Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
256 words
In combination with a tree climbing platform for hunters or the like of the type having a base plate adapted to be positioned substantially horizontally against a tree or pole, and having a blade extending from its rear edge adapted to bite into the tree, and having angularly disposed frame members extending upwardly and rearwardly beyond the blade from pivots adjacent the front end of the plate, and having a member removably secured to the rear ends of the frame members adapted to engage the opposite side of the tree from the blade, and having a foot strap on the plate adapted to overlie the feet of the hunter; a hand climber accessory for said platform adapted to be positioned on said tree or pole above the said platform, comprising spaced bars adapted to embrace said tree or pole therebetween; front and rear blades mounted on the bars fOr biting into the opposite sides of the tree or pole; and a hand grip tube fixedly mounted on at the front end of the bars above the platform, whereby a hunter standing on the platform with his feet engaged in the foot strap and with his hands gripping the tube of the accessory may alternately step-by-step first adjust the elevation of the hand climber with respect to the platform, and then by hanging from the tube, raise or lower the platform by merely lifting and lowering his feet to first disengage and then re-engage the platform with respect to the tree or pole at a different elevation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
256 words
In combination with a tree climbing platform for hunters or the like of the type having a base plate adapted to be positioned substantially horizontally against a tree or pole, and having a blade extending from its rear edge adapted to bite into the tree, and having angularly disposed frame members extending upwardly and rearwardly beyond the blade from pivots adjacent the front end of the plate, and having a member removably secured to the rear ends of the frame members adapted to engage the opposite side of the tree from the blade, and having a foot strap on the plate adapted to overlie the feet of the hunter; a hand climber accessory for said platform adapted to be positioned on said tree or pole above the said platform, comprising spaced bars adapted to embrace said tree or pole therebetween; front and rear blades mounted on the bars fOr biting into the opposite sides of the tree or pole; and a hand grip tube fixedly mounted on at the front end of the bars above the platform, whereby a hunter standing on the platform with his feet engaged in the foot strap and with his hands gripping the tube of the accessory may alternately step-by-step first adjust the elevation of the hand climber with respect to the platform, and then by hanging from the tube, raise or lower the platform by merely lifting and lowering his feet to first disengage and then re-engage the platform with respect to the tree or pole at a different elevation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
126 words
In a combination as set forth in claim 1, said bars comprising channel irons; a rod non-rotatably connected to the front ends of the channel irons on which said tube is fixedly mounted; said front blade comprising an angle iron fixedly secured to the channel irons and having its horizontal leg sharpened to engage the tree or pole; the rear ends of the channel irons having series of perforations therein; and said rear blade being formed of angle iron with the rear edge of its horizontal leg sharpened to engage the tree or pole; and bolts passing through any of the series of perforations and through perforations in the ends of the rear blade and carrying thumb-nuts for adjustably mounting the rear blade on the accessory.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
In a combination as set forth in claim 1, said tube serving as a seat for the hunter standing on the platform when the accessory is positioned on the tree or pole only slightly above the platform.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
In a combination as set forth in claim 1, said platform and accessory being adapted to be folded together into a relatively small flat package and as a unit carried by the hunter from place to place using a single shoulder strap.