Patent ID: 8695761
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. A ladder tree stand for supporting a hunter at an elevated position above ground, comprising: a seating platform assembly adapted for frictional engagement with a tree; a ladder assembly having a plurality of interconnecting ladder segments, each ladder segment having at least one rung extending between a pair of opposed side rails, said ladder segments connected end to end from a lower end of said ladder assembly to an upper end of said ladder assembly; a truss assembly including a flexible cable and a brace, said flexible cable having a first end connected to said ladder assembly near said upper end of said ladder assembly and a second end connected to said ladder assembly near said lower end of said ladder assembly, and said brace connected to said ladder assembly and in engagement with said flexible cable to space an intermediate portion of said flexible cable from said ladder assembly for tensioning said flexible cable urging said ladder assembly to bow outward away from said flexible cable to brace said ladder assembly against deflection; and a strap assembly connected to a middle portion of said ladder assembly for engaging the tree, the strap assembly urging said ladder assembly to bow inward toward the tree and downward toward the ground to counteract the bowing urged by the flexible cable, wherein the brace of said truss assembly and said strap assembly are connected to said ladder assembly at the same location.