Patent ID: 9565929
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A45F,A47B,A47D,A47G,B65D

Claim:
1. A two-part lap tray apparatus comprising: a) a base tray as a first part and a food tray as a second part; b) the base tray comprising a proximal side, a distal side opposing the proximal side, a left side, a right side opposing the left side, a top side, and a bottom side; c) the top side of the base tray comprising a desk surface extending generally between the proximal and distal sides and between the right and left sides; d) the food tray covering a portion of the top side of the base tray and being engagable to and disengagable from the base tray, the food tray comprising at least two compartments separated from each other by an inner wall, each of the compartments having a depth; e) the bottom side of the base tray comprising a resilient material to fit on a lap of a child, the resilient material being resiliently compressible by a human hand; f) wherein the top side of the base tray is formed of a layer of plastic material, the plastic material being noncompressible by a human hand; g) wherein the layer of plastic material includes a proximal wall, a distal wall, a right wall, and a left wall, the resilient material running to and between the proximal and distal walls and to and between the right and left walls; h) each of the proximal wall, distal wall, right wall and left wall running downwardly relative to the desk surface of the top side of the base tray and forming an open bottom that receives the resilient material; i) wherein the resilient material confronts the desk surface from below to provide support thereto; j) wherein the base tray further comprises a first receptacle, the first receptacle being separated from the desk surface by a first receptacle wall, the first receptacle having a depth, the first receptacle depending into the resilient material; k) wherein the top side of the base tray and the bottom side of the base tray, including the resilient material of the base tray, are one-piece with each other and are not separable from each other without destroying an integrity of the base tray; l) the desk surface having a desk surface portion, the desk surface portion having a central portion spaced from the proximal, distal, right, and left sides, the desk surface portion further running from the central portion to the proximal, right and left sides; and m) wherein the base tray includes a base tray outer periphery; n) wherein the base tray includes a second receptacle, the second receptacle depending into the resilient material; o) wherein the food tray includes a food tray outer periphery, the food tray outer periphery undulating inwardly of the base tray outer periphery to expose to view and permit access to each of said first and second receptacles when the food tray is engaged to the base tray.