US20140259395A1

US20140259395A1 - Hammock

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Publication number: US20140259395A1
Application number: US14/061,886
Authority: US
Inventors: Baoqing Yang
Original assignee: Zhejiang Hengfeng Top Leisure Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Hengfeng Top Leisure Co Ltd
Priority date: 2013-03-18
Filing date: 2013-10-24
Publication date: 2014-09-18
Also published as: CN104055347A

Abstract

The present application provides a hammock including a bed body and further including two first supporting rods for supporting the bed body; a lateral rod having two ends articulated to the two first supporting rods respectively, and each of the two ends of the lateral rod being provided with a sliding device slidably cooperated with the lateral rod; a clamping member for fixing the sliding device on the lateral rod; a connecting member having one end articulated to a rod body of the first supporting rod and the other end articulated to the sliding device; and a supporting member connected to the lateral rod, and a plane defined by the supporting member and the lateral rod being perpendicular to a plane defined by the lateral rod and the first supporting rod.

Description

This present application claims the benefit of priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310087130.9 titled “HAMMOCK”, filed with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office on Mar. 18, 2013. The entire disclosure thereof is incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present application relates to the field of outdoor appliances, in particular to a hammock.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A hammock is a simple bed which can be folded up by various folding ways, thus is convenient and practical, and is convenient to store. In use, the hammock can be unfolded; when not in use, the hammock can be folded up, and the hammock after being folded occupies a small space, thus is easy to carry for outdoor activities, and is convenient for people to rest.
With the development of the technology, people have increasingly high demand on the hammock, and besides the pursuit of quality, people also hope that the using and folding processes of the hammock become simpler and more convenient. As shown in FIG. 1, there is a HM-013 type hammock in the prior art, the hammock includes a bed body; two sets of supporting assemblies for supporting the bed body, which are arranged opposite to one anther and each includes two first supporting rods 01 being articulated to one another at top portions thereof; two lateral rods 02 each being articulated to bottom portions of the corresponding first supporting rods 01 of the supporting assemblies; a guiding rod 03 having one end articulated to a middle portion of the first supporting rod 01, the other end articulated to a middle portion of the lateral rod 02, and a middle portion being foldable; and second supporting rods 04 arranged perpendicular to the two lateral rods 02. In using, the supporting assemblies at two sides of the hammock is unfolded firstly, and then the first supporting rods 01 of each of the supporting assemblies are unfolded, the second supporting rods 04 are mounted on the lateral rods 02, and finally the bed body is mounted on the hammock. In folding process, the second supporting rods 04 are disassembled from the lateral rods, the lateral rods 02 are folded, and then the first supporting rods 01 are folded. For the above hammock, in the folding process, the second supporting rods 04 need to be disassembled firstly, and in the using process, the second supporting rods 04 need to be mounted firstly, thus the using and folding process of the above hammock are relatively complicated, which affects the using for people to some extent.
Therefore, a technical problem to be solved presently by those skilled in the art is to reduce cumbersomeness of using and folding processes of the hammock.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of this, the present application provides a hammock to reduce the cumbersomeness of using and folding processes of the hammock in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides the following technical solutions.
A hammock includes a bed body, and further includes:
two first supporting rods for supporting the bed body;
a lateral rod having two ends articulated to the two first supporting rods respectively, and each of the two ends of the lateral rod being provided with a sliding device slidably cooperated with the lateral rod;
a clamping member for fixing the sliding device on the lateral rod;
a connecting member having one end articulated to a rod body of the first supporting rod and the other end articulated to the sliding device; and
a supporting member connected to the lateral rod, and a plane defined by the supporting member and the lateral rod being perpendicular to a plane defined by the lateral rod and the first supporting rods.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, a bottom portion of the first supporting rod is connected with a sleeve, and the sleeve is connected to the lateral rod via a U-shaped supporting member.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the supporting members are symmetrically provided at two sides of the lateral rod, and each of the supporting members includes a first square iron pipe, a second square iron pipe and a U-shaped connecting member, the first square iron pipe includes one end articulated to the U-shaped supporting member and the other end articulated to one end of the second square iron pipe via the U-shaped connecting member, and the other end of the second square iron pipe is articulated to the sliding device.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the supporting member is provided with an adjusting device for adjusting a horizontal degree of the bed body.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the adjusting device includes a fine adjusting threaded rod and a fine adjusting foot cooperated with the fine adjusting threaded rod, and the fine adjusting threaded rod is connected to the second square iron pipe via a rivet nut.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the connecting member is a cylindrical rod having one end articulated to the rod body of the first supporting rod and the other end articulated to the sliding device.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the connecting member includes a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod, the first connecting rod includes one end articulated to the rod body of the first supporting rod and the other end articulated to one end of the second connecting rod, and the other end of the second connecting rod is articulated to the sliding device.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the lateral rod is provided with a position limiting device for limiting a movement position of the sliding device.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the position limiting device is a position limiting threaded rod.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, each of the first supporting rods is connected to the bed body via a hook.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the clamping member is a plug, and the lateral rod is provided with a hole for inserting the plug.
Preferably, in the hammock described above, the sliding device is a sliding block.
As may be seen from the technical solution described above, in the hammock provided in the present application, the use and folding processes of the hammock are achieved by the cooperation of the sliding device and the connecting member. Specifically, the first supporting rods move, which drive the connecting members to move, and then the connecting members drive the sliding devices to slide along the lateral rod. In the using process, the first supporting rods are pulled, such that the connecting members may drive the sliding devices to slide on the lateral rod, and when the sliding devices reach the limit position, the sliding devices can not continue to move further, and the first supporting rods reach the limit position, and then the sliding devices are fixed by the clamping members, subsequently the bed body is mounted, and the supporting frame of the hammock may not swing due to the presence of the supporting members. When the hammock is not used, the bed body is disassembled, the clamping members are removed and the first supporting rods are pulled, and the connecting members may drive the sliding devices to move, such that the first supporting rods, the connecting members may abut against the lateral rod, thereby realizing the folding process. In the present solution, the connecting members connected to the first supporting rods are used to drive the sliding devices to slide so as to realize the folding and using of the hammock, thus the hammock is convenient to operate and simple to use, thereby effectively reducing the cumbersomeness of the using and folding processes of the hammock.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For more clearly illustrating embodiments of the present application or the technical solution in the prior art, drawings referred to describe the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described hereinafter. Apparently, the drawings in the following description are only several embodiments of the present application, and for the person skilled in the art other drawings may be obtained based on these drawings without any creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of an HM-013 type hammock in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of a hammock according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the hammock according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a partial exploded schematic view of the hammock according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of the hammock in a half-unfolded state according to another embodiment of the present application; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of the hammock according to another embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present application discloses a hammock so as to reduce cumbersomeness of using and folding processes of the hammock in the prior art.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely hereinafter in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Apparently, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all of other embodiments, made by the person skilled in the art without any creative efforts, fall into the protection scope of the present application.
Reference is made to FIGS. 2 to 6, wherein FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of a hammock according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the hammock according to the embodiment of the present application; FIG. 4 is a partial exploded schematic view of the hammock according to the embodiment of the present application; FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of the hammock in a half-unfolded state according to another embodiment of the present application; and FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of the hammock according to another embodiment of the present application.
A hammock includes a bed body, and further includes:
two first supporting rods 1 for supporting the bed body;
a lateral rod 3 having two ends articulated to the two first supporting rods 1 respectively, and each of the two ends of the lateral rod 3 is provided with a sliding device 4 slidably cooperated with the lateral rod 3;
a clamping member 9 for fixing the sliding device 4 on the lateral rod 3;
a connecting member 6 having one end articulated to a rod body of the first supporting rod 1 and the other end articulated to the sliding device 4; and
a supporting member 8 connected to the lateral rod 3, and wherein a plane defined by the supporting member 8 and the lateral rod 3 is perpendicular to a plane defined by the lateral rod and the first supporting rods.
In the hammock according to the present solution, the sliding device 4 is provided on the lateral rod 3, and the connecting member 6 has one end articulated to the sliding device 4 and the other end articulated to the first supporting rod 1. When the first supporting rods 1 are pulled, the first supporting rods 1 pull the connecting members 6 to move, and then the connecting members 6 drive the sliding devices 4 to move, thereby achieving the using and folding of a supporting frame of the hammock. In using, the first supporting rods 1 are pulled in a vertical direction, then the first supporting rods 1 pull the connecting members 6 to move, and the connecting members 6 drive the sliding devices 4 to move, and after the first supporting rods 1 reach a required height, the clamping members 9 are fixed on the lateral rod 3, such that after the bed body is installed, the first supporting rods 1 would not move in a folding direction due to the effect of gravity, and the arrangement of the supporting members 8 ensure that the hammock can stand on the ground. In folding process, the bed body is removed, and the clamping members 9 are disassembled from the lateral rod 3, and the first supporting rods 1 are pushed in the folding direction, then the first supporting rods 1 drive the connecting members 6 to move, and the connecting members 6 push the sliding devices 4 to move, such that the first supporting rods 1 and the connecting members 6 are abutting against the lateral rod 3, thereby realizing the folding process of the supporting frame of the hammock. The apparatus according to the present application achieves the using and folding of the hammock by employing the cooperation of the sliding devices and the connecting members, which is convenient for people to use. The lateral rod 3 in the present solution may be an integral rod, or may consist of several shorter lateral rods. For reducing the packing volume of the hammock, the structure consisted of several shorter lateral rods is preferably employed, and the shorter lateral rods may be connected by bolts or other connection manners, such as the threaded connection.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, a bottom portion of each of the first supporting rods 1 is connected with a sleeve, and the sleeve is connected to the lateral rod 3 via a U-shaped supporting member 7. During the using process of the hammock, the first supporting rod 1 may be damaged, thus in the present embodiment, the first supporting rod 1 is connected to the lateral rod 3 via the sleeve provided at the bottom portion of the first supporting rod 1, which may reduce damages to the first supporting rod 1 effectively; and when replacing is required, only the sleeve needs to be replaced, such that the replacement cost of the device is reduced. The sleeve is connected to the lateral rod 3 via the U-shaped supporting member 7, the U-shaped supporting member 7 has a U-shaped structure, and two side walls of the U-shaped supporting member 7 are both provided with a hole for connecting the sleeve and the lateral rod 3. The present solution employs hinged connection, apparently, other connection manners and connection components capable of achieving the function of the present solution may also be employed, which are not limited herein.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the supporting members 8 are symmetrically arranged at two sides of the lateral rod 3, and each of the supporting members 8 includes a first square iron pipe, a second square iron pipe and a U-shaped connecting member. The first square iron pipe includes one end articulated to the U-shaped supporting member 7 and the other end articulated to one end of the second square iron pipe via the U-shape connecting member. The other end of the second square iron pipe is articulated to the sliding device 4. In the present solution, the first square iron pipe and the second square iron pipe of the supporting member 8 can be unfolded and folded along with the sliding of the sliding device 4. When the hammock is in use, the supporting members 8 are in a folded state, such that the supporting frame of the hammock may stand on the ground so as to ensure the stability of the supporting frame of the hammock. When the hammock is folded up, the supporting members 8 are in an unfolded state, such that the first square iron pipe and the second square iron pipe may abut against two sides of the lateral rod 3, thereby effectively reducing the area occupied by the supporting frame of the hammock being folded, which is convenient for people to carry when going out.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the supporting member 8 is further provided with an adjusting device for adjusting a horizontal degree of the bed body. When people are resting, the ground of the environment for rest may not be very flat, thus the bed body may be tilted when the hammock is in use. In order to guarantee the comfort for people at rest, the adjusting device can be adjusted to keep the bed body in balance so as to reduce the influence caused by the tilt of the bed body.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the adjusting device includes a fine adjusting threaded rod and a fine adjusting foot cooperated with the fine adjusting threaded rod, and the fine adjusting threaded rod is connected to the second square iron pipe via a rivet nut. The fine adjusting threaded rod, the fine adjusting foot and the rivet nut are cooperated to adjust the degree of balance of the bed body, specifically, the rivet nut has an internal thread, a height of the fine adjusting foot can be adjusted by screwing the fine adjusting threaded rod, thereby realizing the object of adjusting the horizontal degree of the bed body. Apparently, other devices capable of achieving the above function may also be employed, which are not limited in the present solution. After the hammock is folded up, the packing volume of the hammock can be further reduced to some extent by suitably adjusting the positions of the fine adjusting threaded rod and the fine adjusting foot.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the connecting member 6 is a cylindrical rod having one end articulated to a rod body of the first supporting rod 1 and the other end articulated to the sliding device 4.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, each of the connecting members 6 includes a first connecting rod 61 and a second connecting rod 62. The first connecting rod 61 includes one end articulated to the rod body of the first supporting rod 1 and the other end articulated to one end of the second connecting rod 62, and the other end of the second connecting rod 62 is articulated to the sliding device 4. During the unfolding process of the hammock, the first connecting rod 61 and the second connecting rod 62 are in a folded state, the first supporting rods 1 are pulled outwardly, then the first connecting rod 61 and the second connecting rod 62 may be gradually unfolded; and after the first supporting rods 1 are completely unfolded, the first connecting rod 61 and the second connecting rod 62 are also in a completely unfolded state, i.e., an angle formed between the first connecting rod 61 and the second connecting rod 62 is 180 degree, and then the sliding device is fixed by the clamping member 9, such that the unfolding process is completed. During the folding process, the clamping member 9 is removed, the first supporting rods 1 are folded inwardly, and the connecting portion of the first connecting rod 61 and the second connecting rod 62 is pushed to fold the first connecting rod 61 and the second connecting rod 62, and then the first supporting rods 1 are continued to be folded inwardly until the first supporting rods 1, the first connecting rod 61 and the second connecting rod 62 are abutting against the lateral rod 3, such that the folding process of the hammock is completed. Apparently, the connecting member 6 may also employ other structural forms capable of achieving the present solution, which are not limited herein.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the lateral rod 3 is provided with a position limiting device 5 for limiting the movement position of the sliding device 4. In using, when the sliding device 4 moves to the position of the position limiting device 5, the first supporting rod 1 reaches the limit position and can not continue to move further, so as to ensure that the bed body is at a height suitable for people to rest.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the position limiting device 5 is a position limiting threaded rod. Apparently, other devices capable of achieving the present function may also be employed, which are not limited in the present solution.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the first supporting rod 1 is connected to the bed body via a hook 2. The bed body can be directly hung on the hooks 2, which facilitates the assembling and disassembling of the bed body.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the clamping member 9 is a plug, and the lateral rod 3 is provided with a hole for inserting the plug. A plug is a common clamping member, which has a low cost and is easy to be obtained and is convenient to use, which may reduce the cumbersomeness of using and folding processes of the hammock to some extent.
In order to further optimize the technical solution described above, in an embodiment of the present application, the sliding device 4 is a sliding block. Apparently, the sliding device 4 may also be other devices capable of achieving the present function, which are not limited in the present solution.
Based on the above description of the disclosed embodiments, the person skilled in the art is capable of carrying out or using the present application. It is obvious for the person skilled in the art to make many modifications to these embodiments. The general principle defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the present application is not limited to the embodiments illustrated herein, but should be defined by the broadest scope consistent with the principle and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A hammock, comprising a bed body and further comprising:

two first supporting rods for supporting the bed body;

a lateral rod having two ends articulated to the two first supporting rods respectively, and each of the two ends of the lateral rod being provided with a sliding device slidably cooperated with the lateral rod;

a clamping member for fixing the sliding device on the lateral rod;

a connecting member having one end articulated to a rod body of the first supporting rod and the other end articulated to the sliding device; and

a supporting member connected to the lateral rod, and a plane defined by the supporting member and the lateral rod being perpendicular to a plane defined by the lateral rod and the first supporting rods.

2. The hammock according to claim 1, wherein a bottom portion of the first supporting rod is connected with a sleeve, and the sleeve is connected to the lateral rod via a U-shaped supporting member.

3. The hammock according to claim 2, wherein the supporting members are symmetrically provided at two sides of the lateral rod, and each of the supporting members comprises a first square iron pipe, a second square iron pipe and a U-shaped connecting member, the first square iron pipe comprises one end articulated to the U-shaped supporting member and the other end articulated to one end of the second square iron pipe via the U-shaped connecting member, and the other end of the second square iron pipe is articulated to the sliding device.

4. The hammock according to claim 3, wherein the supporting member is provided with an adjusting device for adjusting a horizontal degree of the bed body.

5. The hammock according to claim 4, wherein the adjusting device comprises a fine adjusting threaded rod and a fine adjusting foot cooperated with the fine adjusting threaded rod, and the fine adjusting threaded rod is connected to the second square iron pipe via a rivet nut.

6. The hammock according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member is a cylindrical rod having one end articulated to the rod body of the first supporting rod and the other end articulated to the sliding device.

7. The hammock according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod, the first connecting rod comprises one end articulated to the rod body of the first supporting rod and the other end articulated to one end of the second connecting rod, and the other end of the second connecting rod is articulated to the sliding device.

8. The hammock according to claim 1, wherein the lateral rod is provided with a position limiting device for limiting a movement position of the sliding device.

9. The hammock according to claim 8, wherein the position limiting device is a position limiting threaded rod.

10. The hammock according to claim 1, wherein each of the first supporting rods is connected to the bed body via a hook.

11. The hammock according to claim 1, wherein the clamping member is a plug, and the lateral rod is provided with a hole for inserting the plug.

12. The hammock according to claim 1, wherein the sliding device is a sliding block.