US 11,986,087 B1
Utility tray
Christopher Eng, Newton, MA (US); and Patrick Triato, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to ILW LC, Sheridan, WY (US)
Filed by ILW LC, Sheridan, WY (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,110.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/469,751, filed on May 30, 2023.
Int. Cl. A47B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 23/001 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tray, capable of being frictionally engaged to a support structure, the tray comprising:
a planar base extending in a horizontal plane and having an edge;
a right-angle bracket having a horizontally oriented side, an edge of which is coupled to the edge of the base, the horizontally oriented side extending further in the horizontal plane from the edge of the base, the right-angle bracket having a vertically oriented side coupled to the horizontally oriented side at a corner of the right-angle bracket and extending downward;
a bracket, having a threaded hole, coupled to a bottom surface of the base and extending downward in the direction substantially normal to the base, the bracket positioned a horizontal distance from the edge of the base and opposite the right-angle bracket sufficient to receive the support structure positioned therebetween; and
a screw comprising a handle at a first end of the screw and a shoe at a second end of the screw, the second end of the screw passing through the threaded hole of the bracket and extending toward the right-angle bracket, wherein movement of the handle causes the second end of the screw to further extend horizontally toward the right-angle bracket such that: the shoe is substantially in vertical alignment with the edge of the base, and the shoe and the right-angle bracket frictionally engage the support structure positioned therebetween.