Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Pole or strand grasping-type climber
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-05
2011-07-05
Mitchell, Katherine (Department: 3634)
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Pole or strand grasping-type climber
C182S221000, C182S187000, C182S136000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07971685
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises, in one form thereof, a pump jack tree stand including a platform and a seat engaging a pump jack. The pump jack cooperates with a pole that is supported by an adjacent tree. The user actuates a foot lever on the pump jack to climb the pole. The pump jack's release is hand actuated as opposed to the commonly used foot-actuated release.
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Garcea Frank
Simone Anthony
Cahn Daniel
Hiscock & Barclay LLP
Mitchell Katherine
Thomas R. FitzGerald, Esq.
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