DE7833066U1 - SERVING AND DINING TRAY - Google Patents

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BENGT PETERSSON NEW PRODUCTS INVESTMENT AB, Hantverksvagen 15,
Gulinshuset, S-436 OO Askim, Sweden

Serving and dining tray

The invention relates to a serving and eating tray, in particular to J for smaller dishes, such as hot wf and a drink. ι

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f When serving dishes, a tray is generally used

turns, which then with the food on a surface, usually at t

Table, is put down. On the surface of the table are | also find cutlery, drinking glasses and other items for the meal.

necessary things. However, in certain cases it can happen / I

that no document is available, for example at a booth j

for sausages, hamburgers or the like. In such cases | it is then usually customary to adapt the court to the circumstances, i.e. |

to have only one type of food served, for example §

Ϊ hot sausages without potatoes or salad and without a drink.

For dishes, however, where vessel-like containers are required, mostly disposable trays or cups are used.
To hold these vessels you then need one hand, while the other hand is used to hold the fork or the like,
so that there is no possibility of adding another

To hold drinking cup. Another disadvantage with these disposable containers is that they are uncomfortable to hold when there is hot food in the vessel and the heat is on the outside of the vessel is transferred to where the holding Hand is located.

The object of the invention is to create a serving and eating tray, preferably for single use, which is suitable for holding at least one food and one beverage container and which can be seized and held in a favorable manner. The tablet should be able to be grasped at such points that are not intended for the consumption of hot food. After all, the tray should be made of a thin and cheap material inferior Rigidity can be produced, the tray should nevertheless be able to accommodate both a food and a drinking cup to be able to, without the need to have to take the tray at a specific location for receiving food.

The solution to this problem is characterized in the claims. On the drawing show:

1 shows the tray in a perspective view,

Fig. 2 is a section through the tray along the line II-II from \

Fig. 1, and j

3 shows a second embodiment of the tray. \

According to the drawing, the serving and eating tray consists of a jj

Form piece made of thin material, preferably plastic material, j which is made by a vacuum process. Along the outer j

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ten of the tray is a frame edge 1 from above, which surrounds the actual tablet surface 2. The frame edge 1 is standing on its inside from the tray surface 2 upwards and extends on its outside downwards up to the height the level 2 and finally ends in an outwardly folded edge 3, which is a separation of the tray after the punching front made possible from the mold. A trough 4 and a circular trough $ protrude from the surface 2 downwards. There is also a recess 6 provided. The circular trough 5 and the recess 6 as well The troughs 4 have bottom surfaces which consist of the downwardly curved area of the film material.

% m edge area of the tray is an elongated opening 7 is provided. The edge 8 of the opening faces the edge of the tray and is bent upwards. The edge 8 is opposite to an edge 9 that is bent downward. Adjacent to the edge 9 is a rough surface 10.

In the second exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 3, there is a recess 15 provided, which is similar to the round trough 5 of Fig * 1, but is provided with a step 16. At the bottom of the rounded trough there is an opening similar to the opening 7 of FIG. 1. Finally, the tray according to FIG. 3 has a recess 18 which is similar to the trough 4 according to FIGS. 1 and 2 and is used for receiving food. A corresponding frame 1 is also available. An opening in the surface corresponding to the opening 7 is not provided, but the aforementioned opening 17 is provided .

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When using the tray, food is poured into the trough 4 and a beverage cup 11 is placed into the round trough 5 or 15 placed. A serviette, for example, can be inserted into the recess 6. To eat the dish, the thumb 12 becomes the left hand 13 stuck through the opening 7 and 17, respectively. the The rest of the hand 14 rests on the bottom of the trough 5 or the surface on the underside of the trough 18. The rough surface 10 is as Support for the thumb. The edges 8 and 9 of the opening 7 baw. 17, which extend upwards and downwards respectively, make them that the thumb does not come into contact with a sharp edge either on the upper side or on the lower side.

In this way, the tray can be held very securely, even if the tray as a result of using a thin and flexible material is designed to be very weak. The comparatively heavy drinking cup cannot deform the tray / because the fingers of the hand support the recess 5. In the second embodiment, the drinking cup is inserted into the trough 15 and rests on the step 16, which leaves space for the thumb on the bottom of the trough. The drinking cup is then used directly held by the thumb so that the tray cannot be deformed here either. The trough 4 is through the upstanding Edge frame 1 of the tray stiffened. Because the trough 4 is partially surrounded by the trough 5 supported by the fingers additional stiffening of the tray. The fact that the thumb is pushed through the opening 7 or 17 exists no risk of the tray accidentally falling to the ground.

The tray can vary depending on the dish to be eaten.

lent be shaped. The essential part of the tray according to the invention is the handle for the thumb in the form of an opening, which ensures that the tray can be gripped and held securely is. It is also essential to be able to support the heaviest part with your fingers, i.e. the part on which you are the drinking cup is located. The number and shape of the hollows and other recesses can be changed within wide limits.

The embodiment of FIG. 3 has the advantage that for the thumb hole no special PIa ^ z kept free on the tablet surface must be because the thumb hole is below the drinking cup. In this embodiment, the body can then of the tray, which in the embodiment of FIG. 1 from the thumb hole is occupied, serve as an additional recess for a cold dish, such as salad, without enlarging the tray got to.

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DIPL.-INg! KLAUS B "£ PfN ♦ ·· * DIPL.-PHYS. ROBERT MUNZHUBER PATENT LAWYERS WIDENMAYERSTRASSE 6 D-BOOO MUNICH 22 TEL. (OB9) 22253O-2S5192 February 5, 1979 File number: G 78 33 066.2
Applicant: Bengt Petersson ...
US. Sign: A 24478 Mü / ib PROTECTION CLAIMS - 1 . Serving and dining tray for one of several ingredients existing dish, such as a meal and a drink in a mug, the tray having recesses in the form of Has troughs for receiving the dish, characterized by an opening extending through the tray (7,17), the shape and size of which can be achieved by sticking the thumb through (12) a human hand (13), and through e; lne down directed trough surface (5, 18) as a contact surface for the rest (14) the hand. 2. Tray according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening (7, 17) with a first, against the outer edge of the tab letts directed edge (8) is provided, one of the upper Has surface of the tray protruding edge part and connected via a rounded edge to the underside of the tray is, and that the opening (7,17) a second, against one of the trough surface (5,18) has directed edge (9), which with one of the bottom of the tablet is provided with a downward protruding edge and a rounded edge with the top of the tablet Bankhaus Morck, Rnck & Co .. Munich · · · j ^ · · ··· QanLiNaus 4-t. Authäuaar. Some. Postal check: Munich (BLZ 70O30400) KonlO no. 254 649 ^ ·. ^ · <ΒΙ_Ζ · 7Ο »3ΟβθΟ> Account number 261300 (BLZ 70010080) Account no. 20904-800 • '· · · Tel agram ffvadreape: V ^ entsenlor «Ο I letts connected. (· 3. Tray according to Claim 2, characterized in that the trough surface (5) against which the second edge of the opening is directed is intended to receive a drinking cup (11) and ί that the underside of this trough surface (5) as a contact surface for j the fingers (14) of the hand is formed. 4th Tray according to claim 3 with at least one hollow area for receiving a heated food, characterized in that the hot food tray surface (4) is at a distance from that for the Finger (14) of the hand has certain tablet surface. 5. Tray according to claim 1 with at least one trough surface; for a drinking cup, characterized in that the thumb opener I tion (7.17) on the bottom of the trough surface (15) for the drinking I cup (11) is located, this trough surface (15) having an inwardly directed step (16) at a distance from its bottom, on which the bottom of the drinking cup rests, and where space for the thumb (12) remains under the bottom of the drinking cup. tilt t t I ttt »· ι · ti It · · ι <Il · t