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US 7,681,871 B2Granted
Cutting board assembly having cutting board storage recess
AssigneeEdison Nation, LLC
InventorsJerry Shew, Daniel Lee Bizzell
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Abstract
A handheld, portable cutting board assembly includes a cutting board and a frame configured to support the cutting board within a top portion thereof such that a major surface of the cutting board is exposed for use as a cutting surface. The frame also is further configured to receive and retain the cutting board within a bottom portion thereof for storage.
Claims18
A cutting board assembly, comprising:
- (a) a cutting board;
- (b) a frame having a peripheral rim that bounds and defines an opening of a top portion of the frame;
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- (c) one or more drawers each having a length, a width, and a depth defining a containment space for containing food therein;
- (d) wherein the frame is configured to receive and retain the cutting board within a top portion thereof such that
- (i) the cutting board is supported on a support platform,
- (ii) a major surface of the cutting board is exposed for use as a cutting surface,
- (iii) the peripheral rim abuts and retains the cutting board within the top portion of the frame during use of the cutting board as a cutting surface,
- (iv) the cutting board protrudes upwardly away from the peripheral rim, and
- (v) the cutting board is removable via the opening defined by the peripheral rim;
- (e) wherein the frame is further configured to receive and retain the cutting board within a bottom portion thereof;
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- (f) wherein each drawer is supported by the frame for sliding movement between a retracted position, in which the drawer is substantially retained within the frame and the containment space is substantially covered, and a protracted position, in which the containment space is substantially uncovered.
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A cutting board assembly, comprising:
- (a) first and second cutting boards;
- (b) a frame;
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- (c) one or more drawers each having a length, a width, and a depth defining a containment space for containing food therein
- (d) wherein the frame supports the first cutting board on a top portion thereof such that a major surface of the first cutting board is exposed for use as a cutting surface;
- (e) wherein the frame receives and retains for storage the second cutting board within a bottom portion thereof, the second cutting board being suspended within the bottom portion of the frame;
- (f) wherein the frame includes opposed end walls and opposed side walls that collectively define an opening in the bottom portion of the frame through which the second cutting board is received for storage;
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- (g) wherein each drawer is supported by the frame for sliding movement between a retracted position, in which the drawer is substantially retained within the frame and the containment space is substantially covered, and a protracted position, in which the containment space is substantially uncovered.
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A cutting board assembly, comprising:
- (a) a cutting board;
- (b) a frame having
- (i) a peripheral rim that bounds and defines an opening of a top portion of the frame in which the cutting board is receivable for use as a cutting surface, and
- (ii) opposed end walls and opposed side walls that collectively define an opening in a bottom portion of the frame through which the cutting board is receivable for storage;
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- (c) one or more drawers each having a length, a width, and a depth defining a containment space for containing food therein;
- (d) wherein the frame is configured to
- (i) support the cutting board on a support platform such that a major surface of the cutting board is exposed for use as a cutting surface, and
- (ii) receive and retain, for storage, the cutting board within the bottom portion of the frame such that the cutting board is suspended within the bottom portion;
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- (e) wherein each drawer is supported by the frame for sliding movement between a retracted position, in which the drawer is substantially retained within the frame and the containment space is substantially covered, and a protracted position, in which the containment space is substantially uncovered.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.