Patent ID: 7641157

Claim:
A beverage support apparatus comprising: a first elongate body having a first penetrator at a lower end capable of piercing the ground in a generally vertical manner; a first beverage support provided on a raised end of the first elongate body; a second elongate body spaced from and arranged in parallel to said first elongate body and having a second penetrator at a lower end capable of piercing the ground in a generally vertical manner; a second beverage support provided on a raised end of the second elongate body, and spaced from said first beverage support to retain a separate beverage, wherein the first and second beverage supports each include a continuous annular support surface subtending an angle greater than 180 degrees with a gap formed therein configured for use with a glass having a bulb with a sloped undersurface coupled to a stem, the annular support surface and said gap being adapted so that the stem of the glass may be received through the gap and the sloped undersurface of the bulb of the glass lowered until resting against the annular support surface; a high-volume beverage container retaining member slidably coupled between the first elongate body and second elongate body for vertical movement therealong, said beverage container retaining member having a retaining portion adapted to engage a high volume beverage container on an outer surface of the beverage container.