Patent ID: 6945361

Claim:
A manually-operated mobile stand for moving freely with an occupant and being suspended from a single overhead location, and when that location places the occupant in close proximity to a tree, the occupant is able to face the tree and be provided with controlled mobility for easy and silent maneuvering of said stand into any position about the circumference of the tree while the occupant remains seated, and whereby the occupant can promptly achieve a quick 180° shift in position while remaining seated to achieve a comfortable and confident shot in any direction relative to the tree, said mobile stand comprising: a plurality of parallel upper tubular members joined together, with each having a forwardly angled uppermost end and a lower end; attachment means connected to said uppermost ends and adapted for connecting said uppermost ends to rope, cable, and chain; a plurality of lower tubular members each having a first end and a second end, with said first ends being connected to said lower ends of said upper tubular members, upper portions of said lower tubular members diverging downwardly and away from each other, and lower portions of said lower tubular members extending in a forwardly direction and forming spaced apart seat supports; a front rail positioned in front of said seat supports, with said second ends of said lower tubular members being connected to said front rail; a U-shaped arm rest with a web portion thereof centrally connected to said downwardly diverging lower tubular members and leg portions of said U-shaped arm rest extending above and substantially parallel to said seat supports, said leg portions having downwardly extending ends connected to said front rail; and a seat comprising a flexible material attached between and to said seat supports so that when said attachment means is connected to a single overhead location in proximity to a tree and an occupant is positioned on said seat, while facing the tree the seated occupant is able to employ hands, arms, legs, and feet in varying combination to promptly, silently, and in a controlled manner change position of said mobile stand relative to the tree.