Portable lap tray
View Patent ↗A portable and environmentally-friendly lap tray to support items for a seated individual includes a storage surface surrounded by retaining walls. The lap tray includes hinged support wings on the bottom surface to extend between a user's legs. The wings are set apart from one another in an ergonomically preferable position to allow any person to comfortably use the lap tray when seated. Alternatively, the lap tray may be used as a stand. The lap tray may be personalized or customized for particular events with various indicia and add-ons.
1. A lap tray device comprising:
a) a first planar member having a first top surface and a first bottom surface, said first planar member capable of supporting objects optionally set upon the first top surface by a user;
b) a perimeter wall extending along said first planar member;
c) a second planar member having a second top surface and a second bottom surface, said second planar member being substantially parallel to said first planar member, said second top surface lying next to said first bottom surface;
said second planar member further including:
i) a first wing support hingedly coupled to the second bottom surface;
ii) a second wing support hingedly coupled to the second bottom surface at a predetermined distance from said first wing support;
iii) each of said first and second wing supports being movable between a stored position, generally co-planar with said second planar member, and a deployed position, extending angularly from said second planar member.
2. The lap tray device of claim 1 wherein the lap tray device is formed from a single piece of cardboard.
3. The lap tray device of claim 1 wherein said first and second wing supports each include a handle for being engaged by a user.
4. The lap tray device of claim 1 wherein said perimeter wall is coupled to said second planar member.
5. The lap tray device of claim 1 wherein said second planar member and said first and second wing support members are integral with each other.
6. The lap tray device of claim 1 wherein said first wing support is hingedly coupled to said second planar member by a first integral hinge, said second wing support is hingedly coupled to said second planar member by a second integral hinge, and said first and second integral hinges are situated generally parallel to one another.
7. The lap tray device of claim 6 wherein said first and second integral hinges are separated from each other by said predetermined distance.