Patent ID: 7976099

Claim:
A travel tray liner in combination with an open airline or railroad traveler's pull-down tray comprising: a traveler's fold down fray provided on the rear of a seat in front of the traveler; a panel of flexible material on a top surface of said traveler's fold down tray, said panel having an upper side and a bottom side; a fold line region in said panel located midway between, oppositely facing edges of said panel; a soft vertically extending rim along a whole periphery and on the upper side of said panel, said vertically extending rim for containing food and drink utensils on said upper side of said panel when said panel is deployed on said traveler's fold down tray; said vertically extending rim having opposite distal end walls; at least one fold line regions in oppositely facing portions of said rim to allow said liner to be folded when not in use; said panel being foldable along said fold line regions with said vertically extending rim folding inwardly; a portion of said rim at one oppositely facing edge of said panel nesting within a portion of said rim at the oppositely facing edge of said panel when folded, rendering said travel fray liner compact for travel and ready for use elsewhere and at another time; straps for removably securing said fray liner to said traveler's pull down tray, one of said straps adapted to retain said liner in a folded position; one first distal end wall of said pair of distal end walls of said liner nesting into an opposite second other distal end wall of said pair of distal end walls of said liner in a closed carry configuration, thereby forming a bottom of said travel tray liner in said folded configuration, forming an interior storage space therebetween; wherein an upper edge of said rim is filled with soft foam or fiber.