Patent ID: 7627914

Claim:
A stand for supporting a hammock, comprising: a generally horizontally extending base member; first and second upwardly extending end members connected at respective ends of said generally horizontally extending base member to extend coaxially therewith; connecting plates at connecting ends of said base member and said first and second end members for connecting said first and second end members to said base member, a first plate on a respective one of the first and second end members and the base member comprising at least two key slot shaped openings adjacent each other, each opening having a larger section extending into a narrower slot, and a second complementary plate on the other of said members, and having at least two lugs extending therefrom at positions aligned with said key slot shaped openings, said lugs having a head portion of a size which fits in the larger section of said key slot shaped openings but not through said narrower slot, with said lugs received in said key slot openings and engaged within said narrower slots for holding said base member and end members together in a manner wherein said base member can be secured to said first and second end members in fixed and non-rotational alignment along an axis thereof; and a pair of foot members detachably connected respectively at the connection of each of the upwardly extending end members to the base member.