Tree Stand Platform Wing Layout to Prevent Pivoting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tree stand platforms lack stability and mobility, particularly in providing secure footholds and preventing undesired pivoting during user movement, which limits the user's lateral mobility and vantage point.
Innovation Solution
A platform assembly with an outer perimeter featuring first and second wing portions and a pivotable post, where the rear sections of these wing portions are positioned forward of the pivot axis, providing stable footholds and preventing platform pivoting, and including a rear portion with teeth for secure tree engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the platform uses a traditional fixed structure, then the structure is simple, but the user's lateral mobility and stability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The platform incorporates a movable post that can pivot between a first position (providing lateral support and stability) and a second position (allowing greater lateral mobility). This dynamic structure enables the platform to adapt between stability and mobility as needed, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the platform provides secure footholds with wing portions, then user stability improves, but the platform may pivot undesirably during movement
Solution Approach 1:
The post is positioned forward of the pivot axis, creating a counterbalancing effect that prevents undesired platform pivoting before it occurs. This preliminary anti-action ensures that the platform remains stable during user movement while still providing secure footholds through the wing portions.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the post is positioned to prevent pivoting, then platform stability improves, but user lateral mobility may be restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The post can dynamically transition between positions: in the first position, it prevents pivoting and provides stability; in the second position, it allows greater lateral mobility. This dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction between stability and lateral reach by providing both states as needed.
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AI summary
A platform assembly for attachment to a tree includes a platform and a post. The platform has an outer perimeter that bounds an interior structure of the platform that is horizontally-inboard of the outer perimeter. The outer perimeter includes a rear portion, a first wing portion coupled to the rear portion at a first wing portion rear corner and including an outboard-most portion of the outer perimeter in a first lateral direction, a front portion coupled to the first wing portion, and a second wing portion coupled to the front portion. The post is coupled to the platform and pivots relative to the platform about a pivot axis.