Shade holder
OwnerLance D. McKinleyinventor
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Abstract
A shade holder device has a base, a column upon the base offset from the center of the base, and a shade connecting to the column spaced above the base. The shade its own width greater than the base for casting the base into a shadow. The column has a compartment within that receives a smartphone and a door upon the compartment that covers it. The column connects to the base upon a bench having drain holes. The base also has a plate with drain holes spaced around its perimeter and the plate spaced above the bottom of the invention when assembled. The base, the column, and the shade connect in only one way. The present invention receives smartphones that do not fold and of width and height less than that of the compartment.
Claims10
A device for holding a beverage container and a smart phone under shade, comprising:
- a transparent door hingedly connecting to a hollow column, said column having a header, a spaced apart footer, and a wall spanning between said header and said footer, said door spanning from said header to said footer;
- said column beneath said footer connecting to a rounded base having a diameter and a plate with a perimeter and drain holes about said perimeter;
- said column beneath above said header connecting to a round shade, said shade having a diameter greater than that of said base, and said shade extending over and outward from said base;
- wherein said column is adapted to receive a smart phone;
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- wherein said base is adapted to support a container placed thereon.
A device for holding a beverage container and a smart phone under shade, comprising:
- a door hingedly connecting to a hollow column, said column having a header, a spaced apart footer, and a wall spanning between said header and said footer, said door spanning from said header to said footer;
- said column beneath said footer connecting to a rounded base having a diameter and a plate with a perimeter and drain holes about said perimeter;
- said column beneath above said header connecting to a round shade, said shade having a diameter greater than that of said base, and said shade extending over and outward from said base;
- wherein said column is adapted to receive a smart phone;
- wherein said base is adapted to support a container placed thereon;
- said door having an inner edge formed of a tube upon which said door rotates;
- two hinge pins engaging said inner edge, each hinge pin spacing apart from the other coaxially;
- said cross section of said column having two mutually parallel and spaced apart sidewalls, said header spanning between said sidewalls, a wall having a curve spaced apart from said sidewalls;
- a second tube positioning where said header intersects one of said sidewalls and an another second tube positioning where said footer intersects one of said sidewalls, said second tubes being mutually coaxial and each receiving one of said hinge pins;
- a rounded base having a diameter, a plate with a perimeter, drain holes about said perimeter, and a recess centered within said plate, said recess is adapted to receive one of a label, a sticker, and a decoration;
- said base having two spaced apart tabs outward of said plate proximate said column, wherein each of said tabs is adapted to retain a smart phone;
- said base having a bench of a cooperative shape to the cross section of said column, said bench being offset from said plate and parallel to a tangent upon said plate;
- a round shade connecting to said column, said shade having a diameter greater than that of said base, and a socket of a cooperative shape to the cross section of said column, and said shade extending over and outward from said base, wherein said column connects to said bench and said column then connects to said socket thus said shade overhangs beyond said base;
- said socket of said shade having a notch, said notch admitting said another second tube proximate said header;
- said bench having a tab outwardly from said plate with a lower portion and an upper portion engaging corresponding openings in said wall of said column opposite said footer;
- said socket having a tab towards said with a lower portion and an upper portion engaging corresponding openings in said wall of said column opposite said header;
- wherein said column releasably connects to said bench and to said column;
- said column having a compartment therein within said footer, said header, and said wall, said compartment is adapted to receive a smart phone;
- said column proximate said footer solely connecting to said bench;
- said column proximate said header solely connecting to said socket;
- wherein said device is adapted to a user assembling it one way only;
- said shade having a truncated convex shape extending from a rim inwardly and upwardly from said rim to a flat head centered upon said shade;
- said truncated convex shape of said shade forming a hill spanning from said rim to said head;
- a plurality of slotted cylinders depending from said hill and inward from said rim, each of said slotted cylinders having a lengthwise slot, and wherein each of said slotted cylinders is adapted to receive a bead from a bead string;
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- wherein said head is adapted to receive one of a label, a sticker, and a decoration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.