Patent ID: 7475937

Claim:
An eating surface assembly comprising: a tray for supporting food items thereon, the tray presenting an upper surface; a socket integrally formed in the tray; a receptacle; and a plug integrally formed on the receptacle and adapted for mating with the socket in the tray for releasably securing the receptacle on lop of the tray, the plug including a flange presenting an upper surface, the flange sized and configured so that its upper surface is substantially flush with the upper surface of the tray when the receptacle is secured to the tray, wherein the socket is a bayonet-type socket including a generally vertically-extending cylindrical sidewall depending from the top surface of the tray; a generally horizontally-extending shelf projecting inwardly from a lower edge of the cylindrical sidewall, the shelf defining an aperture extending through the tray; and a pair of spaced, inclined locking ramps depending from a lower face of the shelf.