Patent ID: 6227510
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A47C,F16M

Abstract:
A holder for a hand-size container for use in conjunction with a portable chair, the holder consisting of:a) an integral body portion consisting of an annular band having an inside diameter sized to receive a hand-held container; first and second arcuate legs; and a horizontal double-beam-flange member having a top surface, a proximal end, and a distal end; wherein the first and second arcuate legs depend downwardly from the annular band to spatially separate the annular band from the horizontal double-beam-flange member, and wherein the first arcuate leg intersects the top surface of the horizontal flange member adjacent to the distal end of the horizontal double-beam-flange member and the second arcuate leg intersects the top surface of the horizontal double-beam-flange member at a preselected distance from the proximal end of the horizontal double-beam-flange member such that the annular band, the first and second arcuate legs, and a portion of the top surface of the horizontal double-beam-flange member located between the first and second arcuate legs cooperate to hold a hand-sized container; andb) a clamping means for removably attaching the holder to a portable chair, wherein the clamping means is affixed to the proximal end of the horizontal double-beam-flange member, said clamping means consisting of:i) a first bracket-half consisting of a first semi-cylindrical section and first and second ear flanges; wherein the first and second ear flanges extend from the first semi-cylindrical section, and wherein each of the first and second ear flanges has an aperture for receiving a fastener, and wherein the first semi-cylindrical section has a semi-cylindrical cavity for receiving a structural member of a portable chair, and wherein the first bracket-half is integral to the horizontal double-beam-flange;ii) a second bracket-half consisting of a second semi-cylindrical section and third and fourth ear flanges; wherein the third and fourth ear flanges extend from the second semi-cylindrical section, and wherein each of the third and fourth ear flanges has an aperture for receiving a fastener, and wherein the second cylindrical section has four spatially separated angled ribs for engaging a surface of a structural member of a portable chair, and wherein each of the four angled ribs has a first and second planar contact surface, the first and second planar contact surfaces of each angled rib intersecting each other at an included angle of about 120 degrees; andii) a first and second fastener;wherein the first and second fasteners cooperate with the apertures of the first, second, third, and fourth ear flanges to hold the first bracket-half and the second bracket-half opposingly in clamping contact with a structural member of a portable chair.