OK so I believe this is something new and is more a happy accident, than great design. It started out as an epic failure and evolved into a remarkably comfortable hammock. I should also say here that this is more of an implied footbox or even a footbox effect rather than a traditional sewn on footbox.
I plan to add a mini spreader bar to it, it's doing just fine without it, but I might as well go all in.
The gist of what's going on here is, I started tablecloth hammock 60"x126" and by folding the corners of each end in and making a channel end hammock. Because of the fold it became a tapered hammock 34" wide at the channel and 120" long. Although it's 34" wide at the end, the body of the hammock is about 58.5" wide after adding the side channels. So I had effectively made a skinny hammock with floppy sides. However I sewed a small channel into the sides into which I put zingit UCR's that connect to the hammock suspension. Now those floppy sides have structural support and this created a quasi footbox. It would be similar to a structural full length Knotty mod, plus the fold at the end channel.
If you look at the drawing, the top half is the before the fold and channel is sewn, and the bottom half represents the after the fold. On the top half you take the green corner and fold it til it touches the corner where the blue square and red body meet and tack it down, I sewed along the sort edge of that triangle to secure it. Do that three more times for the other corners then just fold the end over to make a 3" end channel. The side channels start and end 18" from the ends (yellow in the drawing). I did add a piece of bungee to one side to get some give for entry exit. Haven't been able to spend a night in it yet, too cold out and I don't have an inside stand. But early tests have been very promising.
Even as I look at it I'm not sure you would need to do all four corners, you could just do opposite corners and make it lay specific, ie: right lay or left lay.
As always suggestions for improvement are welcome.
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