Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Platform with elevating or lowering means – Suspended
Patent
1990-06-04
1992-06-02
Machado, Reinaldo P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Platform with elevating or lowering means
Suspended
182187, A01M 3102
Patent
active
051179423
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for suspending a user (such as a hunter) above the ground, the apparatus protecting the hunter from bad weather and designed to allow the hunter to raise the apparatus easily. The apparatus includes a base to support the hunter, and a protective canopy positioned to at least partially cover the base. A first pulley is secured at a fixed distance from a support member (such as a tree branch), and a second pulley is secured at a fixed distance from the base. A rope passes through each of the pulleys with a first end of the rope secured such that a hunter positioned on the base can raise the base toward the support member by pulling a second end of the rope. In the preferred embodiments a third pulley is positioned at a fixed distance from the support member, with the rope also passing through the third pulley. The first pulley can be suspended from the support member by a second rope. A flexible covering between the canopy and the base forms an enclosed space that can completely protect the hunter from bad weather. Two or more poles are connected between the base and the canopy to support the canopy above the base. The poles are collapsible such that the distance between the canopy and said base can be substantially reduced for easy storage and transportation.
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Machado Reinaldo P.
Murray Michael M.
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