Patent ID: 6866120

Claim:
A portable tree stand designed to be releasably secured to a non-vertical tree, comprising: a standing platform having a standing platform deck, at least one standing platform support, a support post receiver, and at least one platform retainer having a retainer proximal end and a retainer distal end wherein the retainer proximal end is releasably secured to the standing platform; a seating platform having a seating platform deck, a seating support assembly, and a support post mount; a mounting structure having a structure proximal end, a structure distal end, a mounting chain having a first end and a second end, and an attachment member to releasably secure the at least one platform retainer distal end and the mounting chain to the mounting structure, wherein the seating support assembly is rotably connected substantially near the structure distal end, the at least one standing platform support is rotably connected substantially near the structure proximal end, and the attachment member is connected between the structure proximal end and the structure distal end and includes a chain tightening assembly attached to the mounting chain at the first end and further includes a mounting chain receiver for releasably receiving the mounting chain upon encircling the tree whereby the chain tightening assembly may impart a tensile load on the mounting chain thereby gripping the tree; and a seat support post having a post proximal end and a post distal end, wherein the seat support post is rotably connected to the support post mount substantially near the post distal end and the post proximal end is adjustably received by the support post receiver, such that the standing platform deck and the seating platform deck may remain in a predetermined angular relationship despite a non-orthogonal relationship between the mounting structure and the standing platform deck or the seating platform deck.