Patent ID: 7757614

Claim:
A tensioned tablecloth for remaining firmly fitted on an existing outdoor eating surface during inclement weather conditions, said tensioned tablecloth comprising: a body having a plurality of sides configured in such a manner to form a continuous perimeter extending about said body; and means for retaining said body at a substantially flat and taut position during inclement weather conditions such that said body is prohibited from undesirably disengaging a top surface of the existing outdoor eating surface; wherein said body retaining means comprises: a single and unitary elastic band contiguously abutted against an interior face of said sides and traveling along an entire length of said perimeter; a centrally located anchor strap having a fixed longitudinal length and being statically coupled to a bottom surface of said body; a plurality of elastic primary straps adjustably and dynamically positioned along said bottom surface of said body; a plurality of elastic looped brackets statically and directly coupled to said elastic band and extending inwardly towards said anchor strap; and a plurality of fasteners directly attached to opposed ends of each of said primary straps respectively; wherein each of said fasteners are removably affixed to selected ones of said looped brackets and selected portions of said anchor strap respectively such that said primary straps linearly extend between said elastic band and said anchor strap to thereby prohibit said edges of said body from being displaced away from said anchor strap when wind blows against said body.