# US 10,945,561 B2 · Blade runner cutting/chopping board > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,945,561 B2 - Document ID: US10945561B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/945,035 - Filed: 2018-04-04 - Published: 2018-10-18 - Granted: 2021-03-16 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-18 - Applicants: Daniel A. Beltramo, Jr. - Inventors: Daniel A. Beltramo, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10945561B2 ## CPC - A47J 47/005: {Cutting boards} - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract A comestible cutting/chopping board which enables a user to align and cut or chop comestibles, preferably seed-to-egg sized, the board including side walls defining a longitudinal trough of V-shape or U-shape or half-pipe shape, the side walls preferably providing uneven surfaces, and the cutting/chopping board including structure traversing the side walls, most preferably end structures, providing a slot for penetration of a longitudinally oriented knife and providing for retaining at least some comestibles in the trough, the cutting/chopping board having a base for stabilizing the trough upon a horizontal surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A comestible cutting/chopping board structured for holding seed-to-egg sized comestibles, comprising: side walls defining at least one longitudinal trough, the trough, having a V or U or half-pipe slope with an open top and an angled, curved or flat bottom; a base connected to the at least one trough, structured to stabilize the trough upon a horizontal surface; a structure traversing the side walls, attached to the side walls or base, providing a slot structured for penetration of a longitudinally oriented knife and providing at least partial retention of comestibles in the trough; and board side walls, wherein the base is formed from extension of the board side walls, the extensions themselves forming a cutting/chopping trough upon rotation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 including the structure traversing the side walls forming an end piece of the trough. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cutting/chopping board of claim 2 including the trough being open at an end opposite the end piece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 including side walls structured in combination to form a plurality of troughs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 including a plurality of U-shaped or V-shaped or half-pipe shaped troughs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 wherein the trough is configured to incline longitudinally downwardly, toward the traversing structure, upon the trough being stabilized upon a horizontal surface by the base. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 wherein the at least one trough has a flat bottom. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 including side walls structured of two pieces that interlock. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cutting/chopping board of claim 8 wherein the trough is formed of removably interlocking side walls. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cutting/chopping board of claim 9 wherein the direction of interlocking is orthogonal to the trough longitudinal direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The cutting/chopping board of claim 9 wherein the direction of interlocking is in the trough longitudinal direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 integrally formed of one piece. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 wherein the side walls of the at least one trough present uneven inner surfaces. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 wherein the side walls terminate in a double beveled end surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 wherein the traversing side wall end piece is structured in four sections, each section attached to a side wall at a side wall end location. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 wherein the side walls provide slots for slicing orthogonally to the trough longitudinal direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The cutting/chopping board of claim 1 comprising multiple troughs of different sizes. ### Claim 18 A comestible cutting/chopping board structured for holding seed-to-egg sized comestibles, comprising: side walls defining at least one longitudinal trough, the trough, having a V or U or half-pipe slope with an open top and an angled, curved or flat bottom; a base connected to the at least one trough, structured to stabilize the trough upon a horizontal surface; a structure traversing the side walls, attached to the side walls or base, providing a slot structured for penetration of a longitudinally oriented knife and providing at least partial retention of comestibles in the trough; and wherein the side walls are structured in combination to form a plurality of troughs. ### Claim 19 A comestible cutting/chopping board structured for holding seed-to-egg sized comestibles, comprising: side walls defining at least one longitudinal trough, the trough, having a V or U or half-pipe slope with an open top and an angled, curved or flat bottom; a base connected to the at least one trough, structured to stabilize the trough upon a horizontal surface; a structure traversing the side walls, attached to the side walls or base, providing a slot structured for penetration of a longitudinally oriented knife and providing at least partial retention of comestibles in the trough; and including a plurality of U-shaped or V-shaped or half-pipe shaped troughs.