Table cloth holding device

Claim 1

A TABLE CLOTH HOLDING DEVICE FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING A TABLE CLOTH ON THE TABLE TOP OF A PICNIC TABLE AND IN WHICH THE TABLE CLOTH IS OF A GREATER WIDTH THAN THE WIDTH OF THE TABLE TOP, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATE SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT ONE PIECE TABLE CLOTH ENGAGING MEMBER FORMED OF RESILIENT FLEXIBLE MATERIAL AND BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF THE PICNIC TABLE TO ENGAGE THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE TABLE CLOTH TO CLAMP THE SAME UPON THE PICINC TABLE, SAID TABLE CLOTH ENGAGING MEMBER PRESENTING A CONTINUOUS UNINTERRUPTED PLANAR UPPER SURFACE WHEN APPLIED TO A TABLE, A PAIR OF RETAINING MEMBERS EACH BEING RELEASABLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID TABLE CLOTH ENGAGING MEMBER AND EACH INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT ATTACHMENT PORTION HAVING SLOTS IN ONE END THEREOF, EACH END OF SAID TABLE CLOTH ENGAGING MEMBER BEING LOOPED AND RECEIVED WITHIN THE SLOTTED END OF THE ATTACHMENT PORTION OF EACH RETAINING MEMBER AND BEING ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO THE LATTER, EACH RETAINING MEMBER INCLUDING AN EDGE ENGAGING PORTION INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH THE ASSOCIATED ATTACHMENT PORTION AND DISPOSED IN DEPENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGULAR RELATION THEREWITH FOR ENGAGING THE EDGE OF THE TABLE, A CLAMPING PORTION INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH THE LOWER END OF SAID EDGE ENGAGING PORTION AND EXTENDING LATERALLY AND UPWARDLY THEREFROM TOWARD SAID ASSOCIATED ATTACHMENT PORTION AND PRESENTING AN ARCUATE ENGAGING SURFACE FOR ENGAGING THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE TABLE TOP AND A THUMP ENGAGING PORTION INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH SAID CLAMPING PORTION AND DEPENDING THEREFROM.