Noob question about single-point suspension?

[Aicht]

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I was inspired to try this by a neat little device called a cocoon; it's only a concept but it rather intrigued me. You can see it here: LINK

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EDIT: I figured out how to do this using a Japanese method of making a bag out of a square of fabric called Furoshiki!

I've done the bag thing before, but hadn't connected it to the hammock thing. So now I have a method to make a hammock from a single bedsheet-type piece of fabric that can be suspended from one point, which you can lay down fully in!

Basically, get an old sheet to try this out on, go HERE (link to furoshiki instructions) and follow the instructions for 'katakake futuro' (the fourth one in the top row); then hang by the 'handle'. It's good to make the ties on the sides pretty small, so that there's maybe 8 in. - a foot of fabric sticking out.

To get in, get in it like you would a hammock chair, and then scoot around and spread the fabric until you've got a nice hammock. If you make the side ties the same size, your head will for whatever reason be below your feet... it's still comfortable though.. I believe this problem can be fixed by leaving more fabric sticking out on the head-side tie.

Here are some pictures of my brother (about 5'4" or so) in the hammock. (the hammock looks pretty odd from the outside, and it did especially because he was squirming around! But it's quite comfortable. And I believe that a king-sized bedsheet size would hold some pretty tall people. (I'm about 5'2" and I had some extra room gathered under me.)

I used my old sheet with stars on them for this, so that's why the funky sheets xD

Him adjusting himself in the hammock: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Z...0/113_8428.JPG

Him relaxing: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h...6/113_8429.JPG

Saying hi: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a...2/113_8430.JPG

[bindibadgi]

Intriguing, but I would fear the shoulder squeeze!

Maybe someone could develop a single point suspension bridge hammock. Now that would be pretty awesome!

I was actually considering a single point suspension as an alternative to the two tripods used in turtlelady's design. The suspension would go from a point above, out to both ends of a big spreader bar (probably 10' long), and then the hammock would be hanging from the ends of that bar. It's not that portable, but the spreader bar could be a two or three piece design which can be taken apart for haulage.

[Aicht]

Intriguing, but I would fear the shoulder squeeze!

You know, I hadn't really noticed the shoulder squeeze until you said that... I have relatively narrow shoulders (being a younger, petite-ish woman) but it is somewhat annoying.

Still, it's surprisingly comfortable, and there's a lot of freedom of squirming, especially in the knees; I can lie in a somewhat curled-up position in it if I want to with the hammock following my contours.

[Sweetspot]

Thats pretty neat. Looks like another prototype project for next week. Thanks for sharing.

[MAD777]

Check out the "hammocks" that rock climbers sleep in.
I guess they don't roll over much during the night!
http://www.mountaingear.com/webstore.../R-112199P.htm