Patent ID: 8186524

Claim:
A tray for displaying dinnerware or for carrying food and contained beverages, comprising: an upstanding support member having upper and lower ends; a first horizontally disposed and generally disc-shaped member secured at its center to said lower end of said upstanding support member; said first disc-shaped member having a peripheral edge, an upper side and a lower side; said first disc-shaped member having a plurality of radially-spaced apart pairs of horizontally spaced-apart projections which extend upwardly from said upper side thereof inwardly of said peripheral edge thereof; a second horizontally disposed and generally disc-shaped second member secured at its center to said upstanding support member above said first disc-shaped member; said second disc-shaped member having a peripheral edge, an upper side and a lower side; said second disc-shaped member having a diameter less than said first disc-shaped member; said second disc-shaped member having a plurality of radially spaced-apart cut-outs formed therein which define lobes therebetween having an arcuate outer end; each of said lobes of said second disc-shaped member having a pair of horizontally spaced-apart projections extending downwardly from said lower side thereof at the outer end thereof; a third horizontally disposed and generally disc-shaped member secured at its center to said upstanding support member above said second disc-shaped member; said third disc-shaped member having a peripheral edge, an upper side and a lower side; said third disc-shaped member having a diameter which is greater than the diameter of said second disc-shaped member and which is less than the diameter of said first disc-shaped member; said third disc-shaped member having a plurality of radially spaced-apart cut-outs formed therein which define lobes therebetween having an arcuate outer end; each of said lobes of said third disc-shaped member having a pair of horizontally spaced-apart projections extending upwardly from said upper side thereof at the outer end thereof; a fourth horizontally disposed and generally disc-shaped member is secured at its center to said upstanding support member above said third disc-shaped member; said fourth disc-shaped member having a peripheral edge, an upper side and a lower side; said fourth disc-shaped member having a diameter which is less than the diameter of said third disc-shaped member; said fourth disc-shaped member having a plurality of radially spaced-apart cut-outs formed therein which define lobes therebetween having an arcuate outer end; each of said lobes of said fourth disc-shaped member having a pair of horizontally spaced-apart projections extending downwardly from said lower side thereof at the outer end thereof; and a carrying handle secured to said upper end of said upstanding support member.