JP3000149U - tray - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Have a dish with food and a cup with a drink in one hand for eating and drinking, and have a conversation away from the table or to another table. Allows easy movement. [Structure] A sheet member 2 having a generally flat surface is provided with a recess 9 for mounting a dish 8 containing food and a fitting hole 4 for supporting a cup 5 containing a drink. A through hole 10 was formed in the recess 9.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a tray, and more particularly to a tray used for a standing party held at a hotel, a wedding hall or the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Generally, at a buffet party held at a hotel, wedding hall, etc., a table with various kinds of food and drinks is placed in the center, its periphery, or a corner in the hall. Each party attendee goes to the desired table and eats their favorite food on a small plate or eats and drinks.

By the way, in the conventional stand-up party, since it is not possible to have a dish of food and a cup of drink in both hands at the same time, it is necessary to put one or the other in the table. was there. It was also troublesome to leave the table for conversation and move to another table.

[0004]

[The purpose of the device]

 The present invention has been made in view of the above point of view, and in particular, it is possible to eat and drink while holding a plate on which food is taken and a cup containing a drink at the same time. The purpose is to propose a tray that can be easily separated or moved to another table.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the tray according to the present invention has a flat plate-like member for inserting and supporting a recess for supporting a plate for taking food and a cup for holding a drink. And a through hole is formed in the recess.

[0006] Further, it may be configured to form a gripping squeezing portion that bends inward at a part of an edge of the plate-shaped member.

[0007]

[Function and effect of the device]

 According to the tray according to the present invention, the tray is held in one hand, the dish containing food is placed in the recess of the plate-like member, and the cup containing the drink is fitted and supported in the fitting hole. You can have both a plate and a cup at once. Therefore, it is convenient because you can eat and drink with the other free hand. In addition, it is possible to freely leave the table while holding the above tray to talk to the table or move to another table, so that the range of action is wide. , Can communicate with many party attendees.

Moreover, since the through hole is formed in the recess of the plate-shaped member, it is possible to prevent the mistake of accidentally serving food directly in the recess. Also, by pushing the back side of the dish from under the through hole with your finger, you can easily grasp and replace the dish placed in the recess.

Further, by forming a gripping squeezing portion that bends inward at a part of the edge of the plate-like member, the tray can be easily and surely held by using the squeezing portion.

[0010]

【Example】

 An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates a tray according to the present invention. The tray 1 is formed by a plate-shaped member 2 which is entirely flat.

Both end portions 3a of the one side portion 3 of the plate-like member 2 are formed in a substantially semicircular shape, and two fitting holes 4 penetrating therethrough are provided in the vicinity of the both end portions 3a. Each of the insertion holes 4 is formed so that the cup 4 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the upper end opening and slightly larger than the diameter of the lower end bottom, and the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole 4 has the above cup when the cup 5 containing the drink is inserted and supported. It is formed so as to conform to the outer peripheral shape of the cup 5, and is formed as the guide wall 6 of the cup 4. This prevents the cup 5 from rattling when the cup 5 is fitted and supported in the fitting hole 4.

A circular portion 7 is formed on the other side of the plate-shaped member 2, and a concave portion 9 for supporting a dish 8 on which food is taken is formed at the center of the circular portion 7 and The recess 9 is formed by a circular bottom surface 9a and an inclined surface 9b which is continuous with the outer periphery of the bottom surface 9a and which is widened obliquely outward. A through hole 10 is formed in the center of the bottom surface 9a, and a groove 11 is formed around the boundary between the bottom surface 9a and the inclined surface 9b.

The groove 11 is for preventing movement of a dish end (not shown) provided at the bottom of the dish 8 when the dish 8 is placed in the recess 9 by fitting.

Further, between the one side 3 of the plate-shaped member and the circular portion 7 on the other side, there is formed an inwardly curved gripping portion 12 for gripping.

The tray 1 is most preferably made of stainless steel, but is not necessarily limited to this, and may be made of other metal, wood, plastics, paper, synthetic paper, or the like.

Since the tray 1 is configured as described above, at the time of using it, at a stand-up party held at a hotel, a wedding hall, etc., the tray 1 should be held on one hand and the tray 1 should be provided on the tray 1. A dish 8 containing food is placed in the recess 9 and a cup 5 containing a drink is fitted and supported in the fitting hole 4.

By the way, regarding how to hold the tray 1, when the cup 5 is first supported only in the one fitting hole 4, as shown in FIG. The thumb 14 is projected to press the upper surface of the tray 1, and the other four fingers (not shown) are applied to and supported by the lower surface of the tray 1 to hold the tray 1. When the cup containing the drink is supported in the two fitting holes 4, the base of the thumb of one hand is placed on the squeezing portion 12 of the tray 1, and the four fingers excluding the thumb are the above-mentioned tray 1. The thumb may be applied to the lower surface of the tray 1 and the thumb may be applied to the upper surface of the tray 1 to hold the tray 1.

Further, when nothing is placed on the recess 9 provided in the tray 1 and only the cup 5 of the drink is fitted and supported in the fitting hole 4, the through hole 10 provided in the bottom surface 9 a of the recess 9 is replaced. The thumb of one hand may be protruded from below to press the upper surface of the tray 1, and the other four fingers may be applied to the back side of the bottom surface 9a and supported to hold the tray 1.

According to the tray 1 having the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to hold in one hand both the dish 8 for taking food and the cup 5 for drinking via the tray 1, so that it is vacant. It is convenient because you can eat and drink using the other hand. You can also have a cup 5 with different drinks at the same time. Furthermore, with the tray 1 still in the table, you can leave the table for conversation or move to another table to act freely and to communicate with many party attendees. be able to.

Moreover, since the through hole 10 is formed in the concave portion 9 of the plate-shaped member 2, it is possible to prevent the mistake that the food is mistakenly placed directly in the concave portion 9 of the plate-shaped member 2. Also, by pushing the back side of the dish 8 from under the through hole 10 with a finger, the dish 8 placed in the recess 9 can be easily grasped and replaced.

Further, since the gripping squeezing portion 12 that bends inward is formed at a part of the edge of the plate-shaped member 2, it is possible to easily and surely hold the tray by using the squeezing portion 12. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a tray according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the tray in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the tray of FIG. 1 taken along the line BB.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the tray.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tray 2 Plate-like Member 4 Fitting Hole 5 Cup 8 Plate 9 Recess 10 Through Hole

Continuation of the front page (72) Toshio Ishizuka Takenozuka 1-6-10-10106, Adachi-ku, Tokyo (72) Creator Tomunobu Suzuki 1-5-6-1108 Komatsugawa, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo (72) Toraji Inoue Norihiro Hayashi, 1-5-1-810 (72) Komatsugawa, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo Nobuhiro Hayashi 1-4-2-811 Komatsugawa, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Yutaka Nakamaru 2-1-1-403 Komatsugawa, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo (72) Asuka Oshio, 4-35 Komatsugawa, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plate-shaped member having a generally flat surface is provided with a recess for supporting a dish containing food and a fitting hole for supporting a cup containing a drink therein, and the recess has a through hole. A tray characterized by being formed. 2. The tray according to claim 1, wherein a part of an edge of the plate-shaped member is formed with a gripping squeezing portion that bends inward.