Patent · US Expired

Tree climbing platform

US4130180A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
10References
10Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 25, 1977
Grant dateDec 19, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 25, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01M31/02
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tree climbing platform embodying a base plate having side members projecting beyond an end thereof and disposed to extend alongside opposite sides of a tree with said one end of the base plate spaced from the adjacent side of the tree and the other end thereof extending away from the tree. A first blade carried by the side members bites into the opposite side of the tree from the side thereof nearest the base plate. A frame member is connected at one end to said other end of the base plate and extends inwardly beneath the base plate. A second blade at the inner end of the frame member bites into the side of a tree opposite the side thereof engaged by the first blade. Means is carried by the base plate for detachably attaching the base plate to the feet of a person standing thereon.

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