Patent ID: 8333429

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) a rigid basket including basket support members and a basket center defining a bottom of the basket, b) a basket support ring supporting the basket, the basket support members extending between the basket support ring and the basket center, c) a seat mounting portion including a first side and a second side, the seat mounting portion coupled to the basket support ring and configured to extend beyond the front end of the arm of the seat, the seat mounting portion also including a surface defining a first opening disposed in the first side, and a surface defining a second opening disposed in the second side, and d) a retaining structure coupled to the seat mounting portion coupled to the first side of the seat mounting portion and configured to extend under the bottom surface of the arm of the seat, around the arm of the seat, and couple to the second side of the seat mounting portion, the retaining structure including a first strap coupled to the surface defining the first opening such that the first strap extends through and is retained by the first opening, and a second strap coupled to the surface defining the second opening such that the second strap extends through and is retained by the second opening, wherein the first strap is adaptively configured to couple to the second strap in such a way as to secure the seat mounting portion to the arm of the seat, wherein the rigid basket, the basket support ring, and the seat mounting portion are integrally formed as a unitary structure, wherein each of the first and second straps includes a ribbed portion having a plurality of projections, and wherein the first and second openings are sized to be smaller than the respective first and second straps at the projections such that the ribbed portions of the first and second straps are prevented from being withdrawn from the first and second openings.