Patent ID: 8157137

Claim:
A tray assembly for support on a user, comprising: a tray member; and, an adjustable strap assembly for suspending said tray member from said user, removably attachable to said tray member; wherein said adjustable strap assembly further comprises a length adjustment means and an angle adjustment means; wherein said tray member further comprises: a generally rectangular resilient body having a pair of longitudinal side walls, a pair of lateral side walls, and a tray surface, wherein said pair of longitudinal side walls and said pair of lateral side walls form an upwardly extending lip disposed about an entire perimeter edge of said tray surface; a pair of first connectors integrally formed on opposing outer surfaces of said pair of longitudinal side walls; and, a pair of second connectors integrally formed on opposing outer surfaces of said pair of longitudinal side walls adjacent to said pair of first connectors; wherein said tray member comprises a material or a set of materials suitable for placing and eating foodstuffs; wherein said lip provides a retention means for items stored or dropped on said body; wherein said adjustable strap assembly further comprises: a “U”-shape flexible strap member; a plurality of equally-spaced apertures located on a first surface at each opposing ends of said strap member; and, a pair of fixed length straps each attached at a first aperture located at a first end to one of said pair of second connectors and at a second aperture located at a second end to one of said plurality of apertures with one of a pair of third connectors; wherein one of said plurality of apertures at each end of said strap correspondingly engages said pair of first connectors to removably attach said adjustable strap assembly to said tray assembly; wherein said placement of said one of said plurality of apertures of each side of said strap member onto said pair of first connectors provides said length adjustment means; and, wherein said placement of said one of said plurality of apertures of each side of said strap member onto said pair of fixed length straps and securement with said pair of third connectors provides said angle adjustment means to level said tray member with respect to said user.