings. Another rope is
fastened to the outer edge of the hammock and runs through the centre of the
body and to which the same is attached. Other ropes are provided which run to
the hanging rings. Ordinary wooden stretchers are employed and placed between
the small rings of the outer edge.
Thus when the hammock is suspended by the hanging rings, the centre support
or rope having same bearings as outer edge, sustains centre portion of body on
level with outer edges, forming a complete double hammock.
By removing the stretchers on one side, one half of the body is thrown into a
perpendicular position, forming a back, while the other remains horizontal, forming
& seat
When all the stretchers are removed, the body doubles up, one half falling over
the other, making a single hammock of two layers, one to be used as a support and
the other as a cover or protector.

page_text: by the said Abijah Pratt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th May
1883.
ABIJAH PRATT, of the City and State of New York, United States of
America "IMPROVEMENTS IN HAMMOCKS"
My invention relates to improvements in hammocks, those now used being only
intended for the accommodation of one person and only to recline in.
The object of my invention is to provide a hammock that will accommodate one
or two persons with equal comfort, and also one that at pleasure can be formed
into an easy seat with back thereto, and when occupied as a single hammock will
have cover to protect occupant.
I attain these objects, by constructing a hammock as illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1 represents plan view, A, A the body portion, being in form of two
elongated bexagonal figures placed side by side and constructed of ordinary netting
or cloth. B, B, represents rope binding or edge, provided with small rings C, C.
D is another rope fastened to the outer edge of the hammock at G, G and runs]
through the centre of the body and to which the same is attached. Other ropes H,
are provided, which are attached at points F, F, and run to the hanging rings
K, K. E, E are ordinary wooden stretchers.
Thus when the hammock is suspended by the rings K, K, the centre support or
ropo D, having same bearings as outer edge B, sustains centre portion of body on
level with the outer edges, forming a complete double hammock.
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Fig. 2 represents the hammock with stretchers E, E, placed between rings C, C,
on one side as shown and removed from the other side, which throws one-half of
the body A into a perpendicular position forming a back while the other remains
horizontal, forming a seat.
Fig. 3 represents the hammock with all the stretchers removed, which causes
the body to double, one-half falling over the other, making a single hammock of
two layers, one to be used as a support, the other as a cover or protector.
Having thus described my invention I claim :-
The hammock herein described being a combination of two, having a single body
in shape of two elongated hexagonal figures placed side by side with rope running
through and supporting the centre thereof, provided with rings C, rope edge B,
and stretchers E, E, for uses and purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Abijah Pratt, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this 26th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.
Witness
SAMUEL CAMPBELL
Counsellor at law
6 Wall St N. Y. Cy.
ABIJAH PRATT. (L.S.)