US Patent Issued to Advantus on Aug. 5 for "Table with umbrella holder" (Pennsylvania, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,673, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Advantus Corp. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Table with umbrella holder" was invented by Peter James Connors (Radnor, Pa.) and James Peter Connors (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A table with a molded plastic body and a molded plastic plug fitted in a large round bottom opening in the body. A sealed internal body volume accommodates ballast. An internal hollow sleeve extends from an opening in the top of the body two a hollow core in the plug. An upper and lower corrugated gripping elements in the hollow sleeve and in the hollow core of the plug grip the pole of an umbrella. The round plu...