Novelty floating beverage holder

Abstract

A cup holder is disclosed including a body in the shape of an Animal, a container compartment in the body shaped to hold a beverage container, a keel projecting downward from the body, and a ballast to orient the body in an upright position.

1 . A cup holder, comprising:
 a body in the shape of a duck;   a container compartment in the body shaped to hold a beverage container;   a keel projecting downward from the body; and   a ballast to orient the body in an upright position, wherein the body and keel are configured to orient the cup holder parallel with a direction of moving water, and the ballast maintains the cup holder upright when encountering a wave.   
     
     
         2 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein the container compartment comprises a bottom, a generally cylindrical wall, and a lip circumscribing a top of the cylindrical wall projecting radially from the cylindrical wall. 
     
     
         3 . The cup holder of  claim 2 , wherein the body comprises an opening in a top surface of the body to accommodate the container compartment, wherein the lip of the container compartment rests against the top surface of the body. 
     
     
         4 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein the ballast is within a portion of the keel. 
     
     
         5 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein the body is contoured, sized, and colored to resemble a real duck. 
     
     
         6 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein the cup holder is buoyant to maintain a top of the container compartment above water. 
     
     
         7 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein the body includes a slit along a bottom central axis to receive a projection on the keel to slidingly mate the keel to the body. 
     
     
         8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein the body and keel are injection molded to form an integral shape. 
     
     
         10 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , further comprising insulation inside the body and surrounding the container compartment. 
     
     
         11 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein the container compartment is removable from the body. 
     
     
         12 . The cup holder of  claim 1 , wherein a front profile of the body is smaller than a side profile of the body. 
     
     
         13 . A cup holder, comprising
 a body in the shape of a turtle;   a first container compartment;   a second container compartment; and   a keel projecting from a bottom surface of the body.   
     
     
         14 . The cup holder of  claim 13 , wherein the first container compartment is a cylindrical cavity shaped to accommodate a single beverage container, and the second container compartment is shaped to accommodate more than one beverage container. 
     
     
         15 . The cup holder of  claim 13 , wherein the second container compartment is fully enclosed. 
     
     
         16 . The cup holder of  claim 13  wherein the second container compartment is within the body and the first container compartment is on a surface of the body. 
     
     
         17 . The cup holder of  claim 13 , wherein the second container compartment comprises a lid to enclose the second container compartment. 
     
     
         18 . The cup holder of  claim 17 , wherein the lid of the second container compartment comprises the first container compartment. 
     
     
         19 . The cup holder of  claim 13 , wherein the keel further comprises a ballast. 
     
     
         20 . The cup holder of  claim 13 , wherein the body comprises surface relief to resemble features, and is colored to resemble a real turtle. 
     
     
         21 . The cup holder of  claim 19 , wherein the body and keel are configured to orient the cup holder parallel with a direction of moving water, and the ballast maintains the cup holder upright when encountering a wave.