Patent ID: 7231853

Claim:
A tool capable of selectively driving either a folding tree step having a screw portion and an open-ended channel defined by a backwall and a pair of spaced-apart sidewalls or a rod tree step having a screw portion and a step portion, the tool comprising: an elongate first member extending between opposite first and second ends, a drive portion at the first end and a handle portion at the second end, and a handle attached to the handle portion; the drive portion configured to be received in the channel between the sidewalls of the folding tree step for driving the folding tree step with the tool; the handle spaced away from the drive portion to apply torque when the drive portion is in the step channel, whereby the drive portion drivingly engages a sidewall when torque is applied to the handle to rotate the screw portion; first and second openings extending through the first member to receive a respective step portion of a rod tree step, the first opening comprising a first cross section dimension corresponding to a first diameter rod tree step, the second opening comprising a second cross section dimension corresponding to a second diameter rod tree step; and a third member attached to the first member to engage the screw portion when a step portion is in the first or second opening.