Patent ID: 7421787

Claim:
A utensil for protecting a thumb of a hand holding a knife during a cutting operation, comprising: (a) a cutting board for disposition between the thumb and an index finger of the hand, said cutting board having a cutting surface for orienting toward the index finger and a second surface for orienting toward the thumb; and (b) a retainer having two lateral sides and being configured to receive and releasably retain the thumb along a longitudinal length of said retainer, said retainer being attached to said cutting board along a portion of said longitudinal length of said retainer, said longitudinal length of said retainer being greater than a majority of a longitudinal length of said cutting board; (c) wherein said cutting surface is uninterrupted for protection of the thumb during cutting against said cutting surface; (d) wherein said cutting board extends transversely to a direction defined by said longitudinal length and extends beyond said two lateral sides of said retainer; and (e) wherein the utensil further comprises a tool defined by said cutting board.