Supplemental Container Tray

a container tray and supplemental technology, applied in the direction of tray containers, rigid containers, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of easy tipped, difficult to remove, and unstable empty beer bottles, and achieve the effects of reducing the incident of broken bottles, facilitating manufacturing, and easy cleaning

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-11-26
THORNTON THOMAS H
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[0016]It is a further object of the present invention to provide a tray which is easy to manufacture, easy to clean, durable, and useful to aid in the transport of bottles, cans, and the like, and therefore minimize and reduce the incident of broken bottles in a restaurant environment, due to spillage.
[0017]A further object of the invention is to provide a supplemental tray that can easily be attached or removed from a standard serving tray, one that provides a server with assistance to support...

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What the prior art does not address is the specific problem of how to handle full or empty beer bottles, or cans, or containers, before or after consumption, and such is a constant nuisance...

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[0033]In referring to the drawings, and in particular FIG. 1, therein is shown the Supplemental Container Tray 1 of this invention. It includes a tray that may be of partial size for overlying a portion of the standard serving tray T, as can be noted, in this particular instance, it is shown as being semicircular of design, extending generally at its center edge 2 along the diameter of the standard serving tray T. This supplemental tray may be molded of a polymer, formed of rubber, and includes a series of upstanding retention means 3 which will extend upwardly for a sufficient distance to allow for the retention means to grip the bottom of any bottle, can, or other container, during its usage. As can be noted, each of the retention means extends for a partial circumference, generally approximately 270° in circumference, as can be noted, and each retention means has an entrance slot 4 and through which a bottle may be inserted, and held into position by means of the gripping aspects...

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Abstract

A molded rubber or polymer extrusion in the form of a supplement tray designed to fit onto the standard restaurant tray of varying sizes. The supplemental tray is designed to sit upon the surface of the tray, may or may not be secured along its edges, such as by overlapping the tray edge, to provide support for containment of empty beer bottles, cans, or any other beverage containers, through the use of upwardly extending raised compartments, generally semicircular of design, of the specific size and shape of the container to provide for their securement during handling and collection. The molded supplemental tray may cover to some extent the serving tray itself, whether it is approximately half, or less, of the serving tray, to allow for the collection of other spent containers, while a table is being cleared after consumption. The supplemental tray may also be designed as a resilient annulus, having at least one aperture provided therein, for resting upon the standard serving tray, and which may hold a container during usage.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This divisional patent application claims priority to the non-provisional patent application having Ser. No. 13 / 507,591, filed on Jul. 12, 2012, which this non-provisional patent application claims priority to the provisional patent application having Ser. No. 61 / 572,126, filed on Jul. 12, 2011.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a flexible or semi-rigid covering, in the form of a Supplemental Container Tray, which may be used in conjunction with a serving tray, which provides support for the containment of bottles or other containers as being delivered to and from customers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Obviously, various types of serving trays have long been used in the culinary arts, and there are numerous devices, in the form of trays, to facilitate the transport of and delivery of bottles, cans, or even as used in the delivery of food to a table, but which may have supplemental usage for the delivery of con...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G23/06
CPCA47G23/0641
Inventor THORNTON, THOMAS H.
Owner THORNTON THOMAS H
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