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US 12,527,314 B2Granted
Platform assembly for attachment to a tree
AssigneeLatitude Outdoors, LLC
InventorsKevin Leach, Alex Chopp, Jake Matelic
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Abstract
A platform assembly for attachment to a tree includes a platform, an integrally formed post coupled to the platform and operable to pivot relative to the platform about a pivot axis, and a standoff extending outward from the post proximate to the first end. The post extends from a first end to a second end along a length of the post that is substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis.
Claims19
A platform assembly for attachment to a tree, comprising:
- a platform;
- an integrally formed post coupled to the platform and operable to pivot relative to the platform about a pivot axis, the post extending from a first end to a second end along a length of the post that is substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis, wherein the post is an injection-molded post and comprises a plurality of fibers that includes every fiber that is disposed within the post, wherein the plurality of fibers includes a sub-plurality of fibers, wherein each fiber in the sub-plurality of fibers is elongated in a lengthwise direction of the fiber and oriented such that the lengthwise direction is substantially parallel to the length of the post, and wherein the sub-plurality of fibers includes a majority of the fibers in the plurality of fibers;
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- a standoff extending outward from the post proximate to the first end.
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A one-piece post of a platform assembly for attachment to a tree, comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end opposite the first end, such that a length of said post extends from the first end to the second end;
- a front face positioned between the first and second ends and having a substantially planar portion that extends laterally from a first lateral edge to a second lateral edge for a distance that defines a lateral width of the substantially planar portion of the front face;
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- at least one hook that extends outward from the substantially planar portion of the front face and defines at least one receiving recess configured to receive a rope therein, wherein, where the at least one hook extends from the front face, the at least one hook has a lateral width that is substantially equal to the lateral width of the substantially planar portion of the front face, and wherein the substantially planar portion of the front face is interrupted by the at least one hook that extends outward therefrom, such that the substantially planar portion of the front face extends from the at least one hook toward the first end and from the at least one hook toward the second end.
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A platform assembly for attachment to a tree, comprising:
- a platform;
- a one-piece post coupled to the platform and operable to pivot relative to the platform about a pivot axis, the one-piece post comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end opposite the first end, such that a length of said post extends from the first end to the second end;
- a front face positioned between the first and second ends and having a substantially planar portion that extends laterally from a first lateral edge to a second lateral edge for a distance that defines a lateral width of the substantially planar portion of the front face;
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- at least one hook that extends outward from the substantially planar portion of the front face and defines at least one receiving recess configured to receive a rope therein, wherein, where the at least one hook extends from the front face, the at least one hook has a lateral width that is substantially equal to the lateral width of the substantially planar portion of the front face, and wherein the substantially planar portion of the front face is interrupted by the at least one hook that extends outward therefrom, such that the substantially planar portion of the front face extends from the at least one hook toward the first end and from the at least one hook toward the second end;
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- a standoff extending outward from the post proximate to the first end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.