US Patent Issued to Osprey Outdoors on June 23 for "Climbing tree platform devices and climbing tree stand systems" (Pennsylvania, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,810, issued on June 23, was assigned to Osprey Outdoors LLC (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Climbing tree platform devices and climbing tree stand systems" was invented by Charles-Henri Hubert Bruxelle (Plymouth, Minn.) and James Earle Harvey III (Red Lion, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climbing platform device useful for enabling a user to climb a tree. The climbing platform device includes a platform, first and second arms, a cable, and a post. The arms and the post are connected to the platform. The cable is extendable between the arms. In a climbing state, the cable loosely secures the platform to a tree trunk, permitting a user to cl...