The beaver on a walnut coffee table in a bright living room, paws on its stack, one coaster out in front with a white mug of coffee on it

Beaver Coaster Keeper

A beaver that sits on your coasters, and gives one up when you press it back.

How it hands you a coaster

On guard

Both paws rest on the top coaster. Nothing clips the stack in place: the beaver's own weight holds it down.

The pin

The whole beaver, arms, face and tail together, turns on a single pin through its heel. The plate under it never moves.

Press

Push its head back, or press its tail down. It tips 12° until its heel meets the plate, and the paws rise 1.2 in clear of the stack.

Take one

The top coaster lifts out of the rim below it and slides free, toward you.

Let go

Nothing springs. The beaver's weight sits in front of the pin, so it falls forward by itself and lands on the next coaster.

Three left

One coaster on the table for your drink, three still held under the paws.

Up close

It stands 7.2 in tall and 12.3 in from the front of the plate to the tip of the tail, and weighs 24.9 oz. Each coaster is 4.2 in across, with a raised rim around a 3.7 in well.

The beaver on a walnut coffee table in a sunny living room, a white mug beside it and one coaster out on the table in front
On the coffee table: one coaster out and waiting, a mug right beside it.
Close on the cream muzzle, square front teeth, black nose and bead eyes, the paws curled over the coaster rim
Cream muzzle, two front teeth, a black nose you want to tap.
Side view: the beaver leaning over the stack with one arm out, its flat cross-hatched tail behind it on the plate
From the side: the long reach of the arms and the flat, cross-hatched tail.
The beaver on a light oak desk in a sunny home office, beside a keyboard
On the desk, beside the keyboard, where the coffee lands.
The beaver settled on three coasters with the fourth lying loose on the table in front
One out, three kept.

One pin and its own weight

There is no spring, clip or motor in it. The beaver hangs on a pin at its heel, with most of its weight out in front over the stack, so the moment you let go it falls forward onto the stack by itself.

Drag the slider to press it. This is the real side outline, turning on the real pin.

Tipped back
0°
Paws above the stack
0.0 in
Two fingertips pressing the beaver's head back on a kitchen counter, its arms lifted off the stack
Two fingers on the head is all it takes.
Side outline from the product's own shape. The ring marks the pin; the heel stops on the plate at 12°.

Four coasters and the beaver who keeps them.

Beaver Coaster Keeper, in dark oak brown with a cream muzzle.

4
coasters, 4.2 in across, that nest into one stack
1
beaver on its oval plate, hinged at the heel
Size
7.3 in wide, 12.3 in deep, 7.2 in tall
Weight
24.9 oz
Coasters
4.2 in across, 3.7 in well inside the rim
Made from
PLA
Colours
dark oak brown, cream muzzle and teeth, black nose and eyes
Movement
tips back 12°, falls forward on its own weight
Power
none
The beaver with both paws on its stack of four coasters, three-quarter view on a pale backdrop

Good to know

Does it need batteries or a spring?

No. Nothing in it is powered and nothing is sprung. It turns on one pin, and its own weight brings it back down onto the stack.

How do I take a coaster?

Push the beaver's head back, or press down on its tail. The paws lift, the top coaster slides out toward you, and when you let go the beaver settles on the next one.

Will my mug fit on a coaster?

Each coaster is 4.2 in across, with a raised rim around a 3.7 in well, so a mug with a base up to 3.7 in sits inside the rim.

What is it made of?

PLA, in dark oak brown, with a cream muzzle and teeth and a black nose and eyes.