Beverage container holder

Abstract

A beverage cup holder to contain drinking fluids, collect condensation and spilled fluids, and direct them to a self contained reservoir. The holder has an upper rim that is taller than the container being held, ribs to support the entire height of the held container utilizing an upper funnel, and a device which stores spilled fluids and condensation within a self contained reservoir for spilled fluids formed by the holder from a centered vertical support column as well as creating an area to add attachments including weights, a magnet, or lighting to its open bottom end.

1 . A holder for containing a beverage cup comprising: 
 a generally cylindrical container having at least three progressively narrower sections including a first open top section, a narrower second middle section and a narrower third closed bottom section, wherein the rim of said top section is wider and higher than the rim of said cup; and a centered portion of the bottom of said third section is elevated to comprise a vertical support column for the beverage cup bottom, a reservoir for spilled fluids and an exterior recessed pocket below the raised column.    
   
   
       2 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , further having means for supporting said cup arrayed about the interior wall of said first section of the cup holder.  
   
   
       3 . The cup holder of  claim 2 , wherein said support means comprises ribs arrayed about the interior wall of said first section of the cup holder.  
   
   
       4 . The cup holder of  claim 3 , wherein said ribs comprise at least three vertical, narrow, flat, horizontally opposed ribs circumferentially edge disposed about the interior wall of said first section.  
   
   
       5 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein said reservoir comprises a circular self contained reservoir formed by the column interior wall, the third section interior vertical wall and a portion of the interior bottom wall.  
   
   
       6 . A holder for containing a beverage cup, comprising: 
 a generally cylindrical container having progressively narrower sections including an open top section and a narrower closed bottom section, wherein the rim of said top section is wider and higher than the rim of said cup; said top section having means for supporting said cup arrayed about the interior wall of said top section; and means for supporting the bottom of the cup in the bottom section.    
   
   
       7 . The holder of  claim 6 , wherein said means for supporting the bottom of the cup comprises a centered portion of the bottom of said bottom section having a vertical support column for the beverage cup bottom wherein a reservoir for spilled fluids surrounds the column, said column comprising an exterior recessed pocket within the closed bottom section.  
   
   
       8 . The holder of  claim 7 , further having means for connecting fixtures to said exterior recessed pocket within the column of the cup holder.  
   
   
       9 . The holder of  claim 7 , wherein said means includes a pipe having one end connected to the cup holder within the exterior recessed pocket.  
   
   
       10 . The holder of  claim 6 , wherein the means for supporting the cup comprises wall partitioning rib members in the top section.  
   
   
       11 . The holder of  claim 6 , wherein the means for supporting the cup comprises multiple short vertical studs connected to the interior bottom of the holder to support the cup bottom.  
   
   
       12 . The holder of  claim 6 , wherein the means for supporting the cup comprises multiple interior indentations around the bottom section of the cup holder.  
   
   
       13 . The holder of  claim 6 , further having a flip top lid attached to said rim.  
   
   
       14 . The holder of  claim 6 , wherein said means for supporting said cup within the interior wall of said first section comprise ribs arrayed about the interior wall of said top section of the cup holder.  
   
   
       15 . The holder of  claim 6 , wherein the means for supporting the cup includes a strut installed lengthwise across the bottom section of the holder.  
   
   
       16 . The holder of  claim 6 , wherein the exterior recessed pocket is connected to a portable platform.  
   
   
       17 . The holder of  claim 16 , wherein the recessed pocket is connected to the portable platform by a nipple attached to the platform and inserted in the pocket.  
   
   
       18 . A holder for containing a beverage cup, comprising a generally upright cylindrical container wherein the rim of said container is wider and higher than the rim of said cup; a centered portion of the bottom of said container is elevated to comprise a vertical support column for the beverage cup bottom; and further having means for supporting said cup arrayed about the interior wall of a top section of the container.  
   
   
       19 . The cup holder of  claim 18 , wherein said support means comprises ribs arrayed about the interior wall of said top section of the cup holder.