Seat and climbing aid for tree stand
OwnerRichard W. Wilhelminventor
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Abstract
A compact package comprised of a collapsible seat and climbing aid for advantageous use with a tree stand. The climbing aid comprises a generally H-shaped frame with two hand grips projecting orthogonally out of plane of the frame. One rectangular housing is attached to each vertical upright member of the frame and locking screws engage portions of a supporting cable to adjust the size of loop for encircling an element to be climbed. A collapsible seat has an L-shaped frame sized to fit within the vertical uprights of the climbing aid and a securing nut positions a pivotable frame of the collapsible seat in either a first stored position or a second erect position. The securing nut also fastens the climbing aid to the tree stand when the seat is in the stored position.
Claims20
A climbing aid for climbing trees and telephone poles, said climbing aid comprising
- a) an H-shaped frame having a first vertical member, a second parallel vertical member and an orthogonal horizontal member interconnecting said first and second member;
- b) two hand grips extending orthogonally out of the plane of said H-shaped frame;
- c) a first cable-securing means affixed to said first vertical member;
- d) a second cable-securing means affixed to said second vertical member;
- e) a steel cable forming a loop extending between said first and second cable-securing means, said loop loosely encircling an element to be climbed;
- f) adjustable clamping means associated with at least one of said cable-securing means to permit said steel cable loop to be fixed in a desired adjusted position to accommodate a particular diameter of an element to be climbed;
- whereby said steel cable may be loosely looped around the element to be climbed and locked by said adjustable clamping means, said climbing aid i) being manually positioned at a higher level by a user grasping said two hand grips reaching said climbing aid upwardly to get said steel cable to bite the element to be climbed, ii) the user pulling herself/himself up, iii) obtaining a foot hold at this elevated position and repeating steps i)-iii) to climb the element to be climbed.
A collapsible seat for a tree stand said collapsible seat comprising
- a) an L-shaped bracket securable to a floor portion of a tree stand by bolting a first plate leg of said L-shaped bracket thereto, a pair of reinforcing flanges interconnecting said first plate leg to a second plate leg of said L-shaped bracket;
- b) a support pivotally attached at a first end to said reinforcing flanges of said L-shaped bracket;
- c) a seat pivotally attached to a second end of said support;
- d) first bolt means to lock said support in a first storage position adjacent said first plate leg of said L-shaped bracket;
- e) second bolt means to lock said support in a second upright position adjacent said second plate leg of said L-shaped bracket.
A collapsible seat and climbing aid for use with a tree stand comprising
- a) an L-shaped bracket securable to a floor portion of a tree stand by bolting a first leg of said L-shaped bracket thereto;
- b) a support pivotally attached at a first end to a second leg of said L-shaped bracket, said second leg having a first maximum width dimension;
- c) a seat pivotally attached to a second end of said support;
- d) first bolt means to secure said support in a first storage position adjacent said first leg of said L-shaped bracket;
- e) second bolt means to secure said support in a second upright position adjacent said second leg of said L-shaped bracket;
- said climbing aid including
- f) an H-shaped frame having a first vertical member, a second parallel vertical member and an orthogonal horizontal member interconnecting said first and second member, said H-shaped member lying in and defining a first plane, said first and second vertical members being space by a second width dimension greater than said first maximum width dimension, said horizontal member having a longitudinal center with a hole there through to receive said first bolt means;
- whereby, said climbing aid may be placed atop said collapsible seat when it is in its first storage position and secured thereto by threading a locking bolt onto said first bolt means.
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