Beach umbrella
OwnerSalvatore Tizzoniinventor
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Abstract
A ground anchoring arrangement for attachment to, for example, the pole of a beach umbrella or the like consists of a hollow cylindrical member having a rod rotatably supported therein. A spiral screw is attached to one end of the rod, and the other end of the rod is grippingly (CANC) attachable to a handle rotator. Thus, when the handle rotator is rotated, the rod rotates, and the spiral screw rotates with it. The point of the screw is placed adjacent to the ground and rotated so that the screw digs itself into the earth to firmly fix the elongated cylinder in the ground.
Claims8
A device supporting structure comprising an elongated ground anchoring arrangement attached to a device supporting pole, said device supporting pole having a first end, at which said device is supported, and a second end;
- said ground anchoring arrangement comprising:
- an elongated hollow member having a first and a second end;
- means for detachably attaching said second end of said device supporting pole to said first end of said elongated hollow member;
- an elongated rod extending through said hollow member and being rotatably supported therein, said elongated rod having a first end adjacent the first end of said elongated hollow member and a second end adjacent the second end of the said elongated hollow member;
- the first end of said elongated rod having a non-circular cross-sectional shape;
- handle rotating means;
- said handle rotating means being attachable to said elongated rod at said first end thereof;
- screw means mounted at said second end of said elongated rod, externally of said elongated hollow member, for rotation with said rod;
- wherein, when said handle rotating means is rotated, said rod rotates with said handle rotating means and said screw means rotates with said rod, and, thereby, with said handle rotating means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.