WO2015174606A1

WO2015174606A1 - Tray having holder function

Info

Publication number: WO2015174606A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/000286
Authority: WO
Inventors: Won Jae Lee
Original assignee: Won Jae Lee
Priority date: 2014-05-16
Filing date: 2015-01-12
Publication date: 2015-11-19
Also published as: KR20150004235U; KR200481424Y1

Abstract

A tray for carrying containers with a tapered shape includes a rectangular plate having container insert holes (13) wherein the containers are to be inserted in the container insert holes at a predetermined depth to be held and a tray supporter (12) consisting of the four edges of the rectangular plate being obliquely bent down, wherein the four edges are the legs of the tray when the rectangular plate is set down on the floor. Additional holes (15) for carrying forks or teaspoons with the tray are also provided. If the containers are in the shape of a mug with a handle, knob holding grooves (14) adjacent to the container insert holes ( 1 3) are also provided on the tray.

Description

TRAY HAVING HOLDER FUNCTION

This invention relates to a tray which carries a taper shaped container or a container with a knob and more particularly, relates to a tray having holder function.

A tray for carrying containers serving food or drink is often used in daily life.

A Korean application number 20-2005-0033295 titled paper cup boar for advertising has been disclosed as an example of a tray for carrying cups.

As shown in Fig. 1, the above application relates to a carrying apparatus which transports a lot of cups serving coffee or tea from a vending machine. This apparatus has a tray plate in which several circular holes are formed with regular distance to carry two through ten paper cups with fastened. The tray plate has one or more advertising portions capable to include advertisement text to be used for advertising promotion.

This apparatus, however, cannot support cups or containers when the tray plate is on the floor. And, diverse sized cups or containers such as mug cups do not acceptable to this apparatus.

Further, hot drink or food may be spilled to scald a hand because the tray carrying a cup or a container filled up with drink or food is not stable to move.

Embodiments of the inventive concept are intended to solve the problems described above and to provide a tray of which four edges are bent down to form a space between the tray and a floor such as a container on the tray can be supported.

Embodiments of the inventive concept are intended to provide a tray capable of holding containers with diverse sizes or shapes and having stableness to move or set down.

Embodiments of the inventive concept also provide a tray of which edges have rounding shape to prevent a danger in use and to enhance a sense of beauty.

Embodiments of the inventive concept provide trays for carrying a container with taper shape including: a rectangular plate having a container insert hole on a plane, wherein the container with taper shape is to be inserted in the container insert hole at a predetermined depth to be held; and a tray supporter which is four edges of the rectangular plate being obliquely bent down, wherein the four edges being obliquely bent down are to be legs when the rectangular plate is set down on a floor.

In some embodiments, the rectangular plate may be square having four container insert holes which are formed at 90 distance.

In other embodiments, the tray supporter may have round shape at ends to be contact with the floor.

In still other embodiments, a plurality of holes for placing a tea spoon or a fork may be formed together with the container insert hole.

Embodiments of the inventive concept provide trays for carrying a container with a knob on a side including: a rectangular plate having a container insert hole in which the container with the knob is inserted to be held; and a tray supporter which is four edges of the rectangular plate being obliquely bent down, wherein the tray supporter may be legs when the rectangular plate is set down on a floor; a knob holding hole which is a V-shaped groove at a side of the container insert hole, wherein the V-shaped groove may be formed toward the tray supporter and having a step difference with the container insert hole, and the knob of the container may be placed on the V-shaped groove.

In some embodiments, a plurality of saucer insert holes for placing saucers of the containers with the knob may be formed together with the container insert hole.

In other embodiments, a plurality of holes for placing a tea spoon or a fork may be formed together with the container insert hole.

In still other embodiments, the container insert hole for the container with the knob may be formed together with the container insert hole for the container with taper shape.

Embodiments of the inventive concept provide trays for carrying a container with a knob on a side including: a triangular plate having a container insert hole in which the container with the knob is inserted to be hold; and a tray supporter which is three edges of the triangular plate being bent down with curve, wherein the three edges of the triangular plate may be contact with floor to be legs; a knob holding hole which is a V-shaped groove formed downward at a side of the container insert hole.

According to embodiments of the inventive concept, four edges of the tray with a container insert hole may be obliquely bent down to form the tray support making a space between the floor and the tray, thereby holding various food containers.

Further, the tray can be manufactured corresponding to various size of containers such that containers of various size can be inserted and held to give stableness when the tray is moving or setting down.

Furthermore, the tray edge contacting with a floor may be formed of rounded shape to reduce danger in use and improve sense of beauty.

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating a tray for carrying cups according to a prior art;

Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views illustrating trays having holding function for a container with taper shape according to an embodiment of the inventive concept;

Fig. 4 is a plane view and a partial magnifying view illustrating a tray having holder function for a container with taper shape according to an embodiment of the inventive concept;

Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating trays having holding function for a container with a knob on a side according to an embodiment of the inventive concept;

Fig. 7 is a plane view illustrating a tray having holder function for a container with a knob on a side according to an embodiment of the inventive concept;

Fig. 8 is a partial magnifying view illustrating a V-shaped groove of a tray having holder function for a container with a knob on a side according to an embodiment of the inventive concept;

Fig. 9 is a partial detailed view illustrating a tray having holder function for a container with a knob on a side according to an embodiment of the inventive concept;

Fig. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a tray having holder function which has a hole for placing a tea spoon according to an embodiment of the inventive concept;

Fig. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a tray having a saucer insert hole and a tray having container insert holes for two types of the containers according to an embodiment of the inventive concept; and

Fig. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a tray having holder function which has one container insert hole according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

Exemplary embodiments of the inventive concept will be described below in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the inventive concept may, however, be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the inventive concept to those skilled in the art.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the inventive concept will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, embodiments of the inventive concept provide trays for carrying a container with taper shape. The tray includes a rectangular plate 11. Four circular holes may be penetrated through the rectangular plate 11 at 90 distance to form container insert holes 13. Container with taper shape may be inserted and fastened into the container insert hole 13.

The four edges of the rectangular plate 11 may be obliquely bent down to form a tray supporter 12 thereby forming a space between the tray having holder function and the floor. The tray supporter 12 may be used as legs to hold the container with taper shape.

The tray support 12 may have round edges contacting with the floor to improve a sense of beauty and prevent danger caused by carelessness in use or when the child or the old and the weak uses the tray having holder function.

Further, the container can be inserted into and fastened by the container insert hole 13 such that hot food or drink does not spill out. Therefore, hot drink or food is not spilled out of the container, danger of getting scalded can be reduced and the food or drink can be stably moved.

The tray according to the embodiments of the inventive concept may be formed of various size or shape such that the container with diverse size or shape can be holed. The container insert hole 13 may be correspond to diverse containers with taper shape thereby solving the above technical problems.

Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating trays having holding function for a container with a knob on a side according to an embodiment of the inventive concept. The tray shown in Fig. 5 is diverse from the tray shown in Fig. 2.

As shown in Fig. 5, the tray is different from the tray of Fig. 2 in shape and size of the container insert hole 13 to hold a container with a knob at a side.

Fig. 4 is a plane view and a partial magnifying view illustrating a tray having holder function for a container with taper shape according to an embodiment of the inventive concept, and Fig. 7 is a plane view illustrating a tray having holder function for a container with a knob on a side according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 7, the tray of Fig. 4 has the container insert hole 13 of circular shape, but the tray of Fig. 7 has the container insert hole 13 of drop shape. Further, the tray of Fig. 7 has a knob holding groove 14 of which the groove is V-shaped forming toward a tray supporter 12.

As shown in Figs. 6 and 8, the knob holding groove 14 can hold the knob of the container with a knob on a side to give stableness when the container is moving or setting down. The knob holding groove 14 may have various usages such as placing a tea spoon.

Since the V-shaped edge of the knob holding groove 14 faces toward the tray supporter 12 such that a knob of a container and another knob of another container can be placed opposite direction thereby preventing the knobs, the knobs does not disturb the hand holding the tray.

Fig. 9 is a partial detailed view illustrating a tray having holder function for a container with a knob on a side according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

Referring to Fig. 9, the knob holding groove 14 may be formed such that the V-shaped groove facing toward the tray support 12 is formed to be placed below the tray plate level. Then the step difference is formed by the V-shaped groove to hold the knob of the container thereby diameter of the container insert hole 13 does not increase in comparison to the diameter of the container insert hole 13.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a tray having holder function which has a hole for placing a tea spoon according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

Referring to Fig. 10, a plurality of holes 15 is formed on the plane of the tray with a knob or taper shape such that a tea spoon or a fork can be placed at the holes 15

Fig. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a tray having saucer insert holes and a tray having container insert holes for two types of the containers according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

Referring to Fig. 11, as shown in (a), the tray may have a saucer insert hole 16 at the plane of the tray such that the saucer correspond to the container with a knob can be placed on the saucer insert hole 16. As shown in (b), the tray may have the container insert holes for holding the container with taper shape as well as the container with a knob on a side. This tray can be used in situations that a tapered container and/or a mug cup is needed.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a tray having holder function which has one container insert hole according to an embodiment of the inventive concept. This tray may be useful to the single or user by oneself.

Referring to Fig. 12, an insert hole 13 penetrating a plane of a triangular plate is formed to hold a container with a knob on a side at a predetermined depth, three edges of the triangular plate are bent down with curve to be contact with a floor thereby forming a tray supporter 12, and a side of the container insert hole 13 may be a V-shaped groove to form a knob holding groove 14 such that a container with a knob on a side can be inserted and held by placing the knob of a container on the knob holding groove 14.

The tray with holder function may be formed of available material such as wood, urethane, acryl and not restricted within these materials.

Claims

A tray for carrying a container with taper shape comprising:

a rectangular plate having a container insert hole on a plane, wherein the container with taper shape is to be inserted in the container insert hole at a predetermined depth to be held; and

a tray supporter which is four edges of the rectangular plate being obliquely bent down, wherein the four edges are to be legs when the rectangular plate is set down on a floor.
The tray of claim 1, wherein the rectangular plate is square, and the container insert hole is formed at 90 distance.
The tray of claim 1, wherein the tray supporter has curved shape at ends to be contact with the floor.
The tray of claim 1, wherein a plurality of holes for placing a tea spoon or a fork is formed together with the container insert hole.
A tray for carrying a container with a knob on a side comprising:

a rectangular plate having a container insert hole on a plane, wherein the container with a knob on a side is to be inserted in the container insert hole at a predetermined depth to be held;

a tray supporter which is four edges of the rectangular plate being obliquely bent down, wherein the four edges are to be legs when the rectangular plate is set down on a floor; and

a knob holding hole which is a V-shaped groove at a side of the container insert hole, wherein the V-shaped groove is formed toward the tray supporter and having a step difference with the container insert hole, and the knob of the container is to be placed on the V-shaped groove.
A tray of claim 5, wherein a plurality of saucer insert holes for placing saucers of the containers with the knob is formed together with the container insert hole.
A tray of claim 5, wherein a plurality of holes for placing a tea spoon or a fork is formed together with the container insert hole.
A tray of claim 1 or 5, the container insert hole for the container with the knob is formed together with the container insert hole for the container with taper shape.
Tray for carrying a container with a knob on a side including:

a triangular plate having a container insert hole on a plane, wherein the container with a knob on a side is to be inserted in the container insert hole at a predetermined depth to be held;

a tray supporter which is three edges of the triangular plate being bent down with curve, wherein the three edges of the triangular plate is contact with floor to be legs;

a knob holding hole which is a V-shaped groove formed downward at a side of the container insert hole.