Patent ID: 7523900

Claim:
A moveable book and table holder for a hospital bed having a pair of elongate side rails, said holder comprising: a rectangular structure sized for disposition over the bed and having opposing longitudinal edges and opposing lateral edges and a predetermined depth; hooks configured to complement the shape of the side rails, at least a pair of the hooks extending from each opposing lateral edge of the structure configured for supporting on a top edge of the elongate side rails in response to solely vertical movement onto the elongate side rails, each of the hooks having an outer surface and an inner surface, said outer and inner surfaces meeting and terminating at a free end and at an opposing end connected to the structure, said inner surface supportable on a top edge of the elongate side rails, the rectangular structure having a planar upper surface with at least one predetermined sized cavity formed therein for disposal of miscellaneous items, said at least one cavity positioned in a center of the structure and defined by walls spaced from the longitudinal and lateral edges of the rectangular structure; and a tray removably positionable over the rectangular structure, said tray having a rectangular configuration including opposing longitudinal edges and opposing lateral edges, said tray having a peripheral edge and a raised lip around the entire peripheral edge of the tray for containing items placed therebetween, a planar top and bottom surface and a pair of brackets extending perpendicular in a fixed position from the bottom surface of the tray, said brackets fixedly secured to the bottom surface of the tray and extending parallel to each other and spaced inwardly from the longitudinal edges of the tray, said brackets spaced from each other at a distance to lay adjacent the opposing longitudinal edges of the rectangular structure, said brackets having a length longer than the predetermined depth of the rectangular structure and the brackets extending below the bottom surface of the rectangular structure when positioned on the rectangular structure.