Patent ID: 8777307

Claim:
A vessel holder removably coupled to a seat having arms, wherein a surface of an arm of the seat includes a front end, a top surface, and a bottom surface, and the vessel holder comprises: a rigid basket, the basket including an upper portion and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion, the upper portion and the lower portion defining an interior surface configured to support a vessel placed in the basket, the lower portion having a smaller diameter at the interior surface than the upper portion such that a lip is formed at an intersection of the upper and lower portions along the interior surface, the basket defining a continuous annular periphery at a top of the upper portion that is interrupted only by two basket openings formed on opposite sides of the basket, each of the two basket openings extending downwardly from the top of the upper portion so as to be configured to receive a handle of the vessel placed in the basket, and each of the two basket openings being surrounded by an outwardly projecting lip formed on the basket, a seat-mounting portion comprising a first side and a second side each extending generally rearwardly from one of the opposite sides of the basket, the first side including a first surface defining a first opening and the second side including a second surface defining a second opening, the seat-mounting portion coupled to the upper portion of the basket and configured to extend beyond the front end of the arm of the seat, the seat-mounting portion configured to be removably attached to the arm of the seat, and a retaining structure including a first strap removably coupled to the first side of the seat-mounting portion so as to extend through the first opening, and a second strap removably coupled to the second side of the seat-mounting portion so as to extend through the second opening, the first and second straps being configured to extend under the bottom surface of the arm of the seat and couple to one another to secure the vessel holder to the arm of the seat, wherein the basket and seat-mounting portion are cast of a single mold, and wherein the basket further includes an outer surface opposite the interior surface, the outer and interior surfaces being sized such that when first and second vessel holders are stacked, the outer surface of the basket of the first vessel holder nests within the interior surface of the basket of the second vessel holder.