Patent ID: 6250427
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A deer stand comprising:a foot platform includinga first elongated side member extending in a first direction;a second elongated side member extending in the first direction and opposing the first side member;a first elongated end member extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, having a first end welded to a first end of the first elongated side member, and a second end welded to a first end of the second side member;a first elongated angled member extending in a direction angled with respect to the first and second directions, and having a first end welded to a second end of the first side member;a second elongated angled member extending in a direction angled with respect to the first and second directions, and having a first end welded to a second end of the second side member;a second elongated end member extending along the second direction and having a first end welded to a second end of the first angled member, and a second end welded to a second end of the second angled member, the second end member being shorter in length than the first end member;a plurality of parallel elongated foot support members extending along the second direction, and having opposing ends attached to inner sides of the first and second side members; anda stability member extending along the first direction, and having a first end welded to a middle portion of the second end member on an inner side thereof, and having a second end welded to an inner side of and at a middle portion of one of the plurality of foot support members closest to the stability member;a seat platform includinga first elongated side member extending in the first direction;a second elongated side member extending in the first direction and opposing the first side member of the seat portion;a first elongated end member extending along the second direction and having a first end welded to a first end of the first side member of the seat platform, and a second end welded to a first end of the second side member of the seat platform;a second end member extending along the second direction, having a first end welded to a second end of the first side member of the seat platform, and a second end welded to a second end of the second side member of the seat platform; anda wire mesh having an edge welded to top sides of the first and second side members of the seat platform and the first and second end members of the seat platform;a first elongated stanchion extending in a third direction normal to the first and second directions, having a first end welded to a middle portion of a bottom side of the second end member of the seat platform, and a second end welded to a middle portion on a top side of the second end member of the foot platform;a second elongated stanchion having a first end welded at a joint between the first end of the first side member of the seat platform, and having a second end welded to a joint between the second end of the first side member of the foot platform and the first end of the first angled member, the second stanchion extending from its first end to its second end in a direction outwardly from the first side member of the seat platform and forwardly of the first end member of the seat platform; anda third elongated stanchion having a first end welded to a joint of the second end of the first end member of the seat platform and the first end of the second side member of the seat platform, and having a second end welded to a joint between the second end of the second side member of the foot platform and the first end of the second angled member, the third stanchion extending from its first end to its second end in a direction outwardly from the second side member of the seat platform and forwardly of the first end member of the seat platform; said first, second, and third elongated stanchions being the only stanchions in said deer stand.