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US 6,889,953 B2Granted
Umbrella stand
AssigneeSouthern Sales & Marketing Group, Inc.
InventorKenneth A. Harbaugh
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Abstract
An umbrella stand includes means defining a cavity, a mast receiving means operatively associated with the cavity-defining means, a bladder received within the cavity and comprised of a material which will retain ballast, and ballast contained within the bladder. When an umbrella mast is inserted into the mast receiving means and the umbrella is raised, the ballast weighs down the cavity-defining means so as to maintain the umbrella in a generally upright condition.
Claims14
An umbrella stand, comprising:
- a base comprising a plurality of generally upright, interconnected walls and defining a cavity therewithin;
- mast receiving means operatively associated with said base;
- a bladder received within said cavity and comprised of a material which will retain ballast;
- ballast contained within said bladder;
- a brace assembly mounted within said cavity and coupled to said generally upright walls, said mast-receiving means being mounted to said brace assembly;
- whereby when a mast of an umbrella is inserted into said mast receiving means and said umbrella is raised, said ballast weighs down said base so as to maintain said umbrella in a generally upright condition.
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An umbrella stand, comprising:
- a base defining a cavity therewithin, said base comprising
- a predetermined number of corner members;
- and
- a corresponding predetermined number of side panels, each of said side panels having first and second ends releasably connected to a different first and second ones of said corner members;
- whereby said side panels and said corner members are releasably connected to define a cavity;
- mast receiving means operatively associated with said base;
- a bladder received within said cavity and comprised of a material which will retain ballast;
- and
- ballast contained within said bladder;
- whereby when a mast of an umbrella is inserted into said mast receiving means and said umbrella is raised, said ballast weighs down said base so as to maintain said umbrella in a generally upright condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.