Chair mounted tray

Claim 1

An assembly for mounting a tray alongside a chair, or the like, comprising means for mounting the tray for free generally horizontal sliding movement to and fro along a side of the chair and for generally horizontal swinging movement between positions generally alongside the chair and generally in front of the chair, and said means comprising cooperating parts including a track and a slide releasably interlocked for relative rotation and for relative sliding movement in the direction of the track, said track including a body having a groove defined by an inner face and a pair of opposed flanges spaced apart to define a gap therebetween, said pair of flanges being spaced outwardly from said inner face, said slide including a first generally cylindrical portion extending through said gap, and a second generally cylindrical portion larger than said first portion and said gap and received in said groove, when the slide and track are operatively assembled, and opposite faces of said second portion of said slide being in engagement with adjacent ones of said inner face and said flanges of said groove and cooperatively sized for retaining said tray substantially horizontally disposed during such generally horizontal sliding and swinging movement of the tray, means for operatively connecting one of said parts to the chair, and means for operatively connecting the other of said parts to the tray.