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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2004
Thomas Hanson, Brick, NJ (US);
Thomas Hanson, Brick, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A deck support member for locking engagement with an umbrella pole utilized in combination with a table so as to firmly secure the lower end of the umbrella pole, the support member having a cylindrical cross section slightly less than the inner diameter of the umbrella pole, the support member being closed at its upper end and open at its lower end with an annular deck engaging flange, the upper end having an aperture therethrough for receipt of a deck engaging securing means, there being disposed within the cylindrical support member, a biasing means having an aperture coincidental with the aperture in the closed end of the cylindrical support member, there being disposed on the biasing means, a locking finger cooperable with an aperture formed in the side wall of the cylindrical support means, the locking finger movable to a recessed position within the cylindrical support member by foot pressure or by pressure from the slidable receipt of the umbrella pole over the cylindrical support member, the locking finger extensible from the cylindrical support member when coincidental alignment is achieved with an aperture in the side wall of the umbrella pole.