Patent ID: 7647654

Claim:
A dish drain for installation into a countertop opening, where the countertop defines a substantially flat uniform planar surface, the dish drain comprising: a basin, the basin having a wall, the wall having an upper portion and the wall defining a reservoir area, the walls including a ledge portion extending along the wall at a pre-determined distance below the wall upper portion; and, a basin cover, having a substantially uniform planar top side and an underside, the underside having two opposing tracks and one perpendicular track, the tracks integral with the cover and together the tracks define a space for removeably receiving and retaining a cutting board therein, the tracks being of a pre-determined width of a size approximately that of the pre-determined distance between the ledge portion and the wall upper portion such that, when the cover is placed over the reservoir area and the tracks all contact the ledge portion, the basin cover top side is substantially co-planar with the countertop surface.