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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 04, 2000
Samuel E. Hodges, Leesburg, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A lap-tray and picnic-supply case made of light material has a case receptacle (,) with a lap-tray lid (,) attached removably. The lap-tray lid has a lid-plate cradle (,) intermediate a bowl end with a lid-bowl cradle (,) and a cup end with a lid-cup cradle (,). Between the lid-bowl cradle and the lid-plate cradle is a first lid-utensil cradle (,) and between the lid-cup cradle and the lid-plate cradle is a second lid-utensil cradle (,). The lid-bowl cradle and the lid-cup cradle protrude downwardly to provide lap-side buttresses on outsides of legs (,) of a user. The first lid-utensil cradle and the second lid-utensil cradle have flat bottom surfaces for resting on the user's lap between opposite sides of an attachment rim (,) for fitting down over a top of a receptacle wall (,). The case receptacle has a plate compartment (,) below the lid-plate cradle, a bowl compartment (,) below the lid-bowl cradle, a napkin compartment (,) below the lid-cup cradle and a utensil compartment (,) below the first lid-utensil cradle for vertical stacking below the lap-lid tray. Cups (,) are stacked horizontally in a straight-walled bottom section having a case rest (,) on which the case rests in an upright carrying orientation. One or more inside trays (,) fit under the lap-tray lid and over compartment walls (,).