Patent Application
20240041021
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The disclosure relates to deer stand support devices and more particularly pertains to a new deer stand support device for supporting the floor of a deer stand device from below the floor by anchoring to a vertical support.
The prior art relates to deer stand support devices which support a floor of a deer stand from below and anchor to a vertical support. Several devices in the prior art support the floor of the deer stand in this way, and one such device also uses a telescoping member which is lockable in a plurality of locking positions using a locking pin inserted into each of the telescoping members. However, the prior art does not disclose a device which provides a support device below the deer stand in addition to an independent means of support which uses a telescoping device set at a constant angle to the vertical support and being clampable to the floor of the deer stand.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an anchoring member configured for positioning in an anchoring position in abutment with a vertical support such that a receiving member coupled to the anchoring member extends away from the vertical support and upward. A support strap secures the anchoring member to the vertical support in the anchoring position. An inserting member is telescopically received into the receiving member and lockable in each of a plurality of locking positions. A floor support member is coupled to the inserting member and is configured for securely clamping to a floor of a deer stand via a clamp.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A receiving member 28 extends from the front side 20 of the anchoring member 12 and is angled away from the bottom end 16 of the anchoring member 12. The receiving member 28 is elongate between a proximal end 30 of the receiving member 28 relative to the anchoring member 12 and a distal end 32 of the receiving member 28 relative to the anchoring member 12. The proximal end 30 of the receiving member 28 is centered between the top end 14 of the anchoring member 12 and the bottom end 16 of the anchoring member 12. The receiving member 28 has a pair of lateral sides 36 extending between the proximal end 30 of the receiving member 28 and the distal end 32 of the receiving member 28, each of which is coplanar with a respective lateral side 18 of the pair of lateral sides 18 of the anchoring member 12. The receiving member 28 defines a hollow space and an opening 34 to the hollow space on the distal end 32 of the receiving member 28. The receiving member 28 is formed of a square receiving member tube.
A pair of support straps 38 is flexible and is configured for looping around the vertical support 24 and the anchoring member 12 while the anchoring member 12 is in the anchoring position 26. Each support strap 38 is configured for engaging the front side 20 of the anchoring member 12 between the receiving member 28 and a respective one of the top end 14 of the anchoring member 12 and the bottom end 16 of the anchoring member 12 while the anchoring member 12 is in the anchoring position 26, thereby clamping the anchoring member 12 to the vertical support 24.
An inserting member 40 is telescopically coupled to the receiving member 28, wherein the inserting member 40 inserts through the opening 34 and into the hollow space of the receiving member 28. The inserting member 40 is elongate between a proximal end 42 of the inserting member 40 relative to the receiving member 28 and a distal end 44 of the inserting member 40 relative to the receiving member 28 and is lockable in each of a plurality of locking positions relative to the receiving member 28.
The inserting member 40 is formed of a square inserting member tube.
A plurality of receiving member holes 46 extend through the pair of lateral sides 36 of the receiving member 28 and is positioned along a central longitudinal axis of the receiving member 28. An inserting member hole is positionable in alignment with each receiving member hole 46. A locking pin 50 is insertable concurrently through the inserting member 40 and each receiving member hole 46 when the inserting member hole is aligned with each receiving member hole 46, thereby securing the inserting member 40 to the receiving member 28 in each of the plurality of locking positions. The locking pin 50 comprises a retaining wire 52 which is coupled to a first end 56 of a pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50 and removably couplable to a second end 58 of the pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50 opposite the first end 56 of the pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50. The retaining wire 52 secures the pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50 to the receiving member 28 and the inserting member 40 when coupled to the second end 58 of the pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50 while the pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50 is inserted concurrently through the inserting member hole and each receiving member hole 46.
A floor support member 60 is coupled to the distal end 44 of the inserting member 40. The floor support member 60 is elongate between a pair of ends 62 of the floor support member 60. The floor support member 60 also has a top side 64 and a bottom side 66 opposite the top side 64, each of which extend between the pair of ends 62 of the floor support member 60. The inserting member 40 is coupled to the bottom side 66 of the floor support member 60 and centered between the pair of ends 62 of the floor support member 60. The floor support member 60 extends laterally from the inserting member 40, and the top side 64 of the floor support member 60 faces upward when the anchoring member 12 is in the anchoring position 26. The top side 64 of the floor support member 60 is configured for supporting a floor 68 of a deer stand 70 when the anchoring member 12 is in the anchoring position 26. The floor support member 60 is formed of a square floor support member tube.
Each of a pair of clamping assemblies 72 comprises a U-bolt 74, a mounting plate 76, and a pair of nuts 78. The pair of clamping assemblies 72 is configured for positioning in a clamping configuration 82 for securing the floor 68 of the deer stand 70 to the floor support member 60 proximate a respective end of the pair of ends 62 of the floor support member 60. The clamping configuration 82 comprises each clamping assembly 72 receiving the floor 68 support member and a cross member of the floor 68 of the deer stand 70 through a space between a portion of the U-bolt 74 of each clamping assembly 72 and the mounting plate 76 of each clamping assembly 72, the mounting plate 76 of each clamping assembly 72 abutting the bottom side 66 of the floor support member 60, the portion of the U-bolt 74 of each clamping assembly 72 abutting the cross member opposite the floor support member 60, and the pair of nuts 78 of each clamping assembly 72 threading onto a pair of ends 80 of the U-bolt 74 of each clamping assembly 72 such that the pair of nuts 78 urges the mounting plate 76 toward the portion of the U-bolt 74 of each clamping assembly 72, thereby clamping the floor support member 60 and the cross member between the mounting plate 76 of each clamping assembly 72 and the portion of the U-bolt 74 of each mounting assembly.
In use, the anchoring member 12 is positioned in the anchoring position 26 and secured to the vertical support 24 via the pair of support straps 38. The inserting member 40 is telescopically positioned relative to the receiving member 28 into one of the plurality of locking positions and locked into that position by inserting the pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50 concurrently into the receiving member hole 46 corresponding to the locking position and the inserting member hole. The locking pin 50 is secured to the receiving member 28 and the inserting member 40 by coupling the retaining wire 52 to the second end 58 of the pin portion 54 of the locking pin 50. The floor 68 of the deer stand 70 is then securely clamped to the floor support member 60 using the pair of clamping assemblies 72.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
