US 11,883,719 B2
Tree stick mount attachment assembly and method
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 Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,625.
Application 17/522,625 is a division of application No. 17/234,269, filed on Apr. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,198,038.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331666 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 27/00 (2006.01); A01M 31/02 (2006.01); E06C 1/34 (2006.01); E06C 1/38 (2006.01); E06C 7/50 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 27/00 (2013.01) [A01M 31/02 (2013.01); E06C 1/34 (2013.01); E06C 1/38 (2013.01); E06C 7/50 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tree stick attachment mount assembly configured to facilitate releasable attachment of a tree stick to a tree, the tree stick attachment mount assembly including:
a tree stick body;
a panel having a front side, a back side, and a perimeter edge extending between the front and back sides, the back side facing and being attached to the tree stick body, the perimeter edge having a plurality of slots therein each of the slots extending through the front and back sides, the perimeter edge includes an upper edge, a lower edge, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge, the slots being angled from the upper edge and lower edge outwardly towards an associated one of the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge such that each slot is closer to being parallel with the tree stick body than to being perpendicular to the tree stick body, wherein the plurality of slots includes
a first slot extending into the upper edge and being positioned nearer to said first lateral edge than said second lateral edge, said first slot extending into said upper edge along a line angled toward said first lateral edge, and
a second slot extending into the upper edge and being positioned nearer to said second lateral edge than said first lateral edge, said second slot extending into said upper edge along a line angled toward said second lateral edge, said first and second slots being laterally spaced from each other;
the front side includes a front surface, wherein said front surface is concavely arcuate from the first lateral edge to the second lateral edge, the back side includes a back surface, wherein said back surface is convexly arcuate from the first lateral edge to the second lateral edge wherein the panel is configured to facilitate a user's hands to access the slots; and
a tether being attached to the tree stick, wherein the tether is configured to be removably received by the slots after the tether is extended around the tree to retain the tree stick body on the tree.