One cannot really expect miracles from a natural cotton rope structure supported by two spreader bars and zinc-plated hanging hardware.
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Unfortunately, the spreader bars also make the hammock unsteady since the metacenter of the hammock when sleeping is very high.
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Mike Horgan and Larry Stanley developed a spreader bar to balance the load and prevent the harness from squeezing the wearer's chest.
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A subset of this style is the single-spreader bar hammock, which uses a spreader bar on only one end and is much more stable.
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A subset of this style is the single-spreader bar hammock, which uses a spreader bar on only one end and is much more stable.
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Bondage can also be achieved by spreading the appendages and fastening them with chains or ropes to a St . Andrew's cross or spreader bars.
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The person may be suspended with their legs together, or held apart either by using a spreader bar or by securing the ankles to two separate locations.
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On the positive side, spreader bars spread the weight of the hammock's occupants so that two or more people can share the bed without rolling toward the middle.
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They are designed for the person in them to lie horizontally or diagonally across the bed of the hammock instead of lying lengthwise like in a hammock with spreader bars.
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A variation of the single-spreader bar hammock has three attachment points, one at each corner of the spreader bar and one at the non-spreader bar end and is nearly untippable.
