Utility Tray

Abstract

The tray has a horizontal base and an edge. A C-clamp has a horizontally oriented side coupled to a bottom surface of the base, normal to and adjacent the edge. The C-clamp has first and second vertically oriented sides extending downward. The second vertically oriented side has a threaded hole. A screw has a shaft, a handle at a first end, and a shoe at a second end of the shaft. The second end of the screw passes through the threaded hole of the second vertically oriented side of the C-clamp and extends horizontally toward the first vertically oriented side of the C-clamp. Moving the handle causes the second end of the screw to further extend horizontally toward the first vertically oriented side of the C-clamp such that the shoe and the first vertically oriented side of the C-clamp frictionally engage the support structure when positioned therebetween.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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 bracket, comprising:
 a horizontally oriented side, a first portion of which is integrated with the planar base, a second portion of which extends further in the horizontal plane from the edge of the base; 
 a first vertically oriented side meeting the second portion of the horizontally oriented side at a first corner of the bracket and extending downward; and 
 a second vertically oriented side meeting, under the planar base, the first portion of the horizontally oriented side at a second corner of the bracket and extending downward, the second vertically oriented side positioned a horizontal distance from the edge of the base and opposite the first vertically oriented side sufficient to receive the support structure positioned therebetween, the second vertically oriented side comprising a threaded hole; 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 second vertically oriented side of the bracket and extending horizontally toward the first vertically oriented side of the bracket, wherein movement of the handle causes the second end of the screw to further extend horizontally toward the first vertically oriented side of the bracket such that the shoe and the first vertically oriented side of the bracket frictionally engage the support structure when the support structure is positioned between the first and second vertically oriented sides of the bracket.   
     
     
         2 . The tray of  claim 1 , wherein the bracket, comprising the horizontally oriented side, the first portion of which is integrated with the planar base, comprises a bracket, comprising the horizontally oriented side, the first portion of which is molded with the planar base. 
     
     
         3 . The tray of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the planar base extending in the horizontal plane and having an edge comprises a planar base extending in the horizontal plane and having an edge with a length; and   wherein the bracket, comprising the horizontally oriented side, the first portion of which is integrated with the planar base, comprises the bracket, comprising the horizontally oriented side, the first portion of which extends along substantially all of the length of the edge of the planar base.   
     
     
         4 . The tray of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the planar base extending in the horizontal plane and having an edge comprises a planar base extending in the horizontal plane and having an edge with a length; and   wherein the bracket, comprising the horizontally oriented side, the first portion of which is integrated with the planar base, comprises the bracket, comprising the horizontally oriented side, the first portion of which is extends along the length of the edge of the planar base.