Patent ID: 8534423
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A tree stand and mounting member assembly, comprising: a base; a seat attached to the base, wherein the seat is configured to allow a user to sit thereon when the tree stand and mounting member assembly is mounted to a tree in a use configuration; a platform attached to the base, wherein the platform is configured to allow a user to stand thereon when the tree stand and mounting member assembly is mounted to the tree in the use configuration; a mounting member that is releasably attachable to the base and that has a body; and a first engagement member that has a first portion that is non-removably attached to the body of the mounting member and that has a second portion that is non-removably attached to the base, wherein one of the first and second portions of the first engagement member is a first female member that has a planar surface, wherein the other one of the first and second portions of the first engagement member is a first male member that has a planar surface, wherein the planar surface of the first female member mates with the planar surface of the first male member in a non-rotatable manner when the first and second portions of the first engagement member are engaged with one another; a second engagement member that has a first portion that is non-removably attached to the body of the mounting member and a second portion that is non-removably attached to the base, wherein one of the first and second portions of the second engagement member is a second female member that has a planar surface, wherein the other one of the first and second portions of the second engagement member is a second male member that has a planar surface, wherein the planar surface of the second female member mates with the planar surface of the second male member in a non-rotatable manner when the first and second portions of the second engagement member are engaged with one another; wherein the first and second portions of the first engagement member and the first and second portions of the second engagement member disengage to allow the mounting member to be releasably attachable to the base; wherein when the tree stand and mounting member assembly is mounted to the tree in the use configuration the mounting member is directly attached to the tree and to the base, and wherein when the tree stand and mounting member assembly is mounted to the tree in the use configuration the base, the seat, and the platform are not directly attached to the tree; wherein the base is removable from the mounting member such that the mounting member remains directly attached to the tree and is not directly attached to the base, and wherein when so removed the base, the seat, and the platform are not attached to the tree; wherein the second engagement member is spaced from the first engagement member and wherein the entire first and second engagement members are located at a same side of the body that faces away from the tree and has a surface normal with respect to the same side of the body that extends away from the tree and wherein the side of the body extends from the first engagement member to the second engagement member when the mounting member is mounted to the tree in the use configuration.