Special receptacle or package – Combined or convertible – Including drinking vessel
Patent
1990-03-26
1991-02-12
Price, William I.
Special receptacle or package
Combined or convertible
Including drinking vessel
220 238, 206563, B65D 7706
Patent
active
049917137
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus including a central tray with a planar floor, and the planar floor including an annular array of downwardly directed wells oriented orthogonally from a bottom surface of the floor and defining an arc less than 360 degrees to define a planar lower surface, with an angle of access to a central bottom surface of the floor between 60 and 110 degrees permitting a server to direct the server's hand to the central bottom surface of the floor for support and transport thereof. The wells are defined by a predetermined height and a predetermined diameter, and each include a concave well surface to provide a reservoir for fluid directed inadvertently into the wells, with a drainage aperture formed coaxially through each well floor. Cup members are provided and define a cylindrical configuration complementary to an interior configuration defined by each well, and include a pleated accordion upper surface to permit extension of each cup to accommodate a large measure of beverage and the like within each cup during periods of use, but when compacted, permit ease of storage and transport of the tray apparatus.
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Gilden Leon
Price William I.
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