Hammock Patents

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list of hammock related patents for fun reading or diy ideas...

Hennessey
Patent number: 6185763
Filing date: Mar 4, 1999
Issue date: Feb 13, 2001
Inventor: Thomas Francis Hennessy
Primary Examiner: Fredrick Conley
link (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6185763)

Clark
Patent number: 5913772
Filing date: Jun 3, 1998
Issue date: Jun 22, 1999
Inventor: Gary L. Clark
link (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F5913772)

Crazy Creek
Patent number: 6711763
Filing date: Aug 13, 2001
Issue date: Mar 30, 2004
Inventors: Robert F. Batchelder, Robert D. Hart
Assignee: Crazy Creek Products
Primary Examiner: Teri Pham Luu
Secondary Examiner: Frederick Conley
Attorney: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
link (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6711763)

Lawson Folding Stand
Patent number: 781609
Filing date: Jun 11, 1904
Issue date: Jan 1905
Inventor: JOHN LAWSON
Assignee: F ONE
link (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F781609)

Simex / Hi Peak / Panda?
Patent number: 4125909
Filing date: Jul 22, 1977
Issue date: Nov 21, 1978
Inventor: Daniel H. Jacobson
link (http://www.google.com/patents?id=xFw6AAAAEBAJ&dq=Combination+sleeping+bag+and+hammock)

Looks like there's a bunch out there, I'll have to come back to this later, feel free to add to this if you get bored... I was reading Jeff's article on making your own asym and it led me to these, might help us build a hammock utopia.