Patent ID: 8272506

Claim:
A device for supporting two or more drinking vessels in a manner that facilitates simultaneous coordinated beverage consumption by two or more participants arranged shoulder to shoulder comprising: at least one elongated unitary body member having substantially planar top, side, bottom, and end surfaces, a longitudinal length extending from end to end defining a longitudinal axis, and a transverse width; means associated with said at least one elongated unitary body member for rigidly connecting said at least one elongated unitary body member to at least one other elongated unitary body member with the longitudinal axes of said connected elongated unitary body members being aligned, and with one end surface of said at least one elongated unitary body member in abutment with one end surface of at least one other said elongated unitary body member; said plurality of receiving members each additionally comprises a threaded socket on the top surface of said at least one elongated unitary body member, additionally comprising at least one drinking vessels, which is securable to the top surface of said at least one elongated unitary body members in one said plurality of threaded sockets, said at least one drinking vessels having a bottom section and an open mouth with a peripheral rim opposite said bottom section and threads matching those in said plurality of threaded sockets on said bottom section a plurality of receiving members formed in said at least one elongated unitary body member, each of said receiving members being positioned adjacent another of said plurality of receiving members, each of said plurality of receiving members being adapted to hold a drinking vessel, each of said plurality of receiving members being positioned in a single row along the longitudinal length of said at least one elongated unitary body member and spaced apart from adjacent receiving members about average shoulder width or wider to allow two or more beverage consumption participants when situated along the same side surface of said at least one elongated unitary body member in a side-by-side relationship to each be oriented directly in front of any of said adjacent receiving members.