Rotatable tray with elevated serving surface

Abstract

A serving tray adapted for use with a table having a table surface. The tray includes a generally planar tray member with an aperture located in a central portion thereof. An elevational member is affixed to, and extends downwardly from, the tray member. The elevational member includes a central bore in substantially coaxial alignment with the aperture in the tray member, and is adapted and constructed to be secured to the table surface. The elevational member is of sufficient height to allow relatively unimpeded use of the table surface beneath the tray member when the elevational member is secured to the table surface. The aperture and the bore can be adapted to receive an umbrella pole, and both the tray and the elevational member are rotatable around the umbrella pole. This can be accomplished, where the table surface has a center hole adapted and constructed to receive an umbrella pole, by providing the central bore of the elevational member with a diameter that is substantially equal to the diameter of the center hole. In order to mount the tray when an umbrella is not in use, the tray can be provided with an adapter plug to secure the elevational member to the table surface. In an embodiment, the adapter plug includes a first cylindrical portion having an outside diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the bore in the elevational member, and a second cylindrical portion, coaxial with and connected to the first cylindrical portion, having an outside diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the center hole in the table surface. A generally cylindrical flange portion connects and separates the first and second cylindrical portions, and has a diameter greater than the diameter of the center hole in the table surface.

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