Holder for beverage containers and related articles
AssigneeSport Supply Group, Inc.
InventorsCharles R. McKenzie, Harry C. Ingle
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Abstract
Apparatus for holding articles such as drink cups and related personal articles of persons such as members of an athletic team. Individual pockets for holding drink containers are formed along a support panel, and corresponding hooks are supported by the panel in juxtaposed relation to the pockets. Those hooks are intended for supporting personal articles such as gloves or the like in a predetermined location next to the drinking-cup holder chosen for each individual. The entire apparatus is supported on a vertical backstop such as a chain-link fence, by separate hooks provided for that purpose.
Claims9
Apparatus for holding a plurality of personal beverage containers and a corresponding plurality of other personal articles in predetermined juxtaposition with the beverage containers, comprising:
- a substantially flat support panel having a longitudinal dimension, the support panel being of a flexible sheet material that conforms to an irregular structure against which the support panel is placed in use and that allows stowing the apparatus in a relatively compact shape when not in use;
- a plural number of receptacles on a surface of the support panel, each receptacle being configured to hold a single beverage container and being contiguous to another such receptacle along the longitudinal dimension of the support panel;
- each receptacle having an open top to receive the beverage container and an interior member to support the beverage container so that a top portion of the beverage container extends above the open top of the receptacle, the bottoms of the receptacles otherwise being open so that spilled beverages can drain through the open bottoms of the receptacles;
- a corresponding number of hooks carried by the support panel beneath the bottoms of the receptacles, each hook being located in predetermined juxtaposition adjacent a corresponding receptacle so that each hook can support another personal article in said predetermined juxtaposition to the corresponding receptacle;
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- means disposed adjacent an upper portion of the flat panel for removably supporting the apparatus in use in an upright attitude along the structure.
Apparatus for holding a plurality of personal beverage containers and a corresponding plurality of other personal articles in predetermined juxtaposition with the beverage containers, comprising:
- a substantially flat support panel having a longitudinal dimension, the support panel being of a flexible sheet material that conforms to an irregular structure against which the support panel is placed in use and that allows stowing the apparatus in a relatively compact shape when not in use;
- a plurality of receptacles on a surface of the support panel, each receptacle comprising a loop of flexible material extending outwardly from the surface of the support panel and being configured to hold a single beverage container when the support panel is placed in use, the loop being configured to collapse along the longitudinal dimension of the support panel to facilitate said stowing of the apparatus;
- each receptacle being contiguous to another such receptacle along the longitudinal dimension of the support panel and having an open top to receive the beverage container and an interior member to support the beverage container so that a top portion of the beverage container extends above the open top of the receptacle, the bottoms of the receptacles otherwise being open so that spilled beverages can drain through the open bottoms of the receptacles;
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- a corresponding number of hooks carried by the support panel beneath the bottoms of the receptacles, each hook being located in predetermined juxtaposition adjacent a corresponding receptacle so that each hook can support another personal article in said predetermined juxtaposition to the corresponding receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.