A weight system for containing fill material for supporting a free-standing object, comprising a container defining an interior chamber adapted to contain the fill material and a closure system. The closure system is arranged to allow the container to be configured in a closed configuration and an open configuration. Fill material is arranged within the interior chamber when the container is in the open configuration.

A beach umbrella post having a suction system whereby the post of the beach umbrella is configured to suction sand when inserted into a soft surface via a plunger enabling the beach umbrella to anchor without the use of external weights or digging tools. The beach umbrella post with integrated suction also includes a release mechanism to expel sand from the inner compartment when use is ended.

Ballasted Attachment for Temporary Truss Structures or BATTS are used to support Temporary structures typically built in the live event, trade show, and special event marketplace. BATTS provide a quickly deployed, leveled and stable base for which one can mount aluminum box truss too. This allows tower construction equal to the capacity of the truss itself and a flexible outrigger attachment in which many engineering requirements can be achieved. BATTS provide a ballast point to resist the overturn moment and uplift moment of concert roofs and other system that are exposed to environmental conditions. BATTS are constructed from steel and aluminum and possess substantial self-weight.

A detachable base includes a pedestal, a counterweight box mounted on the pedestal, and a shell detachably covered on the counterweight box and the pedestal. The shell includes an edge, a corner having a smooth transition camber surface, and a cover. The edge is detachably connected to the cover. A side edge vertical to the corner is provided with a first fitting portion of a fastening part. A vertical side edge of the edge corresponding to the corner is provided with a second fitting portion of a fastened part. The first fitting portion fits with the second fitting portion through socketing. The counterweight box, the detachable shell and the pedestal of the invention allow the whole detachable base to be disassembled into small-sized parts easy to take and pack, or to be assembled, as spare parts, together with other accessories of the sunshade.

A sleeve apparatus for weighting a structure, such as a canopy structure, that can also be used to display items on the structure via the items' attachment to the sleeve apparatus. The sleeve apparatus includes at least an elongated body having first and second ends, a first connector element connected to the first end of the elongated body that is capable of encircling and attaching to a rod member and/or a bar member and a second connector element connected to and extending from the second end of the elongated body that is capable of encircling and attaching to the same or a different rod member and/or bar member.

A tower structure includes a tower comprising a tower aperture arrangement; a ballast tray comprising a support interface; and an interface plate comprising a mount aperture arrangement and an interface plate aperture arrangement, the mount aperture arrangement within the interface plate aperture arrangement, the interface plate attachable to the support interface, the mount aperture arrangement specific to the tower which is to be mounted to the interface plate at the mount aperture arrangement via the tower aperture arrangement.

A rollable five-device-in-one flower container and umbrella stand comprises: a container having multiple walls and a bottom, water-regulating channels formed in the bottom, two wheel wells formed in the bottom, anti-rolling claws formed in the bottom for digging into the ground on a slope to prevent the five-device-in-one flower container and umbrella stand from sliding down the slope, an umbrella-pole receiver screwed on the bottom, U-shaped and J-shaped spring clamps hooked on the umbrella-pole receiver for creating a clamping force therebetween, two wheels partially hidden in the two wheel wells, a tubular double-wall water reservoir having spiral water-distributing tubes and spiral water-regulating foams for spirally and timely discharging the water, and spiral water-circulating slides spirally welded or molded to the walls for spirally creating multiple spiral tractions, multiple spiral layers, multiple spiral travel distances for soil and water to create multiple spiral root growths and multiple spiral nutrition absorptions.

An umbrella base includes a body having a central passageway therethrough, an upper surface having a first configuration, a lower surface having a second configuration, and an outer peripherally-extending surface extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. The first configuration of the upper surface and the second configuration of the lower surface are correspondingly sized and configured so that when a second umbrella base is vertically stacked on top of and rested on the umbrella base, the first configuration of the upper surface of the umbrella base fits within the second configuration of the lower surface of the second umbrella base, and when the umbrella base is vertically stacked on top of and rested on the second the umbrella base, the first configuration of the upper surface of the second umbrella base fits within portions of the second configuration of the lower surface of the umbrella base.

Disclosed is a base comprising a holding device for holding an object that is to be erected, the base having a receiving region for receiving a removable ballast weight in a receiving position. The receiving position lies radially outwards and starting from the receiving position, at least some sections of the base have a raised region arranged radially inwards in the direction of the periphery.

A weight system for supporting a free-standing object comprising a container defining an interior chamber, the container comprising at least one side wall, a lower wall, and an upper wall, where the upper wall is configured to define a fill opening and a closure system comprising first and second closure portions. The first closure portion is arranged to define a first side of the fill opening. The second closure portion is arranged to define a second side of the fill opening. The closure system is arranged to allow the container to be configured in a closed configuration in which the first closure portion engages the second closure portion substantially to prevent access to the interior chamber through the fill opening and an open configuration in which the first closure portion is disengaged from the second closure portion to allow access to the interior chamber through the fill opening.