Patent ID: 6715748
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A modular cutting board primarily for use in sites outside a kitchen environment, comprising:at least two plates having a pair of parallel lateral edges made of a non absorbent material; said plates being integrally connected such that said plates may be rotated between an open position in which a flat planar working surface is presented to the user, intermediate positions in which said plates present other than a flat planar working surface and said plates being detachable to effect a closed transport and storage position wherein said plates are in face to face relation; knuckles formed on one of said lateral edges at least one of said knuckles having a stop wall; hinge pins formed on the other said lateral edge; said hinge pin being non circular in cross section so aligned and dimensioned as to be slidably received in said knuckles, abutting said stop wall in an adjacent plate to thereby hingeably conjoin said plate such that said plates are movable relative to one another to a working position in which the flat surfaces of each said plate are coplaner, and disengaged for movement to a storage position in which said flat surfaces of said plates are in face to face relation.