Beach and lawn table with umbrella holder

• US 4,920,897 A
• Filed: 04/28/1989
• Issued: 05/01/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LIL Twister Incorporated
• Original Assignee: LIL Twister Incorporated
• Inventors: Reed, Charles, Gran, Carl H., Reed, Ross
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V.
• Application Number:
  US07/344,654
• Time in Patent Office: 368 Days
• Field of Search: 108/150, 108/157, 108/95, 108/92, 108/159, 248/158, 248/156, 248/161, 248/530, 248/533, 248/545, 248/159, 248/127, 175/320
• US Class Current: 108/150
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 11/00 Umbrellas characterised by their shape or attachment
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2200/1063 with tables
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 23/00 Other umbrellas
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0008 Table or tray, height adjustable on parasol pole
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 37/04 Tables specially adapted for use in the garden or otherwise in the open air, e.g. with means for holding umbrellas or umbrella-like sunshades
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/2223 by screwing

Abstract

A beach and lawn table which is affixed to the ground on which it rests by an auger projecting from the base of the table. The table has a single axially located leg which also provides a holder for the shaft of an umbrella. The table top is removably mounted on the upper end of the table'"'"'s leg and also serves as a wrench to screw the auger into the ground until the base of the table rests firmly on the ground.

Claims

1. A beach and lawn table designed to be affixed to the ground on which it rests comprising:

a single upstanding hollow table leg.

a table base having a flat horizontal bottom face permanently attached to the lower end of the table leg,

a leg cap permanently attached to the upper end of the table leg and having a cube-shaped lug extending upwardly and axially aligned with the table leg,

a table top having a square hole at its center sized to fit snugly over and around the cube-shaped lug and supported by the leg cap,

the table leg, the table base, the leg cap and the table top all made of a similar thermoplastic material, and,

a vertically aligned helical auger attached to the bottom face of the table base and designed to be screwed into the ground by turning movement of the table top until the bottom face of the table base rests firmly on the ground.

2. A beach and lawn table as set forth in claim 1 which includes a cylindrical axially aligned hole in the lug sized to receive a shaft of an accessory which extends down into the hollow table leg.

3. A beach and lawn table as set forth in claim 2 wherein a finger-operable set screw threadedly mounted on the wall of the table leg is provided to secure a shaft of the accessory inserted into the hole in the lug.

4. A beach and lawn table designed to be affixed to the ground on which it rests comprising:

a single upstanding hollow cylindrical table leg,

a table base having a flat horizontal bottom face permanently bonded to the lower end of the table leg,

a leg cap permanently bonded to the upper end of the table leg and having a cube-shaped lug extending upwardly and axially aligned with the table leg with a cylindrical axially aligned hole in the lug sized to receive a shaft of an accessory which extends into the hollow table leg,

the table leg, the table base, and the leg cap all made of similar thermoplastic material,

a table top having a square hole at its center sized to fit snugly around the cube-shaped lug, and

a vertically aligned helical auger attached to the bottom face of the table base and designed to be screwed into the ground by turning movement of the table top until the bottom face of the table base rests firmly on the ground.

5. A beach and lawn table as set forth in claim 4 wherein a finger-operable sert screw is threadedly mounted on the wall of the table leg to secure the shaft of the accessory inserted into the hole of the table lug.