Patent ID: 6988588

Claim:
A climbing tree stand platform for engaging a support comprising: a platform member having an inner end for engaging the support, an outer end, and two sides opposite one another connecting said inner end and said outer end, two pivot arm support members rigidly connected to the platform member and extending upward therefrom toward said inner end of said platform member wherein said pivot arm support members maintain a position substantially parallel to each other, two brace members, each rigidly connecting one of said pivot arm support members to said platform member, two substantially Y-shaped pivot arm assemblies, each having a pivot arm and a pivot arm brace rigidly connected to said pivot arm wherein each pivot arm assembly pivots about an axis adjacent to and substantially parallel with one of the respective brace members, for pivoting toward and contacting opposite sides of the support as a downward force is applied to said platform member, and each of said two pivot arm assemblies being adapted to receive a flexible connector removably connected to each of said two pivot arm support members for extension around the support to hold said platform member to said support.