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Sling furniture is usually a suspended, free-swinging chair, bed, or hammock that is made of a framework connected to hanging straps or rope. When attached to poles or a frame for carrying, a sling becomes a stretcher, a simple form of litter.

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  A sling being used to carry an injured man
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  Hanging chair in Yucatán, 2007
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  Hammock chair, Salem, Oregon, US, 2014
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  An upholstered hanging chair, Spain, 2012
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  Baby asleep in a hammock, Na Khun Yai, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand, 2004
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  British naval hammocks, 1700–1800s. HMS Victory reconstruction

See also

• Sex swing
• Swing (seat)

External links

• Media related to Suspended furniture at Wikimedia Commons

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