Patent ID: 8474773

Claim:
A stackable beverage container holder, comprising: a generally tubular upper cup-like receptacle having an open upper end for receiving a beverage container, said cup-like receptacle being formed to define a first ridge extending inwardly circumferentially from the wall of said cup-like receptacle, a further tubular section depending from the inner edge of said first ridge, and a flange extending inwardly circumferentially from a lower edge of said further tubular section, for receiving and supporting a beverage container, and having a central aperture therein, and a ground-penetrating member formed integrally with and extending downwardly from said cup-like receptacle, wherein when a plurality of said beverage container holders are stacked, the first ridge of an upper one of said beverage container holders rests on the open upper end of the cup-like receptacle of a lower one of said beverage container holders, and the ground-penetrating member the upper one of said beverage container holders protrudes through the aperture in the second flange of the lower one of said beverage container holders; and wherein said ground-penetrating member of said stackable beverage container holder is cruciform in cross-section and tapered in outline, with the inner portions of the cruciform ground-penetrating member being cut away, whereby when a plurality of said beverage container holders are stacked, the cruciform ground-penetrating member of an upper one of said beverage container holders fits within the cut away portion of the cruciform ground-penetrating member of the lower of the beverage container holders.