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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025127 | Telescopic table board positioned with resilient pin A telescopic table board positioned with a resilient pin is provided, which is characterized by the following features: The telescopic table board includes a left table board and a right table board slidely nested with each other; as for the left table board and the... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7857098 | Elevated sports stand for the handicapped An automated hunting blind which includes a platform operable to be always maintained in a generally horizontal position. The blind includes a base which is secured in an elevated position with a tree trunk. A boom is pivotally connected with the base and the platfo... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7377361 | Collapsible tree stand A tree stand for use in hunting and observing wildlife that includes a collapsible platform and collapsible seat support assembly. In several constructions, a platform assembly includes several pivot joints that permit multiple platform sections to fold together. Th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7322443 | Device for attaching to a tree and stabilizing a bowman attached thereto who is hunting game A strap surrounding a trunk. A support is held a strap against the trunk. A mechanical linkage is attached to the support. A brake is furnished to the mechanical linkage. A frame is attached to the linkage for maintaining a person in position. A belt attached to the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7287623 | Adjustable tree stand with power drive A tree stand with a seating section and a standing section, at least one of the sections having a frame with first and second sides, inner and outer ends, a first cable attachment arm with inner and outer ends along the first side, and a second cable attachment arm ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7096154 | System and method for visualizing repetitively structured Markov models A method of displaying the probabilities associated with a Markov model as a series of interactive plots is disclosed. Three dimensions of probability data associated with a Markov model are presented to a user in a concise manner. Heat maps are used to display prob... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063188 | Tree seat An L-shaped tree seat frame includes a forward leg and a side leg on which a rear leg is slidably mounted and limited against relative rotation by cooperating rib and groove deformations in the sleeve of the rear leg and the top wall of the tubular side leg. Foam ma... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6942065 | Tree-mounted hunting blind An enclosed tree-mounted hunting blind supported in cantilever fashion off the side of a tree. The blind is a rigid, walled structure that is easily put up and taken down from the tree using its own cantilever support, and is light enough to transport to and from th... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6793040 | Stand for mounting on and orbiting about columnar member A stand includes a track mounted to a columnar member such as a tree trunk. The track substantially or completely encircles the columnar member. A seat is mounted to the track for movement thereon. A platform is mounted to the columnar member beneath the seat. The s... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786301 | Scaffold system A scaffold system, including a plank; at least one end support having a plank bracket, the plank engaging the plank bracket, the end support having adjustable legs, and the end support having at least one cross bar interconnecting the legs; a moveable tray including... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6715585 | Tree stand A tree stand has a platform and seat portion that are used together. The two portions are very similar and differ in that the platform has a grid on which a hunter can stand, and the seat portion has a sling in which the hunter can sit. Both portions have a frame wi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6571916 | Fully adjustable hunting tree stand A fully adjustable hunting tree stand comprising a mounting base; a support member; a seat; and a platform. The mounting base and the support member axially interconnect for independent rotation about a common axis. The platform attaches to the support me... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6523643 | Device for attaching to a tree and stabilizing a bowman attached thereto who is hunting game A device for attaching to a tree and stabilizing a bow hunter attached thereto that includes a tree-attaching portion and a bow hunter-attaching portion. The tree-attaching and bow hunter-attaching portions each include an intermediate tube, a pair of int... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6510922 | Hunting stand and blind A stand for hunting or photography comprising: (a) a seat structure adapted to be removably positionable on a tree trunk and (b) a cover removably supportable by the seat structure in a manner effective for at least partially concealing a user when seated... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6345690 | Tree stand A climbing tree stand. In one embodiment, the tree stand includes a first platform and a second platform. The first and second platforms include a base frame, a first arm and a second arm, a support arm, first and second illumination assemblies, and a bla... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6328131 | Roll-up tree seat A roll-up tree seat consisting of a tree strap for anchoring the back end of the seat, a snap on metallic link to connect the seat back to the tree strap, the seat itself, and an adjustable telescopic front support pole which hooks into the front of the s... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6250427 | Deer stand with unitary welded construction A deer stand includes a foot platform, a seat platform, and stanchions which join the foot platform to the seat platform. The foot platform, the seat platform and the stanchions are preferably formed primarily from welded metal tubes to provide the deer s... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6102158 | Portable tree stand with levelling seat and platform member A portable tree stand capable of being erected and levelled within a leaning tree is provided. The stand comprises a tree engaging support member which is pivotally connected to the frame of the stand. This arrangement allows the seat and platform of the ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6079517 | Power driven tree stand A power driven tree stand including an elevator assembly having a pair of parallel primary rails and a pair of parallel secondary rails. A primary axle couples the primary rails and a secondary axle couples the secondary rails. A pair of primary tires are... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5979602 | Personal mini-hoist A hoist is provided that aids in construction and/or maintenance tasks at elevated heights. The hoist is equipped with a centrally located stabilizer through which a steel cable connected to an electrically operated winch is routed. The hoist is raised an... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5971104 | Climbing tree stand A climbing tree stand includes a detachable, reversible seat assembly suspended from the body support structural frame. The seat assembly itself has a seat bottom portion and a back support portion connected to the seat and operable to bear against a tran... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5899295 | Tree stand extension device A tree stand extension device has a rectangular, hollow base frame. The base frame has a center beam connected centrally, along a long axis, to the base frame. A plurality of engagement arms are attached to the base frame and the center beam to hold a tre... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5819874 | Foot platform device The present invention relates to a foot platform device which is adapted to support a hunter within a tree. In use, the foot platform is first strapped to a tree. The hunter then supports himself with the aid of both a chest strap and the foot platform. I... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5518083 | Swing arm tree stand A swing arm tree stand comprises a base that is held to a tree by chains or the like. The chains are guided within rails on the base. A pair of lugs secured to the base pivotally support an arm between them. A seat is fastened to the distal end of the arm... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5462135 | Tree stand A tree stand comprising a foot rest; a back leg having a base end and a tip end with the base end coupled with the foot rest in an operable configuration and decoupled therefrom in a stowed configuration; a front leg having a base end pivotally coupled to... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5458215 | Tree stand leveler A tree stand leveler comprising a sleeve having a base end and a tip end; at least one adjustable mounting bracket coupled across the sleeve and adapted for securing a tree stand thereupon; a T-shaped extension rail having a cross leg with an base leg ext... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5450927 | Woodsmen portable seat It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved portable seat for use in the outdoors comprising an elongated lower support member having a first end, a second end, a top surface, and a bottom surface. A triangular securement member... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5435412 | Apparatus for installing fiber optical cable An apparatus for installing communications cable and splices in the cable. The apparatus is used when suspending the cable from poles so that a cable to be spliced terminates adjacent a desired pole in a loop of a length insufficient to reach the ground. ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5413192 | Tree stand with conforming seat A tree stand includes a platform attachable to a tree so as to be substantially horizontal and a pivotally connected seat structure. The seat structure includes a first U-shaped member attachable to the tree, and a V-shaped member with its splayed arms pi... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5363941 | Hunter's tree stand An improvement in hunting tree stands which allows for the adaptation of such devices to trees or other support members which may not be truly vertical, thereby providing a level platform and/or seat arrangement irrespective of the orientation of the tree... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5348118 | Method and apparatus for installing fiber optic cable A method and apparatus for installing communications cable and splices in the cable. The method involves suspending the cable from poles so that a cable to be spliced terminates adjacent a desired pole in a loop of a length insufficient to reach the groun... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5339922 | Tree stand for hunters A tree stand (10) for supporting a person such as a hunter or photographer at a selected elevation above the ground by securing the tree stand (10) to the trunk of a tree. The tree stand (10) includes a seat assembly (112) connected to a platform (12), th... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5316104 | Automatically adjustable tree climbing stand having a lounging seat The invention relates to an apparatus for climbing an upright columnar member such as a tree, pole, or the like, using two climbing members. The first climbing member has a first upright member gripping structure and an adjustable platform spaced from the... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5316105 | Portable tree stand for deer hunting A portable tree stand assembly includes a horizontal platform, which is easily mountable to a trunk of a tree. A vertical mounting structure is connected to a rear side of the horizontal platform and extends vertically downward from the horizontal platfor... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5297656 | Fixed position tree stand having adjustable footrest A fixed position tree stand having extendable vertical members for adjusting the height of the seat and extendable and retractable diagonal support members for adjusting the angle of the footrest. The invention includes an inverted U-shaped tubular frame havin... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5090504 | Universal tree stand A compact, versatile tree stand includes a seating section having at least one pair of longitudinally side members supporting a seat and means for gripping a tree connected at one end of the side members. A cross member is provided so as to reversibly ext... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4603757 | Tree stand A tree stand having a frame adapted to be disposed substantially vertically along the tree trunk. A pair of spaced apart tree engaging members are attached to a top portion of the frame and having a seat connected thereto. A second pair of tree engaging m... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4321983 | Climbing apparatus A climbing apparatus which is primarily used as a climbing deer stand, and which includes a pair of side frame members spaced by and mounted to a wedge support, and further provided with a wedge attached to the wedge support for engaging one side of a tre... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4056902 | Tree house kit A tree house kit includes a number of identical frames for attachment around a tree trunk. The array of frames supports floor panels and may also support wall and roof panels all made from templates provided in the kit to form a complete enclosure around ... | 11/08/1977 |
