Tree stand stabilizer

In combination:

• a platform adapted for releasable mounting to an upright tree trunk in a general horizontal orientation for supporting a person thereon, said platform including an inboard trunk-engaging portion and an outboard distal portion presenting the outer margin of the platform;
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• means for releasably securing said platform to said trunk, including:
• an upper attachment assembly comprising a pair of elongated, obliquely oriented upper tension members respectively secured to said outboard platform portion at spaced locations thereon and extending upwardly therefrom, and upper trunk attachment means for releasably engaging said trunk at a point above said platform, the upper ends of said upper tension members remote from said platform being operably coupled with said upper truck attachment means for placing the upper members under tension;
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• a lower attachment assembly comprising a pair of elongated, obliquely oriented lower flexible members operably coupled to said outboard platform portion at spaced locations, said lower flexible members extending downwardly from said outboard platform portion towards said trunk and in a mutually converging relationship with each other, said lower attachment assembly also including flexible lower trunk attachment means extending at least partially around and releasably engaging said trunk at a point below said platform and remote therefrom, there being structure for coupling said lower flexible members and said lower trunk attachment means, and for placing the lower flexible members in tension, in order to maintain the inboard portion of said platform in operative engagement with said trunk in the event that said person stands on said inboard portion.