Tableware anchoring tray

摘要

A tray for picnics and buffets that secures and stabilizes (anchors) tableware items is described that has a planar tray top with crossing inverted T-slots openings that accommodate anchoring slider tabs that present top attachment surfaces adapted for securing and anchoring tableware placed on the tray top at variable positions along the inverted T-slots. The bottom of the describe tray has an integral downturned peripheral rim sized slightly greater than the planar tray tops enabling a number of such trays to be stably stacked and stored.

主权项

1. A food tray for anchoring tableware comprising in combination:
a) a tray body presenting a planar top surface, a bottom surface and a periphery having at least one inverted T-slot extending from the periphery of the tray body at least partially across the planar top surface of the tray body having a wide horizontal base channel within the tray body parallel to the planar top, and a narrow vertical slot channel opening through the planar top surface of the tray body; and b) at least one anchoring slider tab having a wide slider base, a wider planar top and a stem section joining the slider base to the slider top dimensioned for sliding within the inverted T-slot frictionally engaging interior surfaces of the inverted T-slot, and c) an attachment surface adapted for securing tableware is adhered on the planar top surface of the anchoring slider tab.