Patent ID: 7559218
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: A45C,A45F,E04H,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An item securing apparatus operative to secure at least one item to a ground surface, the item securing apparatus comprising: a locking housing having a body portion and a handle portion extending from said body portion; a ground engaging member including a body portion having a bottom end having a ground penetrating structure insertable into the ground surface and a top end opposite the bottom end, said body portion of the ground engaging member configured to telescopically receive the handle portion of the locking housing; a locking device positioned in the locking housing, the locking device movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, said locking device configured to at least one item securing mechanism having a first end thereof engageable with the body portion of the ground engaging member and having a second end thereof engageable with the at least one item to operatively secure the at least one item to the body portion of the ground engaging member.