Patent ID: 7185763

Claim:
A lap tray which comprises: a platen having a top surface, an undersurface, a raised peripheral border, and a central area; a well formed in said central area has a circular opening of a given diameter in said area, and includes a wall projecting from said undersurface, and a circular bottom of a lesser diameter than said given diameter; said well being sized to accept and hold a beverage cup; a plurality of internal ribs extending radially and axially from said wall; a plurality of stand-off projections extending internally from said bottom; whereby a cup inserted into said well is prevented from contacting the internal surfaces of said wall and bottom; and, wherein said central area comprises a plurality of slanted surface segments surrounding and slanted toward said well, wherein a pair of adjacent ones of said segments join along a groove slanted toward said well, wherein said groove terminates at said well at a location spaced apart from any one of said ribs.