Patent ID: 7293507

Claim:
A portable tray for use at multiple locations of the interior of a vehicle comprising: a body adapted to be operatively supported to the interior of the vehicle and defining at least one substantially planar work surface; and a spring-biased dowel integrally and unitarily connected to said body and adapted to removably support said body to a pair of opposed, spaced structural components of the interior of the vehicle such that said tray can be manually moved and used at various locations within the interior of the vehicle; wherein said spring-biased dowel extends at and along an edge of said body and is adapted to be disposed between and in contacting relationship with the structural components and apply a retaining force in opposite directions with respect to the disposition of said spring-biased dowel and against the structural components such that said body is operatively supportable to the interior of the vehicle in cantilevered and stationary fashion and wherein said body includes at least one leg extending from said body and adapted to be supported against at least one structural component of the interior of the vehicle such that said tray is operatively supportable against the interior of the vehicle in non-cantilevered and stationary fashion.