Stanchion apparatus for umbrella and crowd control rope line

Abstract

A cylindrical two-piece pole stand assembly that automatically locks together upon insertion of a pole is disclosed which has a permanently set in-ground sleeve base formed of a length of tubing with a top end and a bottom end. A crowd control and umbrella stanchion made from a length of tubing has an outside surface with a diameter that allows for a sliding fit into or onto the sleeve. The crowd control and umbrella stanchion includes a locking mechanism for locking the crowd control and umbrella stanchion to the sleeve base. The crowd control and umbrella stanchion has a pair of upper loops welded on opposite sides of an upper portion of the crowd control and umbrella stanchion which provides a single stanchion upright which allows for the attachment of crowd control ropes or chains and also provides for the insertion of an umbrella pole to allow for an umbrella to be secured in the same location as said stanchion uprights.

What I claim as my invention is: 
     
         1 . An improved cylindrical two-piece pole stand assembly that automatically locks together upon insertion of a pole comprising:
 a permanently set in-ground sleeve base comprised of a length of tubing with a top sleeve end and a bottom sleeve end;   a crowd control and umbrella stanchion comprised of a length of tubing with an outside surface with a diameter that allows for a sliding fit into or onto the sleeve, said crowd control and umbrella stanchion having an upper stanchion portion and a lower stanchion portion and having a top stanchion end and a bottom stanchion end, said crowd control and umbrella stanchion also having a collar attached to said lower stanchion portion and including a locking mechanism for locking the crowd control and umbrella stanchion to the in-ground sleeve base;   said crowd control and umbrella stanchion having a pair of upper loops attached on opposite sides of said upper stanchion portion of said crowd control and umbrella stanchion providing a single stanchion upright which allows for the attachment of crowd control ropes or chains and also allows for the insertion of an umbrella pole to allow for an umbrella to be secured in the same location as said single stanchion upright utilized for crown control ropes or chains.   
     
     
         2 . A pole stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said crowd control and umbrella stanchion also has a pair of lower loops welded on opposite sides of said lower stanchion portion of said crowd control and umbrella stanchion. 
     
     
         3 . A pole stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said crowd control and umbrella stanchion has a length of at least 30 inches. 
     
     
         4 . A pole stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said crowd control and umbrella stanchion is removable from said in-ground sleeve base only after said pole is removed from the assembly. 
     
     
         5 . A pole stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a nut and bolt are utilized to prevent said collar from being lifted upward and thus preventing said crowd control and umbrella stanchion from being removed from said in-ground sleeve base.