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A molded tray for holding beverage cups within a range of shapes and sizes is disclosed. The tray has a cup-holding socket proportioned to securely hold inserted cups and prevent them from tipping or falling out of the tray. The cup-holding socket of the tray has stabilizing shoulders and stabilizin

A molded tray for holding beverage cups within a range of shapes and sizes is disclosed. The tray has a cup-holding socket proportioned to securely hold inserted cups and prevent them from tipping or falling out of the tray. The cup-holding socket of the tray has stabilizing shoulders and stabilizing walls. The stabilizing walls extend downwardly from the stabilizing shoulders and terminate at a point above the socket floor, creating an opening between the socket floor and the stabilizing wall. The size of the opening is defined as a fraction of the depth of the cup-holding socket.

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1. A tray of resilient material having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one cup-holding socket to hold cups of different shapes and sizes, the cup-holding socket comprising:(a) at least two stabilizing shoulders positioned around the socket; (b) a cup-contacting surface upon which a cup

1. A tray of resilient material having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one cup-holding socket to hold cups of different shapes and sizes, the cup-holding socket comprising:(a) at least two stabilizing shoulders positioned around the socket; (b) a cup-contacting surface upon which a cup rests when inserted into the socket; and (c) an inwardly-sloped stabilizing wall extending downwardly from each stabilizing shoulder into the cup-holding socket, with the lowermost, innermost area of the stabilizing wall defining a contact point on the stabilizing wall, and wherein each stabilizing wall extends to a distance above the cup-contacting surface providing an opening between the lower edge of the stabilizing wall and the cup-contacting surface, and wherein distance D2 from the cup-contacting surface to the stabilizing shoulder is at least 1.7 inches, and wherein the ratio of distance D3 from the cup-contacting surface to the contact point of the stabilizing wall to distance D2 from the cup-contacting surface to the stabilizing shoulder is between about 0.4 and about 0.5.