Air mattress and hammock combination

Claim 1

A STRESS-TRANSMITTING AND MINIMIZING TOP-SURFACELOADING HAMMOCK-TYPE MATTRESS STRUCTURE, COMPRISING: A LONGITUDINAL UPPER SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PANEL MEMBER HAVING A TOP LOAD-RECEIVING SURFACE ADAPTED TO EFFECTIVELY RECEIVE AND CARRY A LOAD THEREABOVE; A LONGITUDINAL LOWER TENSION PANEL MEMBER SIMILAR TO SAID LONGITUDINAL UPPER PANEL MEMBER BUT LONGER THAN SAME AND HAVING AT OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL ENDS THEREOF TENSION ATTACHMENT PORTIONS THEREOF COOPERABLE FOR ATTACHMENT TO TWO CORRESPONDING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED AUXILIARY, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DIRECTED AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL ELEVATED END SUPPORT BAR MEMBERS, WHICH ARE SO LONGITUDINALLY SPACED WITH RESPECT TO THE LENGTH OF SAID LOWER TENSION PANEL MEMBER AS TO CAUSE IT TO LIE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY DOWNWARDLY LOOPED AND CURVED CONFIGURATION CLOSELY SIMULATING A CATENARY AS SEEN IN SIDE ELEVATION, AND WHICH HOLD SAID LOWER PANEL MEMBER ELEVATED ABOVE A SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN SAID CURVED CONFIGURATION; AND STRESS-TRANSFERRING COMPRESSION MEANS EFFECTIVELY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID UPPER PANEL MEMBER AND LOWER TENSION PANEL MEMBER AND EFFECTIVELY COMPRESSIBLY COUPLING SAID UPPER PANEL MEMBER, AND ANY LOAD EFFECTIVELY CARRIED THEREABOVE, TO SAID LOWER TENSION PANEL MEMBER BY DIRECT DOWNWARD COMPRESSIVE STRESS TRANSFER.