Tree stand

A portable tree stand apparatus for positioning a person at an elevated position in a tree comprising:

• an elongated ladder having a cylindrical top, bottom and intermediate section, each section collapsible at connecting joints, each joint having a socket from each adjacent ladder section rotatably connected together;
• a braced supporting member attached to a distal end of the bottom section, the supporting member having a top and bottom surface, with the top surface attached to the bottom ladder section and the bottom surface of the supporting member having serrated edges for firm engagement with a top surface of soil surrounding the tree;
• multiple cantileveredly mounted hand and foot grips extending from each section;
• a platform pivotably attached at a front end to a distal end of the top section;
• each connection joint having a frictionally fit sleeve engaged over the connected sockets to prevent movement of the ladder in an erected position;
• the platform attached at a back edge to the trunk of a tree and held securely in place by a chain around the tree;
• the chain being tightened down around the tree by a locking wheel screw mounted on a side surface of the platform.