# US 9,434,287 B2 · Vehicle tray

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- Number: US 9,434,287 B2
- Document ID: US9434287B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/596,119
- Filed: 2015-01-13
- Published: 2015-07-16
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-01-13
- Assignees: Level Solutions, LLC
- Applicants: Tyler Liebowitz; James Harry Delaney
- Inventors: Tyler Liebowitz; James Harry Delaney
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434287B2

## CPC

- B60N 3/103: {detachable}
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A vehicle tray for retaining food and/or drink items which includes a center slot for receiving a seat buckle in order to stably retain the tray during vehicular movement.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle tray for retaining containers, comprising:
(a) a rectangular tray portion comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a proximal side, a distal side, a right lateral side, a left lateral side, and four or more openings;
(b) a receptacle in each opening for retaining a container, wherein each receptacle comprises an interior surface, an exterior surface, an upper end, a lower end, one or more walls extending downwardly from the upper surface of the tray portion, and a floor formed in a lower end of the receptacle; and
(c) a central slot portion in a center of tray comprising an opening at an upper end, a lower end, one or more walls extending downwardly from the upper end to the lower end, and a base in the lower end, thereby forming a hollow center in the central slot portion, the central slot portion further comprising a first slot, wherein the first slot comprises a horizontal longitudinal opening in the base, the opening extending upwardly at each longitudinal end of the first slot to form two upwardly extending openings in the walls of the central slot portion, wherein the slot is positioned between opposing receptacles and is parallel to two opposing sides of the tray portion, and wherein the slot bifurcates the base of the central slot portion into two lateral sides and is sized to allow a vehicle restraining belt to fit within the slot and between the receptacles.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle tray of claim 1, wherein the tray portion is square.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle tray of claim 1, wherein the tray portion is rectangular.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle tray of claim 1, wherein the vehicle tray is formed from a polymer plastic material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle tray of claim 1, wherein the receptacles are integrally formed with the tray portion.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle tray of claim 1, wherein the interior surfaces of the walls of the receptacles are cylindrical or frusto-conical in shape.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle tray of claim 1, further comprising a second slot in the central slot portion, the second slot comprising a horizontal longitudinal opening in the base that extends upwardly at each longitudinal end of the second slot to form upwardly extending openings in the walls of the slot portion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The vehicle tray of claim 7, wherein the second slot is disposed perpendicularly to the first slot.