Patent ID: 8522920
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A tree stand that can be adjusted in an x, y, and z plane, the tree stand comprising: a y-axis frame capable of being removably secured along a tree, an x-axis frame directly connected to the y-axis frame, and a z-axis frame directly connected to the x-axis frame; the y-axis frame comprising a first rectangular frame having a first left vertical rail, a first right vertical rail, a first bottom horizontal rail, a first middle horizontal rail and a first top horizontal rail, the first left vertical rail is parallel to the first right vertical rail, the first bottom horizontal rail is parallel to the first middle and top horizontal rails so that the first bottom, middle and top horizontal rails respectively directly connect the first left vertical rail and the first right vertical rail, a center of the first middle horizontal rail has a first aperture, the first top horizontal rail has a first channel that extends from the first left vertical rail to the first right vertical rail and the first bottom horizontal rail has a second channel that extends from the first left vertical rail to the first right vertical rail, a top end of the first top horizontal rail is directly attached to a first u-shaped top tree member having a serrated edge that allows the top tree member to dig into the tree, a bottom end of the first bottom horizontal rail is directly attached to a second u-shaped bottom tree member having a serrated edge that allows the bottom tree member to dig into the tree, the y-axis frame is also directly attached to a securing strap capable of removably securing the y-axis frame to the tree; the x-axis frame comprising a second rectangular frame having a second left vertical rail, a second right vertical rail, a second bottom horizontal rail, a second middle horizontal rail and a second top horizontal rail, the second left vertical rail is parallel to the second right vertical rail, the second bottom horizontal rail is parallel to the second middle and second top horizontal rails so that the second bottom, middle and top horizontal rails respectively directly connect the second left vertical rail and the second right vertical rail, a center of the second middle horizontal rail has a second aperture, the second left vertical rail is directly attached to a curved left seat support rail having a left seat support groove forming a plurality of notches, the second right vertical rail is directly attached to a curved right seat support rail having a right seat support groove forming a plurality of notches, below the curved left seat support rail is a left floor support rail that is directly attached to a bottom of the second left vertical rail, the left floor support rail having a plurality of floor support apertures, below the curved right seat support rail is a right floor support rail that is directly attached to a bottom of the second right vertical rail, the right floor support rail having a plurality of floor support apertures, the floor support rails and the curved seat support rails extend orthogonally away from the second vertical rails; the z-axis frame comprising at least one tubular vertical rail, at a top end of the at least one tubular vertical rail is a plurality of seat holes and a seat that has a vertical seat rail slidably positioned within the at least one tubular vertical rail so that a height of the seat can be secured and adjusted with respect to the at least one tubular vertical rail via the plurality of seat holes, the seat further comprising a horizontal tubular rail directly and orthogonally attached to the vertical seat rail, the horizontal tubular rail has a second horizontal seat rail slidably positioned within for horizontal adjustability of the seat, at a bottom end of the at least one tubular vertical rail is a receiver hole situated below a floor directly attached to the at least one tubular vertical rail, the floor extends orthogonally to the at least one tubular vertical rail; the y-axis frame is directly connected to the x-axis frame via a first, second and third bolt, the first bolt passes through the first and second apertures of the first and second middle horizontal rails, the second bolt passes through the first and second top horizontal rails and the third bolt passes through the first and second bottom horizontal rails, the x-axis frame can pivot with respect to the y-axis frame about the first bolt so that the x-axis frame and y-axis frame rotate within two planes parallel to each other during rotation; the at least one tubular vertical rail is directly connected to at least one of the seat support grooves so that the at least one tubular vertical rail can be adjustably secured along a corresponding plurality of notches, the receiver hole is directly attached to one of the plurality of floor support apertures of one of the floor support rails so that the z-axis frame can pivot about the receiver and move along a z-direction which is perpendicular to the two parallel planes, the seat and the floor are both capable of supporting a human.