I'd like to hang a cocoon-type hammock device from a few railings overhead. It hooks onto a single point and hangs vertically, as opposed to a traditional hammock that you'd see hung horizontally between two trees.
It has to support one person's weight, but none of the potential fixing points are strong enough individually. I'm looking for a way to distribute the load (as equally as possible) between multiple fixing points. I'm going down this road, because this is a rented space and I can't drill for more traditional high-load fixing points.
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Best Answer
You can use a concept from rock climbing here. There are methods of attaching to multiple anchors that are meant to distribute the load to three anchors, such as a cordalette:
You can search and find instructions for how to tie a cordalette, which might be all you need.
There are other methods that are meant to have some slip so that the load is evenly distributed between the multiple anchor points. Here is an example:
You'll find lots of examples for this if you search for "climbing equalizing anchors" or something like that.