Patent ID: 9549628
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A47G,B60N

Claim:
1. A beverage container support apparatus, comprising: a base body having a first portion, a second portion, and a boundary region between the first portion and the second portion, the boundary region having an inner perimeter proximate to the first portion and an outer perimeter proximate to the second portion; a first straight lateral connector member, a majority of the first straight lateral connector member formed from the first portion of the base body and not from the boundary region; a second straight lateral connector member, a majority of the second straight lateral connector member formed from the first portion of the base body and not from the boundary region, the first straight lateral connector member and the second straight lateral connector member having a same length; a bottom support member formed at least in part from the first portion of the base body; the first straight lateral connector member, the second straight lateral connector member, and the bottom support member disposed in a coplanar position with both the first portion of the base body and with the second portion of the base body in an undeployed state; the first straight lateral connector member connecting the bottom support member with the second portion of the base body in the undeployed state and in a deployed state; the second straight lateral connector member connecting the bottom support member with the second portion of the base body in the undeployed state and in the deployed state; the first straight lateral connector member, the second straight lateral connector member, and the bottom support member configured for simultaneous vertical translation and planar rotation of the bottom support member relative to the second portion of the base body during transition from the undeployed state to the deployed state; and the bottom support member configured to maintain a parallel orientation relative to the second portion of the base body during transition from the undeployed state to the deployed state.