Device for securing objects

Abstract

This invention provides a device for removably securing a wide variety of objects to different surfaces utilizing a partial vacuum. The device includes flexible material comprising one or more opening(s), wherein each opening is capable of forming a continuous seal with a portion of an object and the remaining material is capable of forming a continuous seal with a surface. The size of the opening and the size of the material can vary within the constraints that adequate material remains surrounding the opening to enable a continuous seal to be formed with a surface when an object is inserted into the opening. The device is used by inserting an object into an opening, thereby forming a continuous seal between the object and the opening and pressing the device against a surface, displacing air to create a partial vacuum in a manner that causes a continuous seal to form between the flexible material and the attachment surface, thereby removably securing the object to the surface.

1 . A device for holding an object, said device comprising: 
 a) a sleeve having a bottom and an aperture;    b) a flexible material including an opening therein, said flexible material airtightedly connecting to the sleeve thereby forming a flexible concave base, said flexible concave base opening downwardly and below said bottom of said sleeve and adhering by suction onto a surface when said device is pressed downwardly against the surface.    
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is a cylindrical wall.  
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is an insulating sleeve.  
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein said sleeve inserts into the concave base.  
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein said flexible concave base is made from neoprene or rubber.  
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has a seam where said sleeve joins to itself.  
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the seam is stitched.  
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is detachable from the flexible concave base.  
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the sleeve is permanently attached to the flexible concave base.  
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is a container holder.  
     
     
         11 . The device according to  claim 10 , wherein the container holder is rigid.  
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the flexible concave base is wider than the sleeve.  
     
     
         13 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the object is a container.  
     
     
         14 . A device for holding a container, said device comprising: 
 a) an insulating cylindrical wall having a bottom and an aperture;    b) a flexible material including an opening therein, said flexible material connecting to the cylindrical wall thereby forming a flexible concave base, said flexible concave base connected airtightedly to said bottom of said cylindrical wall, said flexible concave base opening downwardly and below said bottom of said cylindrical wall and adhering by suction onto a surface when the container is inserted through the aperture to form an airtight fit with said cylindrical wall and said flexible concave base being pressed downwardly and flattened against the surface.    
     
     
         15 . In a device for holding a container, the device having an insulating cylindrical wall with a bottom and an aperture, an improvement comprising: 
 a flexible material including an opening therein, said flexible material connecting to the cylindrical wall thereby forming a flexible concave base, said flexible concave base connected airtightedly to said bottom of said cylindrical wall, said flexible concave base opening downwardly and below said bottom of said cylindrical wall and adhering by suction onto a surface when the container is inserted through the aperture to form an airtight-fit with said cylindrical wall and said flexible concave base being pressed downwardly and flattened against the surface.