Patent ID: 7461822

Claim:
An observation stand accessory apparatus for placing, holding and/or storing useful items comprising: a collapsible frame assembly having a central frame member and two side support members, said side support members having a forward end and a trailing end, with said central frame member being pivotably attached at either end to the forward end of one of said side support members; means, pivotally attached to the trailing end of each said side support members of said frame assembly, for mounting said frame assembly to a horizontal bar or similar structural member of a typical outdoor observation stand or platform; a flexible panel member having one or more open storage compartments suspended therefrom wherein said panel member is attached along its forward edge to the central frame member of said frame assembly and wherein the rear edge of said panel member comprises a sleeve for receiving and housing a rigid pin member; means for deploying and stabilizing said flexible panel member comprising one or more securing means permanently and spaceably attached to a rigid pin member of said panel member wherein said securing means is designed to be removably attached to said horizontal bar or similar structural member; and, means, attached to said collapsible frame assembly, for binding and securing said accessory apparatus, when said apparatus is in a collapsed or retracted configuration, to itself or to said horizontal bar or similar structural member of said typical outdoor observation stand or platform.