Elevation platform
OwnerRick J. Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
A treestand platform is strung in a manner at least similar to the stringing of a sports racket, such as a tennis racket, and a treestand having such a platform. The platform might comprise a peripheral frame supporting and delimiting a tension surface formed by a plurality of crossed string sections. The strung surface may be sufficiently resilient to yield very slightly under load, but is sufficiently tenacious that such slight yielding occurs without breakage or permanent deformation. The stringing provides a platform that is both strong and lightweight. The stringing also provides a platform that has a downward visibility comparable to transparency, and which is substantially noiseless during treestand transport, assembly, erection and use, and any other handling.
Claims6
A treestand comprising:
- a standing platform;
- a seat adapted to be positioned at a higher elevation than said platform when said treestand is supported in a normal elevated position;
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- means for supporting said platform in an elevated position,
- wherein said platform is a strung platform including a surface of stringing,
- wherein said stringing is formed of substantially flexible and crossed strings under tension, and
- whereby a substantial or near rigidity of said platform is derived in significant part from said tension of said strings of said stringing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.