Patent ID: 7441287

Claim:
A hammock stand comprising four legs, four support rods to which a hammock is coupled, and a pair of cross braces, each pair comprising a first and second cross brace that are rotatably coupled to each other via a point of rotation that is in the middle of each cross brace, wherein the legs, and the support rods are coupled to each other on respective ends of the hammock stand via respective cross braces such that the cross braces, without being uncoupled from the legs and support rods and upon folding of the hammock stand produce a movement in which two of the four legs approximate each other in a front-to-back and side-to-side motion as two of the support rods pivot towards each other, and wherein a second of the four legs is coupled to a first of the support rods via a connector rod that releasably engages with the first of the support rods and forms an obtuse angle with the second of the four legs when the hammock stand is in an open configuration.