I am working on a hammock design that is going to, Blow Your Mind!

[ghpacific]

So I went to White Mountains website and the hammock looks just like any other hammock. If anyone wants a real innovative challenge, consider my idea: a backpack that converts into a hammock. I am a side sleeper and cannot take a moment sleeping on my back, especially if even slightly bent, so my biggest challenge is developing an absolutely flat lay. I am hoping to be able to use some structural engineering I picked up from a video series on bridges to help figure it out. I'll post if/when I develop something. Keep up the good work and ideas in the meantime, (this is great fun and reminds me of what I once read, that the greatest engineers in the world were prison inmates that had to create useful structures from floss and tongue depressors). Cheers.

[Redoleary]

So I went to White Mountains website and the hammock looks just like any other hammock. If anyone wants a real innovative challenge, consider my idea: a backpack that converts into a hammock. I am a side sleeper and cannot take a moment sleeping on my back, especially if even slightly bent, so my biggest challenge is developing an absolutely flat lay. I am hoping to be able to use some structural engineering I picked up from a video series on bridges to help figure it out. I'll post if/when I develop something. Keep up the good work and ideas in the meantime, (this is great fun and reminds me of what I once read, that the greatest engineers in the world were prison inmates that had to create useful structures from floss and tongue depressors). Cheers.

I believe Dutch already made a hammock/backpack and it was a bridge too. I think the backpack was actually a gear skin but you pack it, and carry it on your back so its a backpack.

[Just Jeff]

If anyone wants a real innovative challenge, consider my idea: a backpack that converts into a hammock.

Dutch made the Bridgeskin, which is similar to the Moonbow Gearskin as a backpack, and it's a bridge hammock in sleep mode. Thread here.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=2479

Comes complete with teddy bear, but you have to DIY it!

[ghpacific]

Dutch made the Bridgeskin, which is similar to the Moonbow Gearskin as a backpack, and it's a bridge hammock in sleep mode. Thread here.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=2479

Comes complete with teddy bear, but you have to DIY it!

Very Cool, thanks. Now I just have to DIY a teddy bear backpack/hammock!

[Cedar Tree]

Mine was before Dutch's.
http://www.thepacka.com/strappack/
Cedar Tree

[angrysparrow]

Yeah, I think yours was one of the designs referenced in the discussions leading up to the one Jeff linked, Cedar Tree. That's a neat idea for sure.

I think Dutch made it more like a conventional bridge hammock to help make side-entry and exit a little simpler.

[ghpacific]

Mine was before Dutch's.
http://www.thepacka.com/strappack/
Cedar Tree

Yes, I saw that too. I still need to figure out how to get an absolutely flat platform though. I may go back to my spaceframe idea, but it looked too complex, which usually means it has inherent flaws. KISS is my goal.

[Pipsissewa]

GHP: In the KISS vein, I think you could back off your "completely flat lay" requirement. I, too, am a side sleeper. But that doesn't mean I have to be flat. I think the beauty (and comfort) of hammock sleeping comes from the fact that the hammock conforms to your body's shape without any pressure points. It is literally floating on air. Your body is not flat when laying on its side. That's why mattresses have to be cushy and soft---to try to support your body with all its curves and undulations.

That said, I love the idea of a hammock/backpack! I'll definitely keep an eye out for what you come up with. Meanwhile, I'm going to read through Cedar Tree's and Dutch's threads. Best of luck to you!

[RePete]

So I went to White Mountains website and the hammock looks just like any other hammock.

Um the hammock on the white mountains website is a hammock like any other and is not the topic of this thread. Just thought I would point that out.

[sargevining]

So I went to White Mountains website and the hammock looks just like any other hammock. If anyone wants a real innovative challenge, consider my idea: a backpack that converts into a hammock. I am a side sleeper and cannot take a moment sleeping on my back, especially if even slightly bent, so my biggest challenge is developing an absolutely flat lay. I am hoping to be able to use some structural engineering I picked up from a video series on bridges to help figure it out. I'll post if/when I develop something. Keep up the good work and ideas in the meantime, (this is great fun and reminds me of what I once read, that the greatest engineers in the world were prison inmates that had to create useful structures from floss and tongue depressors). Cheers.

The reason why the hammok on his website looks like any other hammok is because it is---but ts not the one that's being talked abou on this thread. The one's he's talking about on this thread isn't for sale and is still in developement, a process being moved forward with input from the HF Community through mostly constructive and encouraging comments in this thread.

I do think this idea has merit and I do hope that WM is able to move forward with it.