Tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories

A tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories comprising:

• a board member having a dimension adapted to that of a tailgate of a truck and having a top side and an endless groove extending along a perimeter of said top side for receiving fluid from the game as it is being cleaned, and also having a handle member securely attached near an end of said board member for the lifting thereof;
• a storage container having a first end, a second end and a cover removeably secured over said second end and being securely attached to said top side, for storing knives and knife sharpening members, said storage container including a top wall having a plurality of longitudinal slots extending from said first end and along a portion of said top wall, each of said slots being adapted to receive a respective knife, said storage container further including an inside compartment adapted to receive and store knife sharpening members through said second end, said storage container also including a plurality of holes in said top wall thereof, said holes being adapted to receive knife sharpening members;
• a clip member securely mounted to said top side of said board member for holding game being cleaned;
• a means for removeably securing said board member to a tailgate including a plurality of bracket members each having a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion being integrally perpendicular to said first elongate portion at atop end thereof, each of said bracket members further including a third elongate portion which is integrally perpendicular to said first elongate portion and is spaced from and parallel to said second elongate portion, each of said bracket member also including fastening members which extend though said board member interconnecting said first and said third elongate portions, each of said bracket member further including a latch-connecting member securely attached to and extending from said first elongate portion near a bottom end thereof, each said latch-connecting member including an elongate member having a first end securely attached to said first elongate portion, and further including a disk-shaped knob at a second end thereof, said disk-shaped knob being adapted to be lockably received in a latching means of a tailgate to secure said board member;
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• a paper dispensing unit which includes a base member adapted to removably mount about an end portion of said board member;
• bracket members integrally extending upwardly from said base member;
• an elongate cutting member extending upwardly from said base member;
• a spindle for holding a roll of freezing paper and being removably mounted to said bracket members;
• and a spool of tape removably mounted to said spindle.