Patent ID: 7232010

Claim:
A hunting ladder for attachment to a tree or pole, comprising: a plurality of ladder sections that can be assembled together to form a rigid structure, including side rails and rungs extending between the side rails, the side rails comprising elongate structural beams, wherein the structural beams comprise double box I-beams having two box sections and a web extending therebetween; external side bolsters adapted to be mounted to the outside of adjacent ladder sections to couple the ladder sections together, the external side bolsters being shaped to match and closely abut the structural beams, wherein the external side bolsters are permanently or semi-permanently mounted to one ladder section and can be removably mounted to an adjacent ladder section, wherein the side bolsters closely overlay the contours of the double box i-beams, including the web and the two box sections and wrap around distal edges of the box section, and wherein the structural beams and the external side bolsters have shapes that mate together; and fasteners extendable through the side bolsters and the structural beams to allow the adjacent ladder sections to be coupled together and uncoupled, as desired.