Patent ID: 8752671

Claim:
A portable, freestanding device for use in mounting a horse, the device comprising: a center pole having a first end and a second end; a handle formed on the first end of the center pole; a rope attached to the handle; a base support affixed to the second end of the center pole; an upper step bracket mounted onto the center pole at a position between the first end of the center pole and the second end of the center pole; an upper step pivotally mounted onto the first upper step bracket; a lower step bracket mounted onto the center pole at a position below the upper step bracket; a lower step pivotally mounted onto the lower step bracket; a collar mounted onto the center pole below the lower step bracket; at least four legs, each one of the legs having a first end and a second end, the first end of the legs respectively being pivotally mounted onto the collar; locking means for releasably locking each of the legs; Wherein each of the second ends of each of the legs has an opening, the device further comprising: a plurality of leg extensions, each of the leg extensions having a first end and a second end, each of the first ends of the leg extensions respectively being inserted into the opening in the second end of the legs respectively; latching means for releasably locking each of the leg extensions into an extended position.