Combination food plate and beverage-container-holder article

A combination food plate and beverage-container-holder article comprising:

• a plate body for supporting food and having a generally upstanding lip substantially about the margin of the body;
• a beverage-container-holder formed integrally with and upstanding relative to said body, said holder including a generally truncated cone-shaped member having an open upper end spaced above said plate body for receiving at least in part a beverage container within said member through said open upper end thereof and a lower end of said member defining an opening larger in diameter than a diameter of said open upper end of said member;
• a support carried by said article depending from a first location within said member to a second location within said member lower than said first location, said support lying within peripheral confines of said member to at least partially close said lower open end of said member for supporting the beverage container in said beverage-container-holder;
• said member being located off-center relative to said plate body and adjacent a margin thereof, said member extending upwardly above said lip a distance sufficient such that at least a portion of said member extending upwardly above said lip can be grasped by an individual's fingers above the plate body to enable the plate with food thereon and a beverage container in the beverage-container-holder to be carried by one hand.

Nestable combination food plate and beverage-container-holder articles comprising:

• a plurality of plate bodies for supporting food thereon, each said plate body having a generally upstanding lip substantially about a margin of said body and a beverage-container-holder formed integrally with and upstanding from said body;
• each of said beverage-container-holders including a generally truncated cone-shaped member having an open upper end spaced above said plate body for receiving at least in part a beverage container within said member through said open upper end thereof and a lower wall portion adjacent said plate body defining an open lower end larger in diameter than a diameter of said open upper end of said member;
• each said member being located off-center relative to said body and adjacent a margin thereof;
• a support element carried by each said member depending from a first location within said member to a second location within said member lower than said first location and spaced from a wall of said member for supporting the beverage container in said beverage-container-holder;
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• said plate bodies being nestable relative to one another with each underlying member being in part receivable within an overlying member of an adjacent article through said open lower end of the overlying member and in part located between said support element and said member wall of the overlying member, said support element of said overlying member lying at least in part within the peripheral confines of said underlying member.