Patent ID: 8397867

Claim:
A tree stand adapted to create a spiral step around a tree comprising: a trunk connector bracket including a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side; said trunk connector bracket being adapted to be mounted to a tree by its top being in tension and its bottom being in compression; a first platform mounted to said trunk connector bracket approximate to said bottom and to said first side; a second platform mounted to said trunk connector bracket approximate to said top and said second side; said first and second platforms creating a spiral step; a plurality of support braces for supporting said first and second platforms in position on said trunk connector bracket; said plurality of support braces including: a plurality of vertical braces interconnecting said first platform and said second platform; a first horizontal angled brace interconnecting said first platform with said trunk connector bracket adapted for maintaining said first platform at a fixed angle with said trunk connector bracket; a second horizontal angled brace interconnecting said second platform with said trunk connector bracket adapted for maintaining said second platform at a fixed angle with said trunk connector bracket; a first vertical angled brace interconnecting the bottom of said second platform with the bottom of said trunk connector bracket; a plurality of second vertical angled braces interconnecting the top of said first platform with the bottom of said second platform; and an end brace interconnecting the first and second platforms at their ends opposite of said trunk connector bracket.