US Patent Issued to AVID STRATEGIC on Oct. 27 for "Linearly collapsible climbing stick assembly" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,636, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to AVID STRATEGIC LLC (Frankenmuth, Mich.).

"Linearly collapsible climbing stick assembly" was invented by Scott Lee (Frankenmuth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tree climbing stick assembly includes a post supporting at least one step and having at least two sections which telescope relative to one another for longitudinal movement between an extended position and a collapsed position. The assembly is mountable to a tree to be climbed such as by a rope. A releasable lock secures the post sections releasably in the extended position for use when climbing. The lock can be released and the s...