Beverage vessel holder

Abstract

A beverage vessel holder for providing support for aluminum cans or other beverage vessels in sand, soil or other earth. The holder has a hollow stake attached to a support deck including beverage vessel indentations for at least two beverage vessels. The holder may also have an adapter to allow it to be used on surfaces into which the stake cannot be depressed.

1 . A beverage vessel holder comprising: 
 a support deck including at least two beverage vessel indentations; and    a hollow stake having an outer wall with opposing proximal and distal ends and a length therebetween, and a hollow interior;    wherein said hollow stake is attached to said support deck at said proximal end; and    wherein said stake has a blade designed to be pushed into earth at said distal end.    
   
   
       2 . The holder of  claim 1  wherein said support deck includes a stake support indentation and said stake is connected to said support deck in a press-fit configuration.  
   
   
       3 . The holder of  claim 1  wherein said blade is formed by a single cut at an angle to said length of said outer wall.  
   
   
       4 . The holder of  claim 1  wherein said blade is formed by two intersecting cuts at angles to said length of said outer wall.  
   
   
       5 . The holder of  claim 1  wherein said beverage vessel indentations are circularly symmetrical about said proximal end of said stake.  
   
   
       6 . The holder of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 an adapter, said adapter including: 
 a post configured to fit into said hollow interior;  
 a sleeve, surrounding said post, configured to interact with said blade; and  
 a base, attached to at least one of said sleeve or said post.  
   
   
   
       7 . The holder of  claim 6  wherein said base is a disk.  
   
   
       8 . The holder of  claim 6  wherein said base includes a plurality of legs.