Waist-mounted tray assembly and method of making same
OwnerDonald Housmaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to waist-mounted tray assembly and, more particularly, to a waist-mounted paperboard tray assembly having a tray, which includes a waist support, and a belt, for use at social gatherings and functions to support food and drink.
Claims22
A tray assembly adapted to be worn around a waist of a wearer and constructed of a light-weight foldable material which is durable enough to support objects so that the wearer is free to use both hands, the tray assembly comprising:
- a tray adapted to receive and support at least one object;
- a waist support proximate to and in a substantially perpendicular orientation to the tray and adapted to be disposed in a facing relationship with the waist of the wearer, wherein the tray and the waist support are formed from a foldable blank and having at least one fold line adapted to receive a fold;
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- a belt that is supported by the waist support and adapted to affix the tray assembly to the waist of the wearer.
A method for constructing a combination tray and waist support adapted to be worn around a waist of a person constructed of a light-weight foldable material capable of being creased and formed, the method comprising:
- providing a foldable tray assembly blank, wherein the foldable tray assembly blank comprises a bottom wall portion, a front wall portion proximate the bottom wall portion, a top wall portion proximate the front wall portion, opposing side wall portions, wherein each side wall portion is proximate the top wall portion, a mounting wall portion proximate the top wall portion and opposing the front wall portion, and a rear wall portion proximate the mounting wall portion, and wherein the tray assembly blank comprises a plurality of scoring points, including a front wall portion score contiguous to and defining bottom wall portion and front wall portion, a top wall portion score contiguous to and defining front wall portion and top wall portion, opposing side wall portion scores each of which is contiguous to one of the opposing side wall portions and the top wall portion, a mounting wall portion score contiguous to and defining top wall portion and mounting wall portion, and a rear wall portion score contiguous to and defining rear wall portion and mounting wall portion;
- creasing the bottom wall portion along the front wall portion score in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front wall portion;
- creasing the front wall portion along the top wall portion score in a direction substantially perpendicular to the top wall portion so that bottom wall portion and top wall portion are opposing;
- creasing the first side wall portion along the first side wall portion score in a direction substantially perpendicular to the top wall portion so that first side wall portion is substantially perpendicularly contiguous to bottom wall portion and front wall portion;
- creasing the second wall portion along the second wall portion score in a direction substantially perpendicular to the top wall portion so that the second side wall portion is substantially perpendicularly contiguous to the bottom wall portion and front wall portion and so that second side wall portion and first side wall portion are opposing;
- creasing the mounting wall portion along the mounting wall portion score in a direction substantially perpendicular to the top wall portion and in a direction opposite the bottom wall portion;
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- creasing the rear wall portion along the rear wall portion score in a direction substantially 180° to the mounting wall portion so that rear wall portion is substantially perpendicularly contiguous to top wall portion, bottom wall portion and first and second side wall portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.