Patent ID: 11952793
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  A | IPC A  E

Claim 12:
13. A beverage tray and umbrella stand for use with an umbrella and a pool, comprising:
a molded base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the molded base having a front side wall and a rear side wall, the upper surface having a plurality of indentations supporting at least one of a beverage container and a portable cooler thereon, the base having ballast;
a rearwardly facing step edge on the lower surface of a front side wall of the base, wherein the rearwardly facing step edge allows for supporting all most of the lower surface of the base beyond the rearwardly facing step edge over an edge of a swimming pool, with the ballast allowing the base to remain stable;
a vertical through-hole passing from the upper surface to the lower surface of the front side wall for allowing a post of the umbrella to be supported therein, the vertical through-hole includes an oblong configuration, with a narrow inner side portion, the oblong configuration being selected from a tear drop configuration and a triangular configuration;
a generally horizontal through-hole passing from an exterior of the front side wall through the molded base to the vertical through-hole; and
a rotatable knob with a threaded stem passing into the generally horizontal through-hole, the threaded stem having an end for locking the post of the umbrella into the narrow inner side portion of the vertical through-hole in the molded base.