Patent ID: 7497302
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A platform which a user can attach to a tree, comprising: a. a frame, having a treeward-facing side; b. a brace, located on said treeward-facing side of said frame, configured to bear against said tree; c. a first slider, slidably attached to said frame; d. locking means for locking said first slider to said frame; e. a flexible tensile member, having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end is attached to said first slider and said second end is attached to said frame; f. wherein said slidable attachment between said first slider and said frame comprises said first slider sliding along a bar attached to said frame; g. wherein said locking means comprises unidirectional locking means, whereby said unidirectional locking means is configured to lock and hold said slider to said frame when a tensile load is applied to said slider such that said slider is free to slide along said bar in a direction away from said brace, but unable to travel along said bar in the opposite direction, unless said user releases said unidirectional locking means; and h. wherein said locking means comprises: