Tree house kit
AssigneeHedstrom Corporation
InventorWilliam H. Ziegler, Jr.
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Abstract
A tree house kit includes a number of identical frames for attachment around a tree trunk. The array of frames supports floor panels and may also support wall and roof panels all made from templates provided in the kit to form a complete enclosure around the tree trunk. Each frame includes a self-leveling, telescoping floor panel supporting section which may be adjusted so that the array of frames can be installed on irregular tree trunks and trunks with different diameters, yet still maintain the floor in a level condition. Each frame may also include wall and roof panel supporting sections which mate with the floor supporting section and which also adapt themselves to irregularities in the tree trunk.
Claims14
A kit for making a tree house comprises in combination a packaging container containing
- A. a set of floor frames for mounting on a tree trunk, each floor frame comprising
- 1. a first elongated rigid frame section,
- 2. an elongated rigid strut having two ends,
- 3. means for pivotally connecting one end of the strut to the first frame section,
- 4. a second elongated rigid frame section, and
- 5. means for telescopically connecting the two frame sections together beyond said connecting means,
- B. first means for pivotally securing the free end of said first floor frame section to a tree trunk,
- C. second means for pivotally connecting the other end of said strut to the tree trunk, said first and second pivotal connecting means being separate and movable relative to one another,
- D. a template for a floor panel shaped to rest on the set of floor frames as mounted on the tree trunk, and
- E. instructions for mounting the floor frames and panels shaped from the template to make the tree house.
A tree house comprising
- A. a set of floor frames distributed about a tree trunk, each floor frame comprising
- 1. first and second rigid telescoping sections,
- 2. means for pivotally connecting the free end of the first section to the tree trunk,
- 3. a strut having one end pivotally secured to the other end of the first section, and
- 4. means for pivotally connecting the other end of the strut to the tree trunk, the free end of the first section and the other end of the strut being separate and movable relative to one another so that the floor frames together can be adjusted on the trunk to define a horizontal plane,
- B. a floor panel resting on the floor frames, and
- C. means for securing the floor panel to the floor frames.
A frame structure for supporting an elevated platform comprising
- A. a first elongated rigid frame section,
- B. a first bracket pivotally connected to one end of the first section,
- C. a rigid strut having two ends,
- D. means for pivotally connecting one end of the strut to the first section an appreciable distance from said one end of that section,
- E. a second elongated rigid frame section, said first and second sections being telescopically connected together beyond said connecting means, and
- F. a second bracket pivotally connected to the other end of the strut, said first and second brackets being separate and movable relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.