Patent ID: 6446828
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
An article easily held by one hand, comprising a serving tray and a centrally located beverage holder integrally molded to form a single, one piece unit; the beverage holder defining a watertight, hollow portion which extends downwardly from the tray, so that said hollow portion forms a handle; the beverage holder having a generally flat bottom surface, said flat bottom surface being of sufficient area to support the unit when the beverage holder rests upon a generally horizontal surface which is similar in footprint to said flat bottom surface; the bottom surface and the tray extending generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal centerline of the beverage holder, the center of gravity of the unit being disposed along said centerline, so that when the unit is placed upright, resting on said bottom surface, the tray is held approximately level; the tray having an outer wall, at least one dividing wall, and at least one pair of watertight, shallow, open compartments, each compartment being fluidly isolated from the beverage holder; the compartments being separated by the dividing wall whose distal ends are disposed proximate with the beverage holder and the outer wall of the tray, respectively, and being disposed generally symmetrically about the longitudinal centerline of the beverage holder; the hollow portion comprising a side wall which extends downwardly from the tray, the side wall tapering inwardly; each compartment and the hollow portion roughly defining an imaginary inverted, truncated cone, so that two copies of the unit can be nested together.