Patent ID: 8272085

Claim:
A system for installing a hammock on a boat, the system comprising: a first mechanism for mounting a first end of the hammock in an elevated position on a boat; a second mechanism for mounting a second end of the hammock in an elevated position on a boat; the second mounting mechanism including a vertically extending hammock mounting member extending longitudinally between a first end adapted for operable attachment to an underlying surface of the boat and a second end adapted for being elevated above the first end when the vertically extending member is installed on the boat with the hammock, wherein the vertically extending mounting member is configured to have the second end of the hammock operably attached at a location along the vertically extending mounting member above the first end of the vertically extending mounting member as the vertically extending hammock mounting member extends from its first end to its second end in a direction away from the first end of the hammock; one or more stabilizing members configured to extend downward from the vertically extending hammock mounting member between a location above the first end to a location arranged along the boat such that the first end of the vertically extending hammock mounting member is positioned in a longitudinal direction of the hammock between the one or more stabilizing members and the first end of the hammock and such that the location at which the one or more stabilizing members attach to the boat is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the hammock between the first end of the vertically extending hammock mounting member and the location along the vertically extending hammock mounting member to which the second end of the hammock is operably attached; and, a tensioning mechanism adapted to engage the first mounting mechanism or the first end of the hammock for tensing the hammock when installed.