Patent ID: 7128299

Claim:
A beverage container/coaster system for retaining a beverage spaced above a recipient surface to preclude staining the recipient surface while allowing for easy rolling movement of the system upon the recipient surface, the system comprising, in combination: a toy vehicle having a horizontally disposed base frame with four wheels rotatably coupled to the base frame and extending below the base frame, the toy vehicle also having a body extending above the base frame, the body having a generally flat upper surface in an essentially horizontal plane; an intermediate member having a hollow cylindrical side wall with a diameter and a top and a bottom and a vertical axis there between, the top being formed as an open circular top and the bottom being formed as a closed circular bottom with an upper face coupled to the side wall at its lower extend and a lower face secured to the flat upper surface of the body of the toy vehicle, the intermediate member including thermal insulation in the side wall and in the bottom; and a beverage container including a cylindrical lower region with a diameter less than the diameter of the intermediate member for allowing the beverage container to be inserted into the intermediate member and to be removed therefrom for the consumption of a beverage therein, the cylindrical lower region of the beverage container adapted to be supported by the upper face of the bottom of the intermediate member at a location above the table top to preclude staining the table top or the recipient surface, the beverage container adapted to be removed from the intermediate member for the consumption of a beverage within the container, and the toy vehicle being adapted to be easily moved by rolling around a table top or other recipient surface.