Patent ID: 9585379
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A01M,E04H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for engaging trees and for supporting a person above the ground, comprising: a tree stand member comprising a main frame supporting a seat member, a standing platform suspended on the main frame below the seat member, the platform capable of supporting a user in a standing position, a canopy assembly pivotally secured to the main frame and configured to extend above the seat member, and a gun holder assembly detachably mounted on a rail, the gun holder assembly comprising a pair of gun holder units securable to the rail in a spaced apart relationship, gun holder units comprising a pair of parallel gun holder members of different lengths retained in spaced apart relationship by a first transverse member and defining U-shaped channel for receiving a rifle barrel or rifle stock therein, wherein the longer of the gun holder members is detachably inserted into an aperture formed in a rail such that a securing end of the longer gun holder member extends outwardly from the rail, and wherein the holder unit comprises a clip for engaging the securing end of the longer gun holder member thereby preventing disengagement of the gun holder unit from the rail.