US Patent Issued to Yellow Leaf Hammocks on March 11 for "Free-standing hammock stand" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,681, issued on March 11, was assigned to Yellow Leaf Hammocks LLC (Venice, Calif.).

"Free-standing hammock stand" was invented by Iosef Demin (Venice, Calif.), Rachel Connors (Venice, Calif.), Bryce Gibson (Dedham, Mass.) and Kurt MacLaurin (Lincoln, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hammock stand includes two structural support arms extending from a central base and configured to support a hammock above the base. Each support arm has a curved shape bowing inward at upper ends, such that an overall shape of the hammock stand is tapered. The hammock stand is configured to support a hammock occupant generally oriented transverse ...