Patent ID: 8176855
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A47B,A47G

Abstract:
1. A food and beverage tray, comprising: a tray having a bottom surface to support food and beverage items to be carried and walls extending upward therefrom to create an open box structure; the tray having at least one corner; a drink band having ends and situated adjacent the corner and operative to rotate between an operative position that forms an opening for a beverage cup of variable size and a stowing position; the drink band having a plurality of finger-like structures that point generally toward the opening when in the operative position to steady the beverage cup by urging the beverage cup toward the corner; and where, the drink band is rotatable at each end so as to assume the operative position in which the beverage cup can be situated in the opening between the drink band and the corner, and where the drink band is rotatable from the operative position to the stowed position wherein the drink band approximately conforms to a shape of the corner.