Patent ID: 8122998

Claim:
A device for transporting and erecting a tree ladder stand for hunting, comprising: a cart having: an axle assembly with wheels; a handle assembly; a plurality of poles each having opposite ends removable assembled to axle and handle assemblies to form a bed of the cart; a wall removably assembled to the axle assembly; a tree ladder stand placeable onto the cart for transport to a tree; a hoist assembly having: a leg having top and bottom ends formed by the poles being disassembled from the axle and handle assemblies and re-assembled end-to-end; a clamp mounted on the top end of the leg; a first pulley system on the clamp; a rope operatively threaded through the first pulley system and having a first end connected to the clamp, and a second end to be pulled by a hunter on the ground to close the clamp around the tree; a second pulley system on the clamp; a line threaded through the second pulley system and having a first end connected to the tree stand and a second end to be pulled and thereby raise the ladder stand into position against the tree without assistance from another person.