Patent ID: 6953180

Claim:
An anchoring device for anchoring an umbrella to a surface, the umbrella having a canopy attached to an end of a shaft, the device comprising: a base plate having an upper side and a lower side; a stake member for removably penetrating the surface, a first end of the stake member being mounted on the lower side of the base plate and extending away from the lower side of the base plate; a tubular member having a first end, a second end, and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends of the tubular member, the first end of the tubular member being coupled to the upper side of the base plate, the second end of the tubular member having a bore extending therein toward the first end of the tubular member for removably receiving an end of the shaft of the umbrella; and holding means for releasably holding the shaft of the umbrella in the bore of the tubular member; an auxiliary securing spike for securing the base plate to the surface, the base plate having an aperture for removably receiving the auxiliary securing spike for driving the securing spike into the surface; a sleeve mounted on the tubular member for holding the auxiliary securing spike when the securing spike is not received in the aperture in the base plate; and an auxiliary aperture formed in the base plate, the auxiliary aperture being aligned with a passage through the sleeve such that the auxiliary securing spike is extendable through the auxiliary aperture when the auxiliary securing spike is positioned in the sleeve.