Patent ID: 8714399

Claim:
A plate that can be held with a drinking cup, the plate comprising a food-receiving surface and a periphery; the food-receiving surface having a top side and a bottom side, wherein food, when placed, is on the top side; the periphery comprising an incurvate portion comprising an inner side, an outer side, an upward-facing first groove, and a downward-facing second groove; the inner side being adjacent to the food-receiving surface and comprising a raised edge separating the food-receiving surface from the outer side, the raised edge having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is adjacent to the food receiving surface; the outer side comprising a raised edge having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the outer side is opposite the second surface of the inner side; wherein the first groove is defined by the second surface of the raised edge of the inner side and the first surface of the raised edge of the outer side and formed on a same side of the plate as the top side of the food-receiving surface; wherein the second groove is formed under the raised edge of the inner side and on the same side of the plate as the bottom side of the food receiving surface; wherein the second groove is offset from and in a horizontal plane with the first groove; and wherein the outer side is structured and dimensioned so that the plate may be held in one hand of a user together with a drinking cup, wherein when in use a finger of the user fits along the raised edge of the outer side, and the drinking cup is mated along the second surface of outer side.