Ground anchoring sunshade umbrella stand

• US 6,908,067 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2002
• Issued: 06/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Reinhard Herman Clasen
• Original Assignee: Reinhard Herman Clasen
• Inventors: Clasen, Reinhard Herman
• Primary Examiner(s): BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
• Application Number:
  US10/266,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20040065802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 248/161, 248/158, 248/530, 248/532, 248/533, 248/156, 248/370, 248/545, 248/121, 248/188.9, 521/56, 521/65, 522/98, 522/97, 521/889, 135/44, 135/16, 135/80, 135/15.1, D21/840, D30/154, D 8/387
• US Class Current: 248/533
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 23/00 Other umbrellas
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/2223 by screwing

Abstract

This is a sunshade umbrella stand comprised of a hollow pole, a steel spike, and an umbrella holder. The stand itself is hollow with a foot pedal protruding out from the bottom portion of the stand which is attached to a hammer which slides up and down within the stand. The steel spike is attached to the bottom of the stand and the foot pedal hammer makes contact with the spike forcing the spike into the ground; thus, allowing the stand to be firmly anchored to the surface of the earth. The umbrella holder fits upon the top of the stand into which an umbrella with its post can be placed, so that the umbrella is held firmly in place. The sunshade umbrella stand will not allow an umbrella to tilt or fall due to wind or some other natural occurrence.

Claims

1. A sunshade umbrella stand which can be firmly locked into the surface of the earth comprising:

a hollow steel pole including a narrow upper portion and a wider lower portion relative to the upper portion, the lower portion of said hollow steel pole houses a biasing and slidable steel foot pedal hammer mechanism for longitudinal sliding a foot pedal along the lower portion of said hollow steel pole;

a umbrella holder including a small hollow steel pole having upper and lower portions such that the upper portion is wider than the lower portion, the lower portion of said umbrella holder is slidably mounted inside the top of said narrow upper portion of said hollow steel pole, the upper portion of said umbrella holder is adapted to receive an umbrella; and

a spike including a hardened steel rod welded on top of the head of a steel bolt with steel rods protruding from the sides of the head of said bolt to be used for handles and guides, wherein said spike is screwed into the bottom of the lower portion of said hollow steel pole for anchoring the stand upon the surface of the earth.

2. A method for setting up a sunshade umbrella stand comprising the steps of

attaching a hardened steel spike to a bottom portion of the umbrella stand, wherein the umbrella stand comprising an narrow upper steel pipe and a wide lower steel pipe,

using spike steel rods protruding from the sides of the head of a steel bolt,

screwing the steel bolt firmly into a threaded steel sleeve in the bottom portion of the umbrella stand,

attaching the sunshade umbrella pole holder to the top of the umbrella stand by sliding downwardly a lower steel pipe of the sunshade umbrella pole holder into the upper steel pipe of the umbrella stand holding the sunshade umbrella pole holder firmly in place, and

thrusting the umbrella stand into the surface of the earth by using a biasing and slidable steel foot pedal hammer making contact by longitudinal sliding upon an attached recessed portion of the steel spike;

and

forcing the steel spike to securely anchor itself within the earth.

3. A method for setting up the sunshade umbrella stand as defined in claim 2, penetrating the steel spike into the surface of the earth until the attached rods to the sides of the head of the bolt are resting upon the surface of the earth.

4. A method for setting up the sunshade umbrella stand as defined in claim 2, fitting the sunshade umbrella pole holder into the upper pipe of the umbrella stand such that the sunshade umbrella pole cannot tilt or fall and remaining in place therein.