Portable cooler apparatus with umbrella mounting means

A container apparatus for use in combination with an umbrella having an umbrella mast and umbrella canopy, comprising:

• A food container having a container top wall, a container side wall and a container bottom wall together defining a container interior, with an umbrella mast passing port, mast engaging means, and a container interior access door;
• Such that the umbrella mast may be inserted into said mast passing port and advanced into the interior of said container and engaged by said mast engaging means, thereby holding said umbrella mast upright relative to said container and such that said container stabilizes the umbrella, which can be opened over said container;
• Container stabilizing means including a pointer passing port for keeping said umbrella from overbalancing said container and causing said container to tip over when said apparatus rests on a granular support surface;
• A tubular nipple fitting having external threads fastened to said container bottom wall encircling said pointer passing port;
• An annular tube container mounting flange fastened to said container bottom wall encircling and radially spaced outwardly from said tubular nipple fitting;
• A hollow tube chamber secured to said mounting flange and extending upwardly into the top wall mast passing port;
• And a retaining tube having a retaining tube lower end containing retaining tube internal threads and fitting downwardly through said hollow tube chamber and screwing onto said tubular nipple fitting external threads, fitting between said tubular nipple fitting external threads, fitting between said tubular nipple fitting and said hollow tube chamber;
• Wherein said retaining tube is of sufficient length that it extends upwardly through said mastpasing port a certain distance.