Patent ID: 7305723

Claim:
A sink having a sink basin which includes a garbage/waste disposal, the sink having an integrally molded recessed dish drain area adjacent to the sink basin, the sink having a peripheral horizontal lip for receiving the sink in a suitable opening in a countertop, a substantially rectangular utility board adapted to be supported in a first position above and parallel to the dish drain area and corresponding in contour to that of the dish drain area, an underside of the utility board providing a cutting surface which can conveniently and efficiently aid in the preparation of food by cutting, dicing or chopping, the cutting surface being an upper surface of the utility board when the latter is disposed to one side of the sink and over the countertop in a second position of the utility board, the lip having horizontal recesses therein which are equal in height to the thickness of the utility board and which are adapted to receive the utility board snugly therein in the first position above the horizontal drain area, whereby materials can be cut and sliced when the utility board is in the open position and thereafter scraped off to a drain outlet of the sink.