Beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly

• US 20040129184A1
• Filed: 01/08/2003
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Karl V. Kraker
• Original Assignee: Karl V. Kraker
• Inventors: Kraker, Karl V.
• Application Number:
  US10/338,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20040129184A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.12
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2023/0012 Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2025/003 Accessories not covered by groups A45B25/24 - A45B25/30
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 25/00 Details of umbrellas sticks for umbrellas A45B1/00 - A45B9/00; illuminating devices for umbrellas A45B3/02; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0225 attachable to a plate, table, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/2223 by screwing
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/2269 in a socket
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/28 Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/027 by friction

Abstract

A beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly in the form of a hand wheel with cooperating drink retaining cups and an anchor. Setscrews secure the hand wheel and anchor r to the handle of a beach umbrella. The hand wheel is rotated to drive a spike to anchor the beach umbrella. Retaining rings connect a rim of the hand wheel to an annular flange affixed to the tubular hub of the hand wheel. The retaining rings of the hand wheel cooperate with lips on the drink retaining cups to retain the cups on the hand wheel conveniently around the handle of the beach umbrella. In a variation, the anchor member and hand wheel are connected to opposite ends of an elongated tubular leg to form a free-standing drink holder.

Claims

1. A beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly comprising:

a hand wheel;

an anchor member;

a plurality of drink retaining cups;

means for removably securing said drink retaining cups onto said hand wheel; and

means for securing said hand wheel and said anchor member to the handle of a beach umbrella.

2. The beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly of claim 1, wherein said hand wheel includes a cylindrical hub with a radially extending flange.

3. The beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly of claim 2, wherein said drink retainer cups are cylindrical and include radially extending lips around the mouths of the cups.

4. The beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly of claim 2, wherein said hand wheel further includes a plurality of cup retaining rings, and an outer ring co-axially connected to said hub by said plurality of cup retaining rings.

5. The beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly of claim 4, wherein said drink retaining cups are cylindrical and include radially extending lips around the mouths of the cups which cooperate with the cup retaining rings to form the means for removably securing said drink retaining cups on said hand wheel.

6. The beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly of claim 5, wherein said anchor member comprises a cylindrical receptacle having an open end and a closed end, said closed end being attached to a ground engaging spike and provided with a broad helical thread around the exterior surface thereof.

7. The beach umbrella anchoring and drink holder assembly of claim 6, wherein the means for securing the hand wheel and anchor member to the handle of a beach umbrella comprises a first pair of opposed setscrews passing through said cylindrical receptacle and a second pair of opposed setscrews passing through said cylindrical hub.

8. A freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly comprising:

a hollow leg having an open upper end and a closed bottom end and being sized to receive the handle of a beach umbrella;

a ground-engaging spike formed on the closed bottom end of said hollow leg;

a broad helical thread secured to the exterior surface of said hollow leg adjacent said ground-engaging spike;

a hand wheel in the form of a wide annular flange around said hollow leg adjacent said open upper end;

a plurality of drink retaining cups; and

means for removably securing said drink-retaining cups onto said hand wheel.

9. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 8, wherein said annular flange includes a radial array of circular cutouts sized to receive said drink retaining cups.

10. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 9, wherein said drink retaining cups are cylindrical and said means for removably securing said drink retaining cups onto said hand wheel includes a radially extending lips around the openings of said drink retaining cups.

11. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 8, wherein said hollow leg, said ground-engaging spike, said helical thread and said hand wheel are integrally formed.

12. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 11, wherein said hollow leg, said ground-engaging spike, said helical thread and said hand wheel are formed of plastic materials.

13. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 12, further including means on said hollow leg for securing the handle of a beach umbrella within the hollow leg.

14. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 13, wherein said means for securing the handle of a beach umbrella within the hollow leg comprises a pair of oppositely disposed setscrews.

15. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 8, wherein said annular flange includes a radial array of circular cutouts sized to receive said drink retaining cup;

said drink retaining cups are cylindrical and said means for removably securing said drink retaining cups onto said hand wheel includes a radially extending lips around the openings of said drink retaining cups; and

said hollow leg, said ground-engaging spike, said helical thread and said hand wheel are integrally formed.

16. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 15, wherein said hollow leg, said ground-engaging spike, said helical thread and said hand wheel are formed of plastic materials.

17. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 16, further including means on said hollow leg for securing the handle of a beach umbrella within the hollow leg.

18. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 17, wherein said means for securing the handle of a beach umbrella within the hollow leg comprises a pair of oppositely disposed setscrews.

19. A freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly comprising:

a hollow leg having an open upper end and a closed bottom end and being sized to receive the handle of a beach umbrella;

a ground-engaging spike formed on the closed bottom end of said hollow leg;

a broad helical thread secured to the exterior surface of said hollow leg adjacent said ground-engaging spike;

a hand wheel in the form of a wide annular flange around said hollow leg adjacent said open upper end;

a plurality of drink retaining cups;

means for removably securing said drink-retaining cups onto said hand wheel; and

means for securing the handle of a beach umbrella within said hollow leg.

20. The freestanding drink holder and beach umbrella anchoring assembly of claim 19, wherein said means for securing the handle of a beach umbrella within said hollow leg comprises a pair of oppositely disposed setscrews on said hollow leg.