Food and beverage support tray with beverage vessel cutout

Claim 1

A tray for supporting food plates and beverage vessels, which comprises: (a) a base structure being substantially flat and having a front and a back, a left side and a right side, and having a top and a bottom, and having an imaginary center line running from front to back and evenly distanced from said left side and right side; (b) a first orifice through the top of said base being circular in shape and being biased to one side of said center line, said orifice adapted to receive a beverage vessel, said base also including a beverage vessel cutout, extending from the side of said base structure into said first orifice so as to permit lateral insertion of a beverage vessel into said first orifice; (c) a second orifice through the top of said base and being circular in shape and being biased toward one side of said center line opposite said first orifice, said second orifice being adapted to receive a food plate; (d) a first notch located on the top of said base on the front of said base near said center line, said notch being adapted to receive an area of a hand of a user between a thumb and a first finger when being held with the thumb on the top of said base and fingers on the bottom of said base; and, (e) a second notch located on the top of said base on the back of said base near said center line, said notch being adapted to receive an area of a hand of a user between a thumb and a first finger when being held with the thumb on the top of said base and fingers on the bottom of said base; wherein said first notch and said second notch are located opposite one another along said center line.