ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,538, issued on May 12.

"Serving tray and methods of use" was invented by Melissa Tortorello (Barnegat, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A serving tray assembly includes a platform, a spacer coupled to the platform, at least one metallic element coupled to the spacer, and a handling subassembly releasably coupleable to the spacer and comprising a pole orthogonal to the platform, a support ring coupled to the pole, and at least one magnetic element coupled to the support ring, the at least one magnetic element being aligned with and magnetically coupleable to the at least one metallic element."

The patent was filed on May 31, 2024, ...