Patent ID: 8678019

Claim:
An anchoring device in combination with a backpack and an umbrella, the device comprising: the umbrella having a canopy fixably mounted upon a top end of an umbrella shaft that extends downward to a handle; the backpack having an inner compartment with an upper opening; the anchoring device comprising a stabilizing unit comprising a tubular receiver centrally mounted within a supporting structure having a surface area that extends the inner compartment of the backpack and that is detached therewith; the supporting structure being removably insertable into the inner compartment through the upper opening; the tubular receiver defined by an upper portion formed upon and disposed above a lower portion; the upper portion of the tubular receiver having a cavity extending downward to above the lower portion which extends downward to a predetermined length; the upper portion configured to receive the handle therein an attaching element operationally mounted with the cavity above the lower portion; the handle configure to removably and securely engage with the attaching element as the handle of the umbrella shaft is inserted into the cavity of the tubular receiver wherein the umbrella is held in place.