Modular tray systems and methods of using
OwnerMichael A. Martinezinventor
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Abstract
Modular tray systems and methods of using the modular tray systems to support a variety of items either in a free-standing orientation or by securing the modular tray system to a chair. Such a modular tray system includes a tray and one or more features for supporting the tray with or from the supporting structure. The tray has a tray member, a base member connected to the tray member, an upper surface, a lower surface, and first and second connecting features defined in, respectively, the tray member and the base member at the lower surface of the tray. The supporting features include at least one of a support rod and a support throne that have third connecting features that are complementary to each of the first and second connecting features of the tray.
Claims20
A modular tray system configured to be supported with a variety of different supporting structures, the modular tray system comprising:
- a tray having a tray member, a base member connected to the tray member, an upper surface, a lower surface, and first and second connecting features defined in, respectively, the tray member and the base member at the lower surface of the tray;
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- means for supporting the tray with the different supporting structures, the supporting means comprising at least a first support rod and a support throne, the first support rod having a third connecting feature that is complementary to either one of the first and second connecting features of the tray member and the base member, respectively, and the support throne having a third connecting feature that is complementary to either one of the first and second connecting features of the tray member and the base member, respectively, so that the tray is configured to be coupled to and supported with the first support rod or with the support throne;
- wherein the first support rod comprises a base configured to support the tray in a free-standing orientation from and above a first supporting structure of the different supporting structures, and the support throne is configured to support the tray from an armrest of a chair as a second supporting structure of the different supporting structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.