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An attachable beverage coaster for use particularly in a moving vehicle or the like for stably supporting a beverage container of the type having a recessed bottom surface and an annular bottom support surface circumscribing the recessed bottom surface on a flat base surface such as a table top, com

An attachable beverage coaster for use particularly in a moving vehicle or the like for stably supporting a beverage container of the type having a recessed bottom surface and an annular bottom support surface circumscribing the recessed bottom surface on a flat base surface such as a table top, comprising: resilient, slip-resistant, relatively flat container support disk having a top surface and a bottom surface for abuttingly engaging the annular bottom support surface of the beverage container at the top surface thereof and for abuttingly engaging the base surface at the bottom surface thereof for supporting the container on the base surface in substantially nonslipping, nontouching relationship with the base surface; suction cup fixedly attached to a central portion of the contained support disk and extending upwardly from the top surface of the disk for selectively holdingly engaging the recessed bottom surface of the container; an attachment device for fixedly attaching the suction cup to the container support disk.

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An attachable beverage coaster for use, particularly in a moving vehicle or the like, for stably supporting a beverage container of the type having a recessed bottom surface and an annular bottom support surface circumscribing said recessed bottom surface, on a flat base surface such as a table top,

An attachable beverage coaster for use, particularly in a moving vehicle or the like, for stably supporting a beverage container of the type having a recessed bottom surface and an annular bottom support surface circumscribing said recessed bottom surface, on a flat base surface such as a table top, comprising: (a) resilient, slip-resistant, relatively thin, flat container support means having a top surface and a bottom surface for abuttingly engaging said annular bottom support surface of said beverage container at said top surface thereof and for abuttingly engaging said base surface at said bottom surface thereof for supporting said container on said base surface in substantially nonslipping, nontouching relationship with said base surface, wherein said container support means comprises a periphery defining an area larger than the area of said recessed container bottom; said resilient support means comprising: (i) a first, undeformed state in unattached relationship with said container recessed bottom surface wherein said flexible support means has a relatively flat shape; (ii) a second, deformed state in attached relationship with said container recessed bottom surface and in nontouching relationship with a base surface wherein said flexible support means has a continuous, generally concave shape; (iii) a third, deformed state in attached relationship with said container recessed bottom surface and in contracting relationship with said base surface wherein said support means has a generally concave shape at a central portion thereof positioned inwardly of said annular bottom support surface of said container and has a generally flat shape at an annular ring portion thereof positioned immediately outwardly of said central portion; (iv) whereby said coaster is adapted to be mounted on containers having a plurality of different bottom recess depths and diameters for providing stable nonslipping contact with a base surface; (b) releasable holding means fixedly attached to a central portion of said container support means and positioned entirely above said top surface of said container support means for selectively holdingly engaging said recessed bottom surface of said container for attaching said beverage coaster to said beverage container independently of the engagement of said container support means with said annular bottom support surface, said releasable holding means being selectively removeable from holding engagement with said recessed bottom surface, wherein said releasable holding means comprises a suction cup means for selectively engaging said recessed bottom surface of said container; (c) attachment means for fixedly attaching said releasable holding means to said container support means; (d) whereby said beverage coaster is attachable in continuously attached covering relationship with the bottom of a beverage container for providing an isolating slip-resistant, lower covering for the container which remains attached to the container while the container is being removed from and returned to the base surface as a beverage is being consumed from the container and whereby said beverage coaster is removeable from said beverage container after the beverage is consumed therfrom and is thereafter reusably attachable to another beverage container.