# US 9,038,778 B1 · Upright adaptor for ladder tree stand > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,778 B1 - Document ID: US9038778B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 14/252,109 - Filed: 2014-04-14 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2010-06-29 - Applicants: Robert Charles Carter; Ferdinand Larsh Carter - Inventors: Robert Charles Carter; Ferdinand Larsh Carter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038778B1 ## CPC - A01M 31/02: Shooting stands - E06C 7/423: {Ladder stabilising struts} - E06C 7/44: Means for mounting ladders on uneven ground - E06C 7/48: Ladder heads; Supports for heads of ladders for resting against objects {(ladders attachable to structures such as poles E06C1/34)} - A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS - E06C: LADDERS (E04F11/00 takes precedence; step-stools A47C12/00; adaptation of ladders to use on ships B63B, to use on aircraft B64; scaffolding E04G) ## Abstract An upright adaptor for a ladder tree stand converts that ladder tree stand into an upright tree stand. The adaptor includes a ladder stand base support which is attachable to the base of a tree and which receives the lower end of the ladder stand. A speed lock assembly is part of the upright adaptor and is attachable to an upper portion of the ladder tree stand. It includes a self-tapping screw and a double-acting ratchet wrench which is operable by a person standing on the ground once the ladder tree stand has been erected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An upright adaptor assembly for a ladder tree stand, the upright adaptor assembly comprising: a ladder tree stand base support including a tree anchor section, a ladder tree stand leg engagement assembly and an adjustable length stand-off connecting the tree anchor section and the ladder tree stand leg engagement assembly, said ladder tree stand base support being usable to support a base of the ladder tree stand; and a speed lock assembly attachable to an upper end of the ladder tree stand and including a self-tapping screw thread and a ratchet wrench, said ratchet wrench including diametrically opposed extending arms, each arm having a free end and each arm having a cord attached to its free end and wherein each cord is of sufficient length to reach a support surface on which the ladder tree stand base support is placed when the upright adaptor assembly is attached to the ladder tree stand and the ladder tree stand is supported by the upright adaptor assembly in an erected, in-use position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 1 wherein the tree anchor section includes an upright anchor arm support and at least a first pair of tree engaging anchor arms. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 2 further including a second pair of tree engaging anchor arms attachable to said upright anchor arm support and spaced from said first pair of tree engaging anchor arms. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 1 wherein said ladder leg tree stand engagement assembly includes spaced vertical leg assemblies and at least one cross tube. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 4 wherein each of said vertical leg assemblies is adjustable in length. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 4 wherein each of said vertical leg assemblies has a ladder tree stand leg bottom connector at its upper end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 6 wherein each of said ladder tree stand leg bottom connectors is joined to the upper end of its respective one of the vertical leg assemblies by a knuckle hinge joint assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 6 wherein each of said ladder tree stand leg bottom connectors is provided with a ladder bottom insert. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 1 wherein said adjustable length stand-off is separably connected to said tree anchor section and also to said ladder tree stand leg engagement assembly by removable swivel pins. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 1 wherein said ladder tree stand leg engagement assembly is adjustable in width. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 1 wherein said speed lock assembly includes a pair of speed lock assembly tree engaging arms. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The upright adaptor assembly of claim 11 wherein each said speed lock assembly tree engaging arm has serrated teeth on its tree engaging surface.