Multi Use Magnetic Food Tray
a multi-use, magnetic technology, applied in the direction of serving trays, plates, domestic applications, etc., can solve the problems of drink containers to spill, fail to meet the needs of the industry, tipping or falling off, etc., to achieve the effect of safe consumption of meals, snacks, and
Inactive Publication Date: 2020-01-23
HUTCHINS JOSEPH PAUL
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The invention is a magnetic food tray system that allows users to transport and safely consume meals, snacks, and drinks without spilling. The system can be used with any existing dining or drinkware, such as plastic plates, cups, or glasses, by adding a thin metal disc to the bottom of the item. The magnetic tray is lightweight, portable, and can be used in various settings, such as at a backyard cookout or while boating. It is also dishwasher safe and can be easily stored when not in use.
Problems solved by technology
Some of these solutions attempt to allow the user to carry their food and drink on a flat tray, but these solutions fail to meet the needs of the industry because the items on the tray are not stationary and allow the plate, drink container, and eating utensils to slide around on the tray and easily move, tip over, or fall off when moving about from one place to another.
Even when sitting in a stationary position the tray can be bumped and cause the drink container to spill, or tip over making a mess.
These solutions however are similarly unable to meet the needs of the industry because these types of trays are heavy, cumbersome and costly to make, as well as are the dinnerware and drinkware pieces and very limited in their use.
This forces the end users to use only custom designed dinner and drinkware made specially for the tray and does not allow them to use their own dinner and drinkware, and not practical for eating outdoors.
Other solutions design trays with metal in them and specialized dinner and drinkware with embedded magnets in the bottom which become a problem when placed in a dishwasher by attracting any other metal objects to them in the washer.
It also limits how many different types of dinner and drinkware that can be used and does not allow the user to use their own drink, and dinnerware.
They do not allow the user to magnetically attach their TV remote or cell phone to the tray for convenient use while eating a meal away from the table.
They further do not allow the user to use a plastic paper plate holder to magnetically attach to the tray for outdoor eating, such as an outdoor cookout, or camping.
Still other solutions seek to allow the user to carry food on a tray with sidewalls, but these solutions also fail to meet industry needs because the diner and drinkware can still move around and allow food and drink to slide off or tip over making a mess.
These types of trays are bulky and are not convenient for storing or packing for on the go such as outdoor picnics, or camping.
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[0032]The present invention is directed to a multi-use magnetic food tray comprising of press fitted cylinder type magnets in combination with thin peel and stick plastic coated dinner, and drinkware attachment discs system that allow the user to magnetically attach an unlimited number of their pre-existing dinner and drinkware to said tray to prevent spillage while transporting or consuming food away from their kitchen table.
[0033]This disclosure will now provide a more detailed and specific description that will refer to the accompanying drawings. The drawings and specific descriptions of the drawings, as well as any specific or alternative embodiments discussed, are intended to be read in conjunction with the entirety of this disclosure. The multi-use magnetic food tray may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided by way of illustration only and so that th...
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A food serving tray system comprising press fitted magnetic inserts and a combination of independent multi-use peel and stick plastic coated metal discs wherein the discs can be adhered by the user to exterior base of any number of existing dinnerware, drinkware, plastic paper plate holders, or electronic gadgets to allow them to be magnetically attracted to said tray, and comprising of a press fitted magnet in said tray central to the plate location causing the user's fork to automatically retrack back to the center of the plate when not in use.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]No. 62 / 701,773FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The invention relates generally to a personal multi-use magnetic food tray.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]This invention relates to personal food trays used for transporting and eating a meal away from the kitchen, or dining room table such as in front of one's TV, in bed, or an outdoor setting and is more particularly directed to an improvement in a food tray relating to prevention of spills and overturning of food and drink, while providing an easy access convinces of electronic devices such one's TV remote, or cell phone.[0004]Currently there are several solutions for carrying food and beverages away from the kitchen, or dining room table. Some of these solutions attempt to allow the user to carry their food and drink on a flat tray, but these solutions fail to meet the needs of the industry because the items on the tray are not stationary and allow the plate, drink container, and eating utensils ...
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CPCA47G19/10A47G2023/0666A47G23/06A47G23/0633
Inventor HUTCHINS, JOSEPH PAUL
Owner HUTCHINS JOSEPH PAUL