Tree hunting lower back support assembly and method therefor

1 . A tree hunting lower back support assembly comprising:

a plurality of back support members each comprising a hard material and a curved section to be placed against the lower back of a person, wherein each of said back support members has a different thickness to permit selective positioning of one of said back support members between a tree and the lower back of a hunter in a tree stand; and

a belt sufficiently long to be wrapped around and secured to a tree trunk to hold said back support members against a tree;

wherein each of said back support members comprises a passage therein configured to permit said back support members of a smaller thickness to be removably inserted into said back support members of a larger thickness in a telescoping manner.

2 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein said back support members are cylindrical such that said curved section extends about the entirety of the outer surface.

3 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of said back support members comprises a flat section integrally formed with said curved section, wherein said flat section is configured to be placed against a tree.

4 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein said hard material comprises rigid plastic, rubber, elastomer, or a combination thereof.

5 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of said back support members comprises tapered edges at opposite ends of said passage.

6 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of said back support members comprises a plurality of projections on said curved section.

7 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 6 , wherein said projections comprise polygonal bumps, straight ridges, curved ridges, or a combination thereof.

8 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of said back support members comprises a contoured outer surface comprising grooves and ridges configured to imitate tree bark.

9 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein said belt comprises a strap and a buckle configured to connect free ends of said strap together to form a closed loop.

10 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 , wherein said belt comprises a strap and a buckle configured to connect free ends of said strap together to form a closed loop, and said strap is disposed to pass through said passages such that said back support members are slidable along and rotatable about said strap.

11 . A method of using the tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 1 comprising the steps of:

placing said belt about a trunk of a tree;

securing said back support members against the tree with said belt at a desired position adjacent a lower back of a hunter in a tree stand; and

selectively positioning one of said back support members between the tree and the lower back of the hunter in the tree stand.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein each of said back support members comprises a passage therein configured to permit said back support members of a smaller thickness to be removably inserted into said back support members of a larger thickness in a telescoping manner, and wherein the method further comprises:

transporting the tree hunting lower back support assembly to the tree in a compact state in which each of said back support members of a smaller thickness are removably inserted into said back support members of a larger thickness in a telescoping manner; and

said step of selectively positioning comprises moving a selected one of said back support members out from the others of said back support members in said compact state.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said method further comprises selecting and positioning another one of said back support members between the tree and the lower back of the hunter in the tree stand.

14 . A tree hunting lower back support assembly comprising:

a plurality of back support members each comprising a hard material and a curved section to be placed against the lower back of a person, wherein each of said back support members has a different thickness to permit selective positioning of one of said back support members between a tree and the lower back of a hunter in a tree stand, wherein:

each of said back support members comprises a passage therein configured to permit said back support members of a smaller thickness to be removably inserted into said back support members of a larger thickness in a telescoping manner,

said back support members are cylindrical such that said curved section extends about the entirety of the outer surface,

said hard material comprises rigid plastic, rubber, elastomer, or a combination thereof; and

a belt sufficiently long to be wrapped around and secured to a tree trunk to hold said back support members against a tree, wherein:

said belt comprises a strap and a buckle configured to connect free ends of said strap together to form a closed loop,

said strap is disposed to pass through said passages such that said back support members are slidable along and rotatable about said strap.

15 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 14 , wherein said hard material comprises rigid plastic, rubber, elastomer, or a combination thereof.

16 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 14 , wherein each of said back support members comprises tapered edges at opposite ends of said passage.

17 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 14 , wherein each of said back support members comprises a plurality of projections on said curved section, wherein said projections comprise polygonal bumps, straight ridges, curved ridges, or a combination thereof.

18 . The tree hunting lower back support assembly of claim 14 , wherein each of said back support members comprises a contoured outer surface comprising grooves and ridges configured to imitate tree bark.

19 . A tree hunting lower back support assembly comprising:

a back support device comprising a mounting portion configured to be placed against a trunk of a tree and a back support portion attached to said mounting portion, wherein said back support portion comprises a hard material and a curved section to be placed against the lower back of a hunter in a tree stand, and wherein said mounting portion is adjustable in length to permit selective adjustment of the overall thickness of the back support device; and

a belt sufficiently long to be wrapped around and secured to a tree trunk to hold said mounting portion against a tree;

wherein said back support members are cylindrical such that said curved section extends about the entirety of the outer surface.