Beach umbrella safety system

A beach umbrella restraining device comprising:

• a flexible, longitudinally extending cable member, said cable member having a first end and a second end;
• first releasable attachment means, fixed to said first end of said cable, for releasably attaching said cable member to a beach umbrella, said first releasable attachment means being connectably engageable of a beach umbrella support shaft;
• second releasable attachment means, fixed to said second end of said cable, for releasably attaching said cable member to an anchor member;
• third releasable attachment means, attached to said cable member intermediate said first and second ends, for releasably attaching said cable member to said beach umbrella, said third releasable attachment means being connectably engageable of said beach umbrella support shaft at a position longitudinally removed from the position of said first releasable attachment means, relative to said cable member, wherein said third releasable attachment means comprises:
• a pair of straps, said pair of straps being adjustably connected to said cable member for movement along said cable member intermediate said first and second ends, said pair of straps being adapted to wrap around said beach umbrella support shaft;
• and connection means for releasably locking said straps to one another.

A beach umbrella anchoring system comprising:

• (A) an anchor member comprising:
• a container means for receivably containing a weighting medium, and
• connection means, attached to said container means, for connecting said container means to a beach umbrella restraining device;
• and
• (B) a beach umbrella restraining device comprising:
• a flexible, longitudinally extending cable member, said cable member having a first end and a second end,
• first releasable attachment means, fixed to said first end of said cable, for releasably attaching said cable member to a beach umbrella,
• second releasable attachment means, fixed to said second end of said cable, for releasably attaching said cable member to said connection means of said member, and
• third releasable attachment means, attached to said cable member intermediate said first and second ends, for releasably attaching said cable member to said beach umbrella.

A beach umbrella anchor kit comprising:

• (A) an anchor member comprising:
• a container means for receivably containing a predetermined mass of sand, and
• connection means, attached to said container means, for connecting said container means to a beach umbrella restraining device;
• (B) a beach umbrella restraining device comprising:
• a flexible, longitudinally extending cable member, said cable member having a first end and a second end,
• first releasable attachment means, fixed to said first end of said cable, for releasably attaching said cable member to a beach umbrella,
• second releasable attachment means, fixed to said second end of said cable, for releasably attaching said cable member to said connection means of said anchor member, and
• third releasable attachment means, attached to said cable member intermediate said first and second ends, for releasably attaching said cable member to said beach umbrella;
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• (C) a sand shovel.