Tree climbing stand and loop

Tree climbing equipment comprising:

• a stand, including a generally rectangular platform having upstanding wing means at the sides thereof and a generally concavely V-shaped front edge for confronting a tree trunk;
• a flexible strap having a plurality of prongs projecting from one face thereof midway along the length thereof for biting into a tree trunk;
• means defining fasteners associated with the wing means and with the flexible strap, near the opposite ends of the strap for securing the strap, near the opposite site ends thereof, to the wing means so that the strap loops from one wing means forwardly and upwardly to the vicinity of the prongs, then downwardly and rearwardly to the other wing means, the fasteners being adjustable to vary the girth of the loop defined by the strap and by the front edge of the platform, so that the girth may be adjusted to permit the stand to be slipped upwards or downwards on a tree trunk encircled by the loop while the loop is generally horizontal and the platform rear is tipped up, but will hug the tree trunk and have the prongs bite thereinto when the platform is leveled and the loop is consequently tipped;
• binding means for securing a user's feet to the stand, whereby the user may raise, lower, tilt and level the stand by reacting his feet thereagainst;
• a folding seat pivotally mounted on said wings for pivotal movement between a first position wherein the seat is collapsed and leaves the platform substantially unobstructed thereby and an erected position wherein the seat is disposed to lean against the tree trunk so the user may sit on the seat and lean against the tree trunk;
• the folding seat including:
• a first, longer U-shaped frame having two legs joined to a central bar, and having the free ends of the legs thereof pivoted to the respective wings approximately midway along the platform, the legs being sufficiently long that when the longer frame is pivoted rearwardly until the legs lie adjacent the platform beside the wing means, the central bar lies adjacent the rear edge of the platform;
• a second, shorter U-shaped frame having two legs joined to a central bar;
• having the free ends of the legs thereof pivotally secured to the respective legs of the longer frame intermediate the lengths of the legs of the longer frame;
• and
• a flexible saddle secured between the two central bars, whereby the user, when seated, may stand and push the backs of his legs against the central bar of the shorter frame to fold the seat against the tree trunk to leave the platform substantially unobstructed.

Tree climbing equipment, comprising:

• a stand, including a generally rectangular platform having upstanding wing means at the sides thereof and a generally concavely V-shaped front edge for confronting a tree trunk;
• a flexible strap having a plurality of prongs projecting from one face thereof midway along the length thereof for biting into a tree trunk;
• means defining fasteners associated with the wing means and with the flexible strap, near the opposite ends of the strap for securing the strap, near the opposite ends thereof, to the wing means so that the strap loops from one wing means forwardly and upwardly to the vicinity of the prongs, then downwardly and rearwardly to the other wing means, the fasteners being adjustable to vary the girth of the loop defined by the strap and by the front edge of the platform, so that the girth may be adjusted to permit the stand to be slipped upwards or downwards on a tree trunk encircled by the loop while the loop is generally horizontal and the platform rear is tipped up, but will hug the tree trunk and have the prongs bite thereinto when the platform is leveled and the loop is consequently tipped;
• binding means for securing a user's feet to the stand, whereby the user may raise, lower, tilt and level the stand by reacting his feet thereagainst;
• and
• a hand-operated climbing-aid loop comprising:
• a flexible strap having a series of longitudinally spaced holes therethrough near each end thereof, whereby the strap may be resiliently formed into a loop of variable girth so as to align at least some of the holes of each series with one another,
• fastener means inserted through two aligned holes of said series;
• a handle;
• and
• fastener means securing the handle to the strap through another two aligned holes of said series, the handle including a hanging bar having such an attitude that when the flexible strap of the climbing aid loop encircles the tree trunk on which the stand is being used, when the platform of the stand is level, the hanging bar radiates outwards from the tree trunk generally horizontally, so the user may grasp it, flex his knees and point his toes down to tip the stand platform with respect to the tree trunk so the stand may be raised or lowered, then re-secured to the tree trunk.