Patent ID: 7533761
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: A01M,A63B

Abstract:
1. A tree stand comprising a planar load supporting platform having a pair of sides, an inner end for abutting a tree truck and an outer free end; a support arm pivotally connected to each side of said platform, each said arm including a first arm section and a second arm section connected end-to-end with said first arm section, said first arm section having one end pivotally connected to a platform near said outer free end and closer to said outer free end than to the inner end of the platform, said second arm section being pivotally connected at one end to a second end of said first arm section, said platform side and said first and second arm sections occupying parallel planes, a flat, V-shaped yoke having a center pivotally connected to the inner end of the platform at the center thereof and a pair of ends pivotally connected to second ends of said second arm sections; whereby said first and second arm sections can be folded into overlapping relationship with each other against the platform side and the yoke can be folded downwardly and forwardly into overlapping relationship with the inner end of the platform; a belt having a pair of ends slidable in second, free ends of said second arm sections for forming a loop around a tree; and latches on said second arm sections for releasably locking the belt in said second arm sections.