Decorative Configurable Drink Coaster

Abstract

A configurable drinking coaster combination includes at least one pair of coasters adapted for individual placement on a furniture surface to protect the furniture from a drinking glass or cup placed on the coaster. Each pair of coasters is configured for interlocking engagement so that the pair of coasters can form a decorative three-dimensional accent piece when the coasters are not in use to support a drinking vessel. In one embodiment, a collection of substantially identically configured coasters have an identical perimeter, such as circular, rectangular or triangular, and each defines a substantially identically sized and arranged slot so that when the coasters are interlockingly engaged at the slots the perimeters of the coasters coincide in the three-dimensional accent piece configuration.

1 . A configurable drinking coaster combination comprising:
 a first coaster having a first thickness and first perimeter, said first coaster further defining a first slot extending from said perimeter, said first slot having a first width; and   a second coaster having a second thickness and second perimeter, said second coaster further defining a second slot extending from said second perimeter, said second slot having a second width,   wherein said first thickness and said second width, and said second thickness and said first width are sized so that said first and second coasters may be interlockingly engaged at said slots to form a decorative three-dimensional accent piece, and   further wherein said first and second coasters include a first surface within said perimeter that is adapted to rest on the surface of an article of furniture and an opposite second surface that is adapted to support a drinking vessel thereon.   
   
   
       2 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein said first and second coasters are identically configured. 
   
   
       3 . The combination of  claim 2 , further comprising additional pairs of identically configured coasters. 
   
   
       4 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first and second perimeters is circular. 
   
   
       5 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first and second perimeters is rectangular. 
   
   
       6 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first and second perimeters is triangular. 
   
   
       7 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein said first and second dimensions are substantially identical and said first and second slots have substantially equal lengths. 
   
   
       8 . The combination of  claim 7 , wherein said substantially equal lengths are at least half of said first and second dimensions. 
   
   
       9 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein at least said second surface of each of said coasters is decorative. 
   
   
       10 . The combination of  claim 9 , wherein both said first and second surfaces of each of said coasters is decorative. 
   
   
       11 . The combination of  claim 1 , further comprising additional pairs of coasters, each having slots configured for interlocking assembly of said pairs of coasters into a decorative three-dimensional accent piece.