Patent ID: 6814250
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: A47G,Y10S

Abstract:
A food serving system capable of simultaneously holding a food article and a beverage, said system comprising:a tray assembly including: a container having an interior for carrying a beverage; a plate for carrying a food article, said plate being releasably coupled to said container, said plate having a bottom wall, said plate having a hole extending through said-plate; wherein said bottom wall of said plate is removably inserted in said interior of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping said hole in said plate being in communication with said interior of said container; a conduit for transporting the beverage in said interior of said container through said hole in said plate, an end of said conduit being removably inserted in said-hole in said plate; and said plate comprising an annular collar, said hole of said plate extending through said annular collar, an end of said annular collar extending above an upper surface of said plate for inhibiting food articles on said plate from entering said hole and falling into said container, wherein said conduit is removably inserted in said hole extending through said collar; wherein said container has a base wall and a perimeter wall extending from said base wall, an edge of said perimeter wall defining an opening extending into said interior of said container; and wherein a thickness of said base wall tapers from one side of said container toward an opposite side of said container to form a deeper portion of said interior of said container for displacing the beverage from a shallower portion of said interior of said container to said deeper portion of said interior of said container, said end of said conduit being positioned generally in said deeper portion of said interior of said container.