Patent Publication Number: US-11019912-B2

Title: Beach storage assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to storage devices and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for storing objects above water during incoming high tide. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pole that is insertable into sand on a beach having the pole being vertically oriented. In this way the pole can extend upwardly out of water on the shore of an ocean during incoming high tide. A plurality of legs is each coupled to the pole. Each of the legs is oriented perpendicular to the pole to abut the sand thereby retaining the pole in a vertical orientation. A spike is slidably positioned in the pole. The spike is positionable in a deployed position having the spike extending outwardly from the pole for driving into the sand. A plurality of storage pouches is each releasably coupled to a respective one of the couplers for positioning the storage pouches above the waves of the ocean during incoming high tide. Each of the storage pouches can store objects to inhibit the objects from getting wet during incoming high tide. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a beach storage assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a front perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a front view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a cross sectional view taken along line  6 - 6  of  FIG. 5  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a phantom view taken from circle  7  of  FIG. 4  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 7  thereof, a new storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 7 , the beach storage assembly  10  generally comprises a pole  12  that is insertable into sand  14  on a beach having the pole  12  being vertically oriented. In this way the pole  12  extends upwardly out of water of an ocean during incoming high tide. The pole  12  has a first end  16 , a second end  18  and an outer wall  20  extending therebetween. The first end  16  is open and the pole  12  is hollow. The outer wall  20  has a first aperture  22  extending into an interior of the pole  12  and the first aperture  22  is spaced from the first end  16  of the pole  12 . Additionally, the outer wall  20  has a second aperture  24  extending into the interior of the pole  12  and the second aperture  24  is spaced upwardly from the first aperture  22 . The pole  12  may have a length ranging between approximately 1.0 m and 1.5 m. 
     A plurality of legs  26  is each coupled to the pole  12  and each of the legs  26  is oriented perpendicular to the pole  12 . Each of legs  26  abuts the sand  14  thereby retaining the pole  12  in a vertical orientation. Each of the legs  26  is positioned on the outer wall  20  of the pole  12  and each of the legs  26  is aligned with the first end  16  of the pole  12 . Additionally, the legs  26  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the pole  12 . 
     A plurality of fasteners  28  is each coupled to the pole  12  having each of the fasteners  28  being oriented perpendicular to the pole  12 . Each of the fasteners  28  threadably engages the outer wall  20  of the pole  12 . The fasteners  28  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed from the second end  18  of the pole  12  toward the first end  16  of the pole  12 . The plurality of fasteners  28  includes a first set  30  and a second set  32  of fasteners that is each positioned on opposite sides of the pole  12  from each other. Moreover, a bottom most pair  34  of the fasteners  28  is spaced at least 12.0 inches from the first end  16  of the pole  12 . Each of the fasteners  28  may comprise an eyebolt or other threaded fastener. 
     A plurality of couplers  36  is each removably coupled to a respective one of the fasteners  28  having each of the couplers  36  being suspended from the respective fastener. Each of the couplers  36  includes a gate  38  that is pivotally coupled thereto. The gate  38  on each of the couplers  36  is biased into a closed position and the gate  38  on each of the couplers  36  is urgeable into an open position. Each of the couplers  36  may comprise a carabiner or other type of openable coupler. 
     A spike  40  is slidably positioned in the pole  12 . The spike  40  is positionable in a deployed position having the spike  40  extending outwardly from the pole  12  for driving into the sand  14 . The spike  40  is positionable in a retracted position having the spike  40  being concealed in the pole  12 . The spike  40  has a bottom end  42  and an upper end  44 , and the bottom end  42  tapers to a point for piercing the sand  14 . A grip  46  is positioned around the pole  12  for gripping and the grip  46  is centrally positioned between the first  16  and second  18  ends of the pole  12 . The grip  46  enhances gripping the pole  12  for driving the spike  40  into the sand  14 . 
     A lock  48  is movably coupled to the spike  40  and the lock  48  is biased to extend outwardly from the spike  40 . The lock  48  is spaced downwardly from the upper end  44  of the spike  40 . The lock  48  releasably engages the first aperture  22  in the pole  12  when the spike  40  is positioned in the deployed position. Additionally, the lock  48  releasably engages the second aperture  24  in the pole  12  when the spike  40  is in the retracted position. 
     A plurality of storage pouches  50  is each releasably coupled to a respective one of the couplers  36 . In this way each of the storage pouches  50  is positioned above the waves of the ocean during incoming high tide. Each of the storage pouches  50  has objects  52  positioned therein for storage to inhibit the objects  52  from getting wet during incoming high tide. Each of the storage pouches  50  has a front wall  54  and a back wall  56 . The front wall  54  has a top edge  58  that is spaced downwardly from a top edge  60  of the back wall  56  to define an opening  62  into the pouches  50 . Additionally, the back wall  56  has a hole  64  extending therethrough for receiving the respective coupler  36  and the hole  64  is aligned with the top edge  60  of the back wall  56 . 
     Each of the storage pouches  50  may be comprised of fluid impermeable material for protecting contents of the storage pouches  50  from moisture. Each of the storage pouches  50  includes a closure  63  that is aligned with the top edge  58  of the front wall  54 . The closure  63  engages the back wall  56  for opening and closing the opening  52 . The closure  63  on each of the storage pouches  50  forms a fluid impermeable seal to inhibit sand from entering the storage pouches  50 . Additionally, the closure  63  on each of the storage pouches  50  may comprise a zipper, a multiple use adhesive, a hook and loop fastener or any other type of closure than can form a fluid impermeable seal. 
     A speaker  66  is coupled to the pole  12  for emitting audible sound outwardly therefrom and the speaker  66  is positioned on the second end  18  of the pole  12 . A transceiver  68  is coupled to the pole  12  and the transceiver  68  is electrically coupled to the speaker  66 . The transceiver  68  is in wireless electrical communication with a remote audio source  70 , such as a smart phone or the like, for receiving an audio signal from the remote audio source  70 . The transceiver  68  may be a radio frequency transceiver or the like and the transceiver  68  may employ Bluetooth communication protocols. A power supply  71  is positioned in the pole  12 , the power supply  71  is electrically coupled to the transceiver  68  and the power supply  71  comprises at least one battery. 
     In an alternative embodiment  72  as shown in  FIGS. 3, 4 and 7 , a pair of the poles  12  is provided. The outer wall  20  of each of the poles  12  has a first well  74  extending inwardly therein and the first well  74  on each of the poles  12  is spaced from the second end  18  of the poles  12 . Each of the poles  12  has a second well  76  extending inwardly therein and the second well  76  is spaced downwardly from the first well  74 . Each of the poles  12  is spaced apart from each other on the beach having the first  74  and second  76  wells in each of the poles  12  being directed toward each other. Continuing in the alternative embodiment  72 , a net  78  is provided that has a first rod  80  being coupled to a top edge of the net  78  and a second rod  82  being coupled to a bottom edge of the net  78 . Each of the first  80  and second  82  rods is insertable into respective ones of the first  74  and second  76  wells for stretching the net  78  between the poles  12 . Additionally, each of the storage pouches  50  is coupled to the net  78  and the storage pouches  50  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the net  78 . 
     In use, the pole  12  is taken to the beach and the spike  40  is positioned in the deployed position. The spike  40  is urged into the sand  14  on the beach until the legs  26  abut the sand  14 . Each of the storage pouches  50  can have an object positioned therein for storage. Thus, the object in each of the storage pouches  50  is spaced upwardly from the water during incoming high tide. In this way the objects  52  are inhibited from getting wet if a user inadvertently forgets about incoming high tide. Thus, the user can enjoy the beach without worrying that the objects  52  will get wet or be washed out to sea. Additionally, the transceiver  68  can be synched with a smart phone or the like in the convention of Bluetooth audio for streaming audio from the speaker  66 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.