SLINGING OR SUSPENDING HAMMOCKS
Year: 1884

page_text: WILLIAM MARSH, L.D.S., F.P.S.G., Dental Surgeon, 9 Head St., Colchester, Essex,
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for SLINGING OR SUSPENDING
HAMMOCKS to be as follows:
Four rods A. B. C. D. in Drawing herewith accompanying supporting the hammock
at each end in pairs, the rods of each end crossing those of the other end at an
obtuse angle and spreading outwards at the base.
The rods in pairs are connected together at the ends E. E. by bolts or bent
pieces fitting into the rods as sockets. The bolt or dip in bent piece
passing through the ring in the hammock. The rods are prevented from slipping
apart by being attached to each other by their four ends F. F. F. F. by chains or
rods or both or by standing upon a frame. The ends E. E. are prevented from
rising or falling by the cords or chains G. G. which attach the ends of the hammock
to the bottoms of the rods from the opposite end. The rods may be of wood or
metal, in one length or jointed. The whole may be placed on wheels, and be made
to support single or double hammocks, of all sizes.
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I, WILLIAM MARSH, L.D.S., F.P.S.G., Dental Surgeon of 9 Head St., Colchester,
in the County of Essex do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
SLINGING OR SUSPENDING HAMMOCKS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
Four long rods support the hammock, two at each end, those of one end crossing
those of the other end, and spreading outwards at the base. The rods from the
higher end of the hammock have a broader base than those from the lower end;
and these latter pass between and stand within the former. The rods are connected
at the base by means of two bars and two chains; or by four bars; or four chains
or ropes; or by standing upon a frame with sockets for the ends. The chains or
ropes connecting the ends of the hammock with the bottoms of the rods are not
indispensable, but they preserve its balance and enable one end to be drawn lower
than the other. The rods may be of any suitable size in length and thickness;
made of any suitable material; and of one length each, or jointed in two or more
lengths.
To support an awning: a small bar is carried upwards nearly perpendicular to the
ground and attached when desired by rings or springs or otherwise to the rods or
connecting links. These are either both rigid and the awning supported by a cord
stretched between them; or one may be rigid and the other made to rock, these
support a rod upon which the awning rests.
The long rods in pairs are connected together at their upper ends by bolts or
bent pieces (called above, connecting links) fitting into the rods as sockets. The
bolt, or dip, or hook in bent piece passes through the ring in the hammock.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manuer the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is that it is an Invention for slinging or suspending hammocks without
fixed supports such as trees, stakes, hooks, and rings.
(1.) A support for a hammock consisting of four rods jointed together in pairs,
substantially as herein before described.
(2.) An upright-fixed at each end of the support with a cord stretched between
them over which an awning may be hung.
Dated this 26th day of March 1884