Patent ID: 8807278

Claim:
A collapsible hunting stand assembly comprising: a ladder including a pair of posts, each of said posts having a bottom end and a top end, each of said posts being telescoping and including a plurality of tubular members, each of said posts having a same number of said tubular members such that sets of tubular members are defined each including one tubular member from each said posts; said ladder further including a plurality of rungs, each of said rungs being attached to and extending between said posts such that each of rungs is attached to and extending between one of said sets; a plurality of locking members, each of said locking members locking adjacent ones of said sets of tubular members in an extended position; a seat having a front edge, a back edge and a pair of side edges, said front edge being pivotally coupled to said ladder, said seat being extendable rearward of said posts, said posts each having a longitudinal axis, a plane being defined being parallel to and including each said longitudinal axis, said seat being positioned completely rearward of said posts and said plane when said seat is oriented perpendicular to said posts; a pair of brackets, each of said brackets being attached to one of said posts and being positioned nearer the top ends than the bottom ends of the posts; a pair of supports, each of said supports being removably attached to and extending between one of said brackets and said back edge of said seat such that said seat is angled with respect to said post; and a footrest including a rearward edge and a forward edge, said rearward edge being hingedly coupled to said posts and being extendable forward of said posts, said footrest being spaced from said supports such that said posts are positioned between said footrest and said supports, an entirety of said footrest being positioned forward of said posts and said plane when said footrest is oriented perpendicular to said posts.