Multi-purpose cutting board
OwnerAlfredo Infanteinventor
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Abstract
A multi-purpose, foldable cutting board that can be used to store knives along at least one of its side walls while including a plurality of compartments housed within the cutting board that can be used to store or transport cut foods. Additionally, the compartments can be covered using complementing compartment covers that close the compartments using fastening means such as magnets. The compartments can be slid in and out of the cutting board so that a user can access the cut foods or the foods can be transported within the cutting board. Also, the compartments can include a lip or similar funneling element to provide for easy transfer of the cut foods without spillage.
Claims17
A cutting board, comprising:
- a frame having an interior space defined by a thickness of said frame, said frame having perimeter side walls, four compartments within said interior space, at least one slot located on at least one of said perimeter side walls adapted to allow said at least one of said four compartments to enter and be removed from said interior space, each of the said four compartments is covered by a slidable surface top that is removably mounted to the frame, each of said four compartments further including a first, second, third, and fourth sidewall, said first and second sidewall including openings that together form a funnel opening at a corner of each of said four compartments, and a lid centrally located at the intersection of said four compartments, said lid covering a throughhole that extends through the thickness of said frame, said throughhole adapted to allow users to pass objects therein and drop them onto a predetermined location.
A cutting board, comprising:
- a. a surface assembly including a frame having a rear sidewall, a front sidewall, and two lateral sidewalls, said frame including an outer perimeter, said outer perimeter including four slots;
- b. a compartment assembly including four compartment trays inserted through one of said four slots to be entirely within said outer perimeter of said frame;
- c. said surface assembly further including a substantially cross-shaped partition member that separates said four compartment trays;
- d. said four compartment trays each including a tray lid that is removably mounted to said cross-shaped partition member, said tray lid acts as a top surface of said surface assembly adapted to allow a user to chop and prepare food on the tray lid;
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- e. each of said four compartment trays further including a first, second, third, and fourth sidewall, said first and second sidewall including openings that together form a funnel opening at a corner of each of said four compartment trays adapted to allow a user to funnel food through the funnel, said funnel opening having a radius of curvature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.