Patent ID: 6789792
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A folding cutting board which may be collapsed into a compact and rigid structure for storage and transport, and which has a smooth, contiguous, non-porous surface when in a fully opened position, comprising:at least two body members, each having a first contiguous generally planar cutting surface and a second base surface and a thickness therebetween; and a hinging member having a minimum hinge thickness defining a longitudinal hinge axis and forming a smoothly curving arch in a cross-section transverse to said longitudinal hinge axis between said first contiguous generally planar cutting surface and said second base surface, said hinging member separating and enabling relative rotation between said at least two body members; said hinging member developing stresses responsive to said relative rotation between said at least two body members that are distributed gradually throughout said smoothly curving arch.