Tree stand ladder locking device
OwnerDavid A. Todd, John Toddinventors
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Abstract
A ladder locking designed intended to prevent access to a tree stand and an attached ladder includes a two-piece interlocking frame, top and bottom hooks to engage rungs of the ladder, and a locking bar. The frames include a mesh covers having a width greater than the tree stand ladder. The frame is secured to the ladder by the top and bottom hooks, which provide opposing hangers hooked over and clamping ladder rungs. A bottom of the frame includes a locking bar which insertingly engages between the two frame sections and secured with a padlock. The frame is placed over a ladder and locked to prevent unwanted persons from ascending the ladder.
Claims12
A tree stand ladder locking device comprising:
- a cover assembly configured to block at least a portion of a forward facing surface of a ladder, said cover assembly comprising a top end and a longitudinally opposed bottom end, said cover assembly comprising a cover assembly outer frame having a top frame member and a parallel pair of side frame members and a first mesh section affixed to said cover assembly outer frame and extending from said top end to said bottom end of said cover assembly;
- a locking panel assembly comprising a top end and a longitudinally opposed bottom end, said locking panel assembly comprising a locking panel assembly outer frame having a bottom frame member and a parallel pair of side frame members and a second mesh section affixed to said locking panel assembly outer frame and extending from said bottom end toward said top end of said locking panel assembly, said locking panel assembly top end being received by said cover assembly bottom end such that said pair of side frame members of said locking panel assembly outer frame are positioned between said pair of side frame members of said cover assembly outer frame to adjustably couple said locking panel assembly to said cover assembly;
- at least one top hook affixed to a top edge of said cover assembly to engage a generally upper ladder rung;
- at least one bottom hook affixed to a bottom edge of said locking panel assembly to engage a lower ladder rung;
- and,
- a locking bar insertingly fastened between said cover assembly and said locking panel assembly for locking said device at a prescribed length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.