Patent ID: 6883644

Claim:
A tree stand comprising: a platform for supporting an individual including a perimetrically extending platform frame defining a horizontally outermost platform perimeter and a vertical access opening therethrough for allowing the vertical passage of an individual therethrough between a position underlying the platform frame and a position overlying the platform frame; a pair of closure doors for selectively closing said access opening; and means articulately mounting said closure doors on said perimetrically extending platform frame adjacent said opening for movement between closure positions of the doors adjacent each other, generally lying in the same plane, and completely spanning said frame to close said opening and provide a support for an individual overlying said platform frame, and open upstanding positions transverse to said plane alongside said opening to allow an individual to pass through said opening; and means for mounting said platform in a generally horizontally disposed position on an upstanding support; a chair including a seat on which an individual positioned on said platform may sit; and means for mounting said seat in vertically spaced relation with said platform.