Patent ID: 7025199
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: A47G,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A folding serving tray made from a flat stock of material, comprising: (a) a center panel; (b) four sidewalls that are attached to and extend upward with respect to said center panel, each of said sidewalls adapted to be attached at each end to another of said sidewalls, said four sidewalls, when attached together, forming a three-dimensional structure that is open on the top and closed on the bottom and which is adapted to receive an item therein; (c) a beverage retaining member that includes a first end that is attached to one of said sidewalls and an opposite second end and wherein said second end of said beverage retaining member is adapted to cooperate with a beverage retaining opening provided in at least one of said sidewalls; and (d) locking means for securing at least one portion of at least one of said four sidewalls to another of said four sidewalls, and wherein subsequent to an item applying a force inside of said compartment that tends to urge any of said sidewalls away from said center panel, said locking means is urged in a direction that prevents release of said locking means, and including a plurality of beverage retaining openings that are provided in at least one of said sidewalls and wherein at least one of said plurality of beverage retaining openings is provided in a first of said sidewalls and at least one other of said plurality of beverage retaining openings is provided in a second of said sidewalls.