bed tray

American  

noun

1. a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.

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Example Sentences

And rather than a bedside canvas caddy, try an attachable bunk bed tray table.

From Seattle Times

I’d half expected him to pounce on the Cutty Sark and tear it open in front of us, but he only thanked us and put the bottle in the compartment underneath his upright gray-plastic bed tray.

From Literature

A: A few little changes might make a big difference, both in terms of making you feel like there’s room for you in the bed you share and in making your husband feel a little more at ease: a bed tray so he can eat sitting up and without getting crumbs in the bed, and a trash can and a nightstand so he can throw wrappers away instead of tossing them over to your side and have a place for all of his chargers and electronics.

From Slate

That said, I don’t want to make the letter writer feel like it’s their job to manage their husband’s coping strategies either, so I don’t want to just say “Go buy him a comforter, bed tray, trash can, and nightstand, then make sure he’s using all of them.”

From Slate

One day, I will treat myself to a proper bed tray, with legs.

From The Guardian