Collapsible supporting frame for a hammock

Abstract

A collapsible supporting frame for a hammock has a frame body symmetrical to a longitudinal center plane and consisting of straight struts and joint pieces with plug-in receptacles interconnecting the struts. The frame body comprises two joint pieces having plug-in receptacles for three struts each which define a tetrahedron, of which two are foot struts and the third strut, which extends in the plane of symmetry between the two foot struts, is a support arm for the hammock. Between the two joint pieces on the side facing away from the tetrahedron a longitudinal strut engages in aligned plug-in receptacles of the joint pieces, and the struts that form a tetrahedron, and the foot struts of opposite joint pieces are interconnected by traction means engaging at the strut ends.

1 . A collapsible supporting frame for a hammock, said supporting frame comprising:
 a frame body that is symmetrical in relation to a longitudinal center plane and made of straight struts and joint pieces that connect the struts to one another and form plug-in receptacles for the struts,   wherein the frame body comprises two joint pieces having plug-in receptacles each for three respective struts that define a tetrahedron, wherein two of the struts are formed as foot struts and a third of said struts extends in a plane of symmetry between the two foot struts and is in the form of a support arm configured to support the hammock,   wherein a longitudinal strut extends between the two joint pieces on sides thereof facing away from the respective tetrahedron and engages in aligned plug-in receptacles of the joint pieces, and   wherein traction structures connect ends of both the third struts with ends of the foot struts of the associated joint pieces, and the ends of the foot struts opposite each other on the opposing joint pieces engage and are interconnected by traction structures.   
     
     
         2 . A supporting frame according to  claim 1 , wherein the support arms for the hammock have lengths that are at least twice the length of the foot struts. 
     
     
         3 . A supporting frame according to  claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal strut is formed from two interconnectable partial struts. 
     
     
         4 . A supporting frame according to  claim 2 , wherein the longitudinal strut is formed from two interconnectable partial struts. 
     
     
         5 . A collapsible supporting frame for a hammock, said supporting frame comprising:
 a frame body that is symmetrical relative to a longitudinal vertical center plane;   the frame body comprising two joint pieces each having plug-in receptacles each receiving therein a respective end of a set of three struts that with the associated joint piece define a respective tetrahedron;   two of the struts of each set of struts being configured to function as foot struts and extending symmetrically relative to each other downwardly from the associated joint piece relative to the longitudinal vertical center plane,   the third strut of each set of struts extending upwardly from the associated joint piece in the longitudinal vertical center plane of symmetry between the two foot struts and being a support arm configured to support the hammock at a respective end thereof,   wherein the two joint pieces have sides facing away from the respective tetrahedron and towards each other that each has a respective plug-in receptacle aligned with each other, and   wherein a longitudinal strut is supported between the joint pieces and has ends that are each engaged in a respective one of the plug-in receptacles of a respective the joint piece, and   wherein the struts of each set of struts that form the respective tetrahedron have strut ends that are interconnected with each other by tension members engaging with said strut ends, and the ends of the foot struts on the same side of the longitudinal vertical center plane are connected to each other by tension members engaging at the strut ends thereof.   
     
     
         6 . A supporting frame according to  claim 5 , wherein the foot struts have a length, and the support arms have a length that is at least twice the length of the foot struts. 
     
     
         7 . A supporting frame according to  claim 5 , wherein the longitudinal strut comprises two partial struts connected with each other. 
     
     
         8 . A supporting frame according to  claim 6 , wherein the longitudinal strut comprises two partial struts connected with each other.