Portable tray table
OwnerJames A. Boutoninventor
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Abstract
A portable tray table having an upper surface for supporting food, a lower surface and a peripheral edge. A skirt is coupled to the peripheral edge of the panel and extends downwardly therefrom. The panel includes an opening therein wit a cup holder supported on the panel about the opening which extends downwardly therefrom. The skirt includes at least one cut-out portion which exposes the cup holder to permit a user to insert a hand through the cut-out portion to grasp the cup holder.
Claims11
A portable tray table formed from a rigid material comprising a panel having an upper food bearing surface extending in a substantially horizontal direction and including a peripheral edge, a skirt coupled to said peripheral edge of said panel and extending downwardly therefrom, said skirt having a lower edge forming a support for supporting said panel above a horizontal surface when said portable tray table is resting on said horizontal surface, said panel having an opening in said food bearing surface located in a central portion thereof, a cup holder supported on said panel and extending downwardly through said opening, said cup holder having a sufficient length forming a gripable surface to be gripped by the fingers and palm of the hand of a user, said skirt including at least one cut-out portion whereby said gripable surface of said cup holder is accessible through said cut-out portion when said portable tray table is supported on said horizontal surface, said cut-out portion being sized to form a substantial opening in said skirt between said support formed on the lower edge of said skirt and said peripheral edge of said panel, said cut-out portion permitting the hand of a user to be inserted through said cut-out portion to grasp said gripable surface of said cup holder when said portable tray table is supported on said horizontal surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.