US 11,808,085 B2
Tree stick climbing stick nesting system
Walter Ernest Power, II, Carver, MN (US); Gregory Alan Godfrey, Richmond Hill, GA (US); and Shawn Paul Chadwick, Merrill, WI (US)
Filed by Tethrd, Inc., Carver, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,748.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305344 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. E06C 1/38 (2006.01); A63B 27/00 (2006.01); E06C 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC E06C 1/381 (2013.01) [A63B 27/00 (2013.01); E06C 1/34 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nestable tree climbing stick system including a plurality of tree climbing stick assemblies, each of the tree climbing stick assemblies comprising:
a stick body having an upper end, a lower end, a front side and a rear side, the stick body having a longitudinal axis extending through the upper and lower ends;
a step being attached to the stick body and being configured for being stepped upon and gripped by a user of the tree climbing stick assemblies;
a standoff being attached to the stick body and being configured for engaging a surface of a tree, said standoff extending forward of said front side;
a pair of couplers being attached to said stick body and being vertically spaced from each other to define an upper coupler and a lower coupler, said pair of couplers being releasably engageable to the pair of couplers of another stick body for releasably securing together a pair of the tree climbing stick assemblies to define secured tree climbing sticks such that the longitudinal axes of the secured tree sticks are orientated parallel to each other and such that the front side of one of the tree climbing stick assemblies faces the rear side of the other of the tree climbing stick assemblies, said pair of couplers of the stick body nesting together with the pair of couplers of the other stick body and preventing movement of the pair of tree climbing stick assemblies relative to each other to facilitate storage and transportation thereof, each coupler of said pair of couplers including:
a first mating member, wherein said first mating member comprises a post extending downwardly relative to said upper end and having a bottom end, wherein said post is orientated generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stick body wherein an angle formed between said post and the longitudinal axis of the stick body is less than 20°; and
a second mating member, said first mating member of one of the tree climbing stick assemblies being vertically engageable into the second mating member of another one of the tree climbing stick assemblies when the stick bodies of the secured tree sticks are vertically orientated, said second mating member comprising a receiver.