Food and beverage tray head gear

A food and beverage tray head gear for conveniently carrying food and beverages hands free. The food and beverage tray head gear includes a hat having a crown and a brim disposed about the crown. The hat has a bottom with a head-receiving cavity disposed through the bottom and into the crown. The present invention also includes a tray removably supported upon the hat for carrying food and beverages.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to head gears and more particularly pertains to a new food and beverage tray head gear for conveniently carrying food and beverages hands free.

Description of the Prior Art

The prior art includes a foam hat depicting a race car has a smooth outer surface providing a more realistic depiction of the car by promoting the formation of a void free skin on the foam. The hat may include a pocket for the user's head as well as flanking pockets for beverage cans or the like so as to provide additional utility as a carrying tray. Another prior art includes a combination beverage tray and sun visor comprised of a beverage tray having, raised side walls and including a pre-formed perforation along a portion of the junction of the base of said tray and the side walls wherein the base may be separated from the sidewalls thereby forming an opening which allows the beverage tray to be converted into a sun visor and worn upon one's head. While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new food and beverage tray head gear.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new food and beverage tray head gear which has many of the advantages of the head gears mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new food and beverage tray head gear which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art head gears, either alone or in any combination thereof. The present invention includes a hat having a crown and a brim disposed about the crown. The hat has a bottom with a head-receiving cavity disposed through the bottom and into the crown. The present invention also includes a tray removably supported upon the hat for carrying food and beverages. None of the prior art includes the combination of the elements of the present invention.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new food and beverage tray head gear which has many of the advantages of the head gears mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new food and beverage tray head gear which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art head gears, either alone or in any combination thereof.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new food and beverage tray head gear for conveniently carrying food and beverages hands free upon a user's head.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new food and beverage tray head gear that avoids party food and beverages from being knocked out of a person's hand by someone bumping into them.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new food and beverage tray head gear that is a novelty item.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular toFIGS. 1 through 3thereof, a new food and beverage tray head gear embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral10will be described.

As best illustrated inFIGS. 1 through 3, the food and beverage tray head gear10generally comprises a hat11made of fabric and having a crown12and a brim14disposed 360 degrees about the crown12. The hat11has a bottom15with a head-receiving cavity16disposed through the bottom15and into the crown12. A tray20is removably and conventionally supported upon the hat11for carrying food and beverages. The brim14has a width and extends outwardly from and around the crown12. The crown12extends upwardly from the brim14.

The tray20is circular, has a bottom wall40and has a center21with an opening22disposed through the center21. The crown12is removably disposed through the opening22with the tray20resting, upon the brim14. The tray20has an outer rim23, and also has an inner rim24forming the opening22through the tray20. The outer and inner rims23,24are turned upwardly. The tray20also has raised portions25spaced apart and disposed upon the bottom wall40and integrally interconnecting the inner and outer rims23,24to form compartments34,35therebetween upon the bottom wall40to support food and beverages. One of the compartments35has recessed portions26spaced apart and sized to support beverage containers including shot glasses.

The crown12has a top13with a hole18disposed therethrough. A container27having, bottom and side walls28,29and also a top30with a cavity31disposed therein for supporting food. The container27is removably seated in the hole18of the crown12. The side wall29has a top end32with a rim33integrally disposed along the top end32and bulging outwardly from the side wall29. The crown12has an edge36forming the hole18. The rim33is removably rested upon the edge36to support the container27in the hole18upon the hat11. The brim14has an outer rim37which is turned upwardly.

In use, the tray20is placed about the crown12upon the brim14of the hat11, and the container27is disposed in the hole18of the crown12and various types of foods are placed in the compartments35and beverages in appropriate sized glasses are placed in the recessed portions26. Food is also placed in the container27. The server then places the hat11upon his/her head and serves the food and beverages.