Patent ID: 7735651

Claim:
In a food serving tray assembly comprising, a serving platter having a disposal opening extending there through and having a plurality of serving wells for receiving food items therein for presentation to a person for eating, and a receptacle platter having a bottom and a peripheral wall extending from the bottom at a perimeter thereof, wherein the receptacle platter and serving platter are configured to be releasably coupled to one another in two different configurations including, a serving configuration, wherein the receptacle platter is located below the serving platter and the receptacle platter and serving platter define a substantially enclosed interior space for receiving food waste that is deposited through the disposal opening of the serving platter, and a transport configuration, wherein the receptacle platter is located above and extends over the serving platter to provide a cover for the food serving tray assembly during transport, an improvement comprising, (a) the serving platter having an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating adjacent serving wells, each of the dividing walls extending from the disposal opening to the outer peripheral wall; (b) wherein, when the food serving tray assembly is in the transport configuration, the serving platter is generally received within the outer peripheral wall of the receptacle platter and the bottom of the receptacle platter and the dividing walls of the serving platter collectively isolate the wells from one another.