ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,314, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Latitude Outdoors LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Platform assembly for attachment to a tree" was invented by Kevin Leach (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Alex Chopp (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Jake Matelic (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform assembly for attachment to a tree includes a platform, an integrally formed post coupled to the platform and operable to pivot relative to the platform about a pivot axis, and a standoff extending outward from the post proximate to the first end. The post extends from a first end to a second end along a length of the post that is substantially perpend...