Patent ID: 8656937

Claim:
An outdoor umbrella stabilizer system, for an outdoor umbrella having a canopy with an edge, a plurality of ribs with distal ends, and a plurality of tips, each tip being at a distal end of one of the ribs, the canopy extended by the ribs, the canopy edge attaching to the tips, the system comprising: a plurality of sets, each set having an elastic cord, at least one clip, a circular sac, and a means for attaching a first loop formed by a second distal end of the cord to the sac; said at least one clip having a top, a bottom, a side, and at least one aperture, a J-hook on the top and at least one T-bar on the side; said elastic cord having a pair of ends, wherein an annulus is located at a first distal end and the circular sac is located at said second distal end, said circular sac comprises a ballast disposed inside, said sac having a circumferential perimeter and a casing attached along the perimeter, the second distal end of the elastic cord being inserted through the casing to form said first loop, the first loop cinching said sac closed after the ballast is placed inside the sac; wherein the annulus is looped over said J-hook, and a portion of the elastic cord adjacent to the annulus is inserted into the at least one aperture and between the umbrella canopy and an umbrella rib to form a second loop around one of the tips, said cord also being wrapped around said at least one T-bar, thereby flexibly securing the cord to the umbrella; wherein each of the plurality of sets attach to the canopy edge of the umbrella, the sets angularly equidistant from each other such that a number of degrees between each set is the same, the sets flexibly maintaining the umbrella in position, preventing a strong wind from catching the umbrella and twisting and deforming the umbrella, thereby stabilizing the outdoor umbrella.