Service tray

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE SERVICE TRAY COMPRISED OF AN AREA OF SHEET MATERIAL SHAPED TO PROVIDE TO TOP SURFACE, SIDE WALLS AND BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS CONNECTED THERETO ALONG SCORE LINES, WHEREBY THE TRAY MAY BE COLLAPSED TO SUBSTANTIALLY FLATTENED CONDITION OR ERECTED TO OPERATIVE CONDITION WITH THE TOP SURFACE SPACED FROM THE BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS, SAID TOP SURFACE HAVING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR OPENING AT ITS MIDPORTION TO THERE PROVIDE A COMPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING FOOD ITEMS, AND EACH OF THE END PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY OF THE TOP SURFACE BEING FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE OPENING FOR RECEIVING A BEVERAGE CONTAINER, PARTITIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE TRAY AND EACH BEING STRUCK FROM THE RECTANGULAR OPENING BUT CONNECTED BY SCORE LINES TO THE TOP SURFACE WHEREBY WHEN THE TRAY IS COLLAPSED SUCH PARTITIONS MAY BE LOCATED IN THE PLANE OF THE TOP SURFACE AND WHEN THE TRAY IS ERECTED, SAME MAY BE SWUNG DOWNWARDLY ABOUT THE LATTER SCORE LINES AND THENCE SOMEWHAT OUTWARDLY OF THE FOOD COMPARTMENT WHEREBY THE COMPARTMENT IS WIDER AT THE BOTTOM THAN AT THE TOP, AND, AT THE TOP, RIDGES ARE PROVIDED AT THE LATTER SCORE LINES DIRECTED INWARDLY OF THE COMPARTMENT, STAY PORTIONS COMPRISING MATERIAL STRUCK FROM ONE OF SAID BEVERAGE CONTAINER OPENINGS AT EACH END OF THE TRAY AND EXTENDING FROM SCORE LINES AT THE TOP SURFACE GENERALLY VERTICALLY DOWNWARD WHEN THE TRAY IS ERECTED AND IN PLANES TRANSVERSE TO SAID PARTITIONS, THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID STAYS BEING ADHERED TO THE BOTTOM PORTIONS OF THE TRAY, SAID PARTITIONS EACH BEING SLOTTED TO ENGAGE SAID STAYS IN SUBSTANTIAL LOCKING RELATION WHEN THE TRAY IS ERECTED, SUCH LOCKING RELATIONSHIP BEING EFFECTIVE TO RETAIN THE TRAY IN ERECTED CONDITION.