Retractable cutting board
OwnerJames C. Douglasinventor
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Abstract
A retractable cutting board for processing foods such as cutting, and for keeping hands and fingers safely away from the knife's cutting edge, comprising a main body, one or more retractable flaps, a plurality of legs, a scraper, a plurality of bumpers, a plurality of receptacles, and an appending board surface member. The retractable flap serves as a protective device for hands and fingers that holds down food to be processed onto the said upper surface of the main body, and is retracted into the main body when not in use.
Claims1
A retractable cutting board for processing foods such as cutting, and for keeping hands and fingers safely away from knife's cutting edge, comprising:
- a main body having:
- an upper surface for processing foods;
- and
- an aperture;
- one or more retractable flaps;
- a plurality of legs;
- a scraper;
- a plurality of bumpers;
- a plurality of receptacles;
- an appending board surface member;
- wherein the upper surface of the main body is sloped downward relative to that of a perimeter of the main body allowing liquids and food cuttings to be easily scraped into the receptacle;
- wherein each of the retractable flaps is slidably and rotatably secured to the main body and serves as a protective device for the hands and the fingers that holds down food to be processed onto the upper surface of the main body, and is retracted into the main body when not in use;
- wherein the plurality of legs securely raises the main body above kitchen platform;
- wherein the scraper is removably inserted into a slot in the main body selectively retrieved for scraping the food cuttings into the aperture or the receptacle;
- wherein the plurality of bumpers is located at corners and sides of the main body for safety;
- wherein each of the plurality of receptacles is configured to be collapsible or extendable and is removably inserted into the aperture of the main body to collect the food cuttings, and can be closed with a lid snugly fit onto the receptacle;
- wherein the retractable cutting board is having a non-slip surface;
- wherein the appending board surface member covers the aperture from the food cuttings to increase the usable workspace of the retractable cutting board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.