Tree Stand Platform Toe Receiver for Stable Lateral Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tree stands lack sufficient leverage and stability for hunters when rotating their body relative to the tree, leading to limited mobility and increased risk of slipping off the platform during hunting.
Innovation Solution
A tree stand platform with a perimeter edge featuring a toe receiver and gripping protuberances, where the toe receiver provides an engagement point for the hunter's foot and the protuberances enhance traction, allowing for greater stability and leverage while rotating laterally.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a hunter rotates their body relative to the tree stand, then the hunter can aim in different directions, but the hunter loses stability and leverage
Solution Approach 1:
The platform perimeter is segmented into different functional zones: smooth sections for foot placement and gripping sections with protuberances for hand engagement. This segmentation allows the hunter to distribute their weight and maintain stability while rotating to aim in different directions.
Solution Approach 2:
The gripping sections with protuberances act as intermediaries between the hunter's hands and the platform. These protuberances provide additional contact points that enhance grip and prevent slipping, enabling the hunter to rotate safely while maintaining stability.
2Ease of manufacture
If the platform edge is smooth, then the platform is easier to manufacture, but the hunter's foot slips during rotation
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of making the entire platform edge rough (which would complicate manufacturing), the invention applies gripping protuberances only at specific locations where hands and feet need to grip during rotation. This local quality approach maintains manufacturing simplicity while improving foot and hand grip reliability at critical points.
3Device complexity
If the platform provides minimal engagement points, then the platform structure is simpler, but the hunter lacks leverage when rotating
Solution Approach 1:
The gripping protuberances extend outwardly from the platform edge in a direction perpendicular to the platform surface, creating an additional dimension of contact. This allows the hunter's hands and feet to engage the platform at multiple points along the perimeter, increasing leverage without complicating the basic platform structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A tree stand platform assembly includes a platform for supporting a hunter and which has a perimeter edge. The perimeter edge includes a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The platform has a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer surface positioned between the top and bottom surfaces. The first and second lateral edges each include a front section abutting the front edge and a rear section abutting the rear edge. The rear section includes toe receiver. The toe receiver is formed by an obtuse angle formed in the outer surface of the rear section, wherein the obtuse angle is less than 160°. The toe receiver provides an engagement point for a hunter's foot as the hunter rotates laterally away from the platform.