ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,484, issued on May 13.
"Multi-function lawn holders" was invented by Benjamin Weinreich (Sykesville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lawn stake holder for holding multiple backyard items including drink glasses, cans, wine glasses, corn hole bags, and horseshoes. The lawn stake holder generally comprises a unitary holder formed by bending a metal rod into a U-shaped yoke at the center, and bending a substantially-rectangular platform on one side of the U-shaped yoke, leaving a horizontal strut on the other side of the U-shaped yoke. The unitary holder is supported by a unitary lawn stake component formed from a single elongate r...