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 base's center, two curved walls connecting to the base, and a shade connecting to the column and two walls with the shade spaced above the base. The shade has its own width similar to the base for casting the base into a shadow. The column has a compartment that receives a smartphone and a door to cover it. The column connects to the base upon a bench having drain holes. The base has a plate with drain holes spaced apart and the plate spaced above the bottom of the invention. The walls have spaced apart edges that fit into grooves in the base and the shade. The base, the column, the walls, and the shade connect in only one way. The present invention receives flat smartphones that fit within the compartment.
Claims20
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 connecting to a round shade above said header, said shade having a diameter the same as the diameter of said base;
- two panels spanning from said base to said shade and adjoining said column;
- a lid upon said shade;
- wherein said column is adapted to receive a smart phone;
- and
- wherein said base is adapted to support a beverage container placed thereon.
A device for holding a beverage container and a smart phone under shade, comprising:
- a round base having a diameter and a plate with a perimeter and drain holes about said perimeter;
- a hollow column, said column having a header, a spaced apart footer, and a wall spanning between said header and said footer, said column beneath said footer connecting to said base;
- a round shade, said shade having a diameter the same as the diameter of said base, said shade being spaced above said base and apart from said base;
- said column connecting to said shade above said header;
- two panels spanning from said base to said shade and adjoining said column;
- a lid upon said shade;
- wherein said column is adapted to receive a smart phone;
- and
- 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 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 door having an inner edge formed of a tube upon which said door rotates;
- at least one hinge pin engaging said inner edge;
- 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 above said header connecting to a round shade, said shade having a diameter the same as the diameter of said base;
- two panels spanning from said base to said shade and adjoining said column;
- a lid upon said shade;
- 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 additional second tube positioning where said footer intersects one of said sidewalls, said second tubes being mutually coaxial and each receiving said at least one hinge pin;
- a round base having its diameter, a plate with a perimeter, drain holes about said perimeter, a recess centered within said plate and wherein said recess is adapted to receive one of a label, a sticker, and a decoration;
- 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;
- said base having a left groove outward of said plate and partially around the perimeter of said plate outward from said bench, and a right groove opposite said left groove and outward of said plate and partially around the perimeter of said plate outward from said bench;
- a round shade connecting to said column, said shade having its diameter the same as the diameter of said base, and a socket of a cooperative shape to the cross section of said column, and said shade extending above said base, wherein said column connects to said bench and said column then connects to said socket thus said shade spans above said base;
- said socket of said shade having a notch, said notch admitting said additional second tube proximate said header;
- said shade having a left groove partially around said shade and outward from said socket, and a right groove opposite said left groove and partially around said shade outward from said socket;
- wherein the left groove of said base and the left groove of said shade attain registration and wherein the right groove of said base and the right groove of said shade attain registration;
- wherein the left groove of said base and the left groove of said shade extend from said inner edge of said door;
- each of said panels having an elongated, curved form of the diameter of said shade;
- each of said panels having a lower edge fitting into either the left groove or the right groove of said base;
- each of said panels having an upper edge fitting into either the left groove or the right groove of said shade wherein each upper edge is mutually spaced apart from each lower edge of one panel;
- 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;
- said column having a compartment therein within said footer, said header, and said wall, wherein 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;
- 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;
- said head having a hingedly connected lid, said lid having a flat, round form, a lid hinge tangential to said lid and locating towards said column, and a lift tab mutually spaced apart from said lid hinge proximate said lid including something about the lid, wherein said lid is adapted to receive one of a label, a sticker, and a decoration;
- wherein said column releasably connects to said bench and to said column;
- wherein said device is adapted to a user assembling it one way only;
- wherein said column is adapted to receive a smart phone;
- and
- wherein said base is adapted to support a beverage container placed thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.