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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-09-09
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Granted: 1966-04-05
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Expires: 1983-09-09
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William E Mackey

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 17:53
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N3/00; B60N3/001; B60N3/002; A; A47; A47B; A47B31/00; A47B31/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 215 words
A TRAY FOR USE IN AUTOMOBILES COMPRISING A FLAT SHEETLIKE PORTION, A PLURALITY OF FRUSTOCONICAL DEPENDING RECESSES IN EACH END OF THE SHEETLIKE PORTION CORRESPONDING IN SIZES AND NUMBER TO THE RECESSES IN THE OTHER END, AN ANNULAR UPWARDLY EXTENDING RECTANGULAR FLANGE DISPOSED BETWEEN THE RECESSES DEFINING A FOOD HOLDING AREA, A PAIR OF USHAPED LEGS EACH PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF THE TRAY, ONE LEG BEING LONGER THAN THE OTHER FOR HOLDING THE TRAY IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION ON AN AUTOMOBILE SEAT, A PAIR OF UPWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE NETWORKS DISPOSED IN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED CORNERS OF THE ANNULAR FLANGE TO PROVIDE TWO PAIRS OF FOOD HOLDING COMPARTMENTS, AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING L-SHAPED FLANGE COOPERATING WITH ONE OF THE FLANGE NETWORKS FORMING A COMPARTMENT AND WITH THE RECTANGULAR RECESS DIVIDING THE TRAY AREA WITH THE ANNULAR FLANGES INTO TWO MAIN FOOD COMPARTMENTS, WHEREIN SAID COMPARTMENT FORMED BY THE L-SHAPED FLANGE HAS A MAGNETIC BOTTOM FOR HOLDING ARTICLES PLACED THEREIN FROM TIPPING, AND HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING IN SAID TRAY AND A PAIR OF DEPENDING CATCH DEVICES ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TRAY ADJACENT EACH LONGITUDINAL END OF SAID ELONGATED OPENING, EACH OF SAID CATCH DEVICES COMPRISING A TAB HAVING A SIDEWARD EXTENDING BEAD TO FORM A CATCH FOR RETAINING A CONVENTIONAL BOX OF DISPOSABLE TISSUE THEREBETWEEN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 215 words
A TRAY FOR USE IN AUTOMOBILES COMPRISING A FLAT SHEETLIKE PORTION, A PLURALITY OF FRUSTOCONICAL DEPENDING RECESSES IN EACH END OF THE SHEETLIKE PORTION CORRESPONDING IN SIZES AND NUMBER TO THE RECESSES IN THE OTHER END, AN ANNULAR UPWARDLY EXTENDING RECTANGULAR FLANGE DISPOSED BETWEEN THE RECESSES DEFINING A FOOD HOLDING AREA, A PAIR OF USHAPED LEGS EACH PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF THE TRAY, ONE LEG BEING LONGER THAN THE OTHER FOR HOLDING THE TRAY IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION ON AN AUTOMOBILE SEAT, A PAIR OF UPWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE NETWORKS DISPOSED IN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED CORNERS OF THE ANNULAR FLANGE TO PROVIDE TWO PAIRS OF FOOD HOLDING COMPARTMENTS, AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING L-SHAPED FLANGE COOPERATING WITH ONE OF THE FLANGE NETWORKS FORMING A COMPARTMENT AND WITH THE RECTANGULAR RECESS DIVIDING THE TRAY AREA WITH THE ANNULAR FLANGES INTO TWO MAIN FOOD COMPARTMENTS, WHEREIN SAID COMPARTMENT FORMED BY THE L-SHAPED FLANGE HAS A MAGNETIC BOTTOM FOR HOLDING ARTICLES PLACED THEREIN FROM TIPPING, AND HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING IN SAID TRAY AND A PAIR OF DEPENDING CATCH DEVICES ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TRAY ADJACENT EACH LONGITUDINAL END OF SAID ELONGATED OPENING, EACH OF SAID CATCH DEVICES COMPRISING A TAB HAVING A SIDEWARD EXTENDING BEAD TO FORM A CATCH FOR RETAINING A CONVENTIONAL BOX OF DISPOSABLE TISSUE THEREBETWEEN.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1969-04-04 1969-10-04 1970-04-05 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1973-04-04 1973-10-04 1974-04-05 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1977-04-04 1977-10-04 1978-04-05 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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