Combination hors d'oeurves, drink and utensil holder

Claim 1

A single-hand supported holder for food, drink and utensils, comprising in combination: (a) a generally flat platform having a generally centrally-located food supporting portion and an upwardly projecting peripheral retaining lip; and (b) a pair of cup-shaped recessed compartments connected to and extending below said platforms and opening from above said platform, said compartments being laterally spaced from one another and disposed at opposite ends of said food supporting portion of said platform; (c) one of said compartments being a beverage container compartment of approximately 21/4 to 31/4 inches in diameter and the other of said compartments being a utensil compartment, said beverage container compartment being larger in diameter than said utensil compartment; (d) both of said compartments having flat closed bottoms and being substantially the same in depth, solely said pair of compartments in conjunction with their spaced apart relation, same depth, flat bottoms and respective diameters adapting said holder to stand in an upright fashion on a horizontal support surface with said platforms thereof in a generally horizontal plane in which it is capable of supporting food on said central portion thereof; (e) said pair of compartments being laterally spaced apart approximately 3 to 5 inches to define a cavity extending therebetween of a width within the range of approximately 11/2 to 2 times the diameter of said beverage container compartment so that said cavity can only accommodate insertion of a person's single cupped hand for gripping the exterior of said beverage container compartment from between said compartments to hold and position said holder with said central portion of said platform resting on top of the cupped hand and the exterior of said utensil compartment contacting the back of the cupped hand.