Service tray

Claim 1

A SERVING TRAY COMPRISING A TRAY BASE, SAID TRAY BASE HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REARWARD END, SAID TRAY BASE BEING SUPPLIED WITH A SURROUNDING DOWNWARDLY DEPENDING LEDGE, SAID TRAY HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE AND UNDER SURFACE, SAID UNDER SURFACE BEING SUPPLIED WITH A DOWNWARDLY DEPENDING POST SUBSTANTIALLY FORWARD OF SAID UNDER SURFACE CENTER, SAID POST ENDING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR PLATE LOCATED IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID POST, SAID POST AND SAID PLATE COMPRISING A DOWNWARDLY DEPENDING HANDLE MEANS, SAID LEDGE LOCATED AT SAID REARWARD END OF SAID TRAY BEING SUPPLIED WITH A CONCAVE CUTOUT, SAID CUTOUT BEING SUPPLIED WITH A LOAD DISTRIBUTION LIP, SAID CUTOUT AND LIP SUITABLE TO PERMIT A USER OF SAID TRAY TO NEST HIS ARM THEREIN, SUBSTANTIALLY AT HIS ELBOW, UPON HOLDING SAID HANDLE AND CARRYING SAID TRAY, SAID SURROUNDING LEDGE BEING SUPPLIED WITH A SHALLOW CUTOUT ON EACH SIDE OF SAID CONCAVE CUTOUT, SAID SHALLOW CUTOUT BEING SUFFICIENTLY DEEP TO PERMIT INSERTION OF FINGERS OF A USER OF SAID TRAY UPON SAID TRAY BEING LOCATED ON A FLAT SURFACE AND SAID USER DESIRING TO LIFT UP SAID REARWARD END OF SAID TRAY FOR INSERTION OF HIS FINGERS OF ONE HAND THEREUNDER AND LIFTING THE TRAY UP SUFFICIENTLY TO ENABLE THE OTHER ARM TO REACH IN UNDER THE TRAY AND GRIP SAID HANDLE, SAID DOWNWARDLY DEPENDING LEDGE HAVING A LOWER EDGE, PORTIONS OF SAID LOWER EDGE BEING SUPPLIED WITH DOWNWARDLY FACING GLIDER MEANS OF NONMARRING AND NONELASTIC MATERIAL TO PERMIT SAID TRAY TO SLIDE SMOOTHLY OVER A SURFACE WITHOUT MARRING SAID SURFACE.