Multi-Configuration Hammock Frame with Pivot Joints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hammocks and hammock supports have limited functionality as they only offer a single expanded configuration, restricting their versatility and user positioning options.
Innovation Solution
A hammock support system with a frame that can transition between multiple expanded configurations and a collapsed configuration, featuring a hammock membrane with distinct receiving portions for torso and lower body support, allowing for reclined and upright user positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a hammock support uses a single expanded configuration, then the structure is simple, but the functionality and user positioning options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The frame incorporates movable joints and pivot points that allow it to dynamically transition between multiple expanded configurations (first expanded configuration for reclined positioning, second expanded configuration for upright positioning). This dynamic capability enables the hammock support to adapt to different user needs while maintaining a relatively simple base structure that can be collapsed for storage.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a hammock member defines only a single receiving portion, then the structure is simple, but the user positioning options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The hammock member is segmented into multiple distinct receiving portions: a first receiving portion for supporting the user's torso and a second receiving portion for supporting the user's lower body. This segmentation allows different parts of the hammock member to serve different functions, enabling versatile user positioning (reclined or upright) while keeping each individual receiving portion structurally simple.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a frame has a first expanded configuration, a second expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame includes a support member, a first elongate member, a second elongate member and a coupling member. A first end portion of the first elongate member is pivotally coupled to the support member. A first end portion of the second elongate member is pivotally coupled to the support member. The coupling member is coupled to a second end portion of the second elongate member. A second end portion of the first elongate member is coupled to the coupling at a first location of the coupling member when the frame is in its first expanded configuration. The second end portion of the first elongate member is coupled to the coupling member at a second location of the coupling member when the frame is in its second expanded configuration.