AU2018100754A4 - Cutting Board With Carrying Handle - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to cutting board apparatus having handle to assist a user holding it when preparing food. The board comprises a body with opposite processing surfaces spaced apart in parallel, and a circumferential surface extending between the outer peripheries of the two processing surfaces. A flexible handle is fixed on to the body. The handle has two spaced ends and a middle section located between the two ends, the ends having fixing members passing through them and into in the body. When the two ends of the flexible handle are fixed on the body, the middle section is spaced from the circumferential surface of the body such that the flexible handle protrudes from the body in an arched shape.

Description

Field of invention [01] This invention relates to cutting board apparatus and means for holding by a user when preparing food.

Background to the invention [02] Cutting boards are well known in the culinary arts for providing a surface on which food items may be placed for cutting or shopping. The board provides a protective barrier that prevents the cutting implement from striking or cutting the substrate below, for example a table surface. There is a need for a portable cutting board that can be carried around to different work areas of a kitchen without having to place it on a counter top or table.

[03] The preceding discussion of the background to the invention is intended to facilitate an understanding of the present invention. However, it should be appreciated that the discussion is not an acknowledgement or admission that any of the material referred to was part of the common general knowledge in Australia or elsewhere as at the priority date of the present application.

[04] Further, and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, throughout the description and the claims, the words 'comprise', 'comprising', and the like are to be construed in an inclusive sense - that is to say, in the sense of "including, but not being limited to" - as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense - that is to say meaning "including this and nothing else".

Summary of invention [05] According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a cutting board with a carrying handle, comprising: a body comprising two processing surfaces spaced apart in parallel, and a circumferential surface extending between the outer peripheries of the two processing surfaces; a flexible handle fixed on the body comprising two spaced ends and a middle section located between the two ends; two fixing members passing through the two ends of the flexible handle respectively and fixed in the body, wherein the two ends of the flexible handle are fixed on the body, and the middle section is spaced from the circumferential surface of the body such that the flexible handle protrudes from the body in an arched shape.

[06] In a preferred form of the invention, the flexible handle comprises a decoration part and a contact part overlapping with each other, [07] In a preferred embodiment, the decoration part is made of leather and the contact part is made of chamois.

[08] In a preferred form of the invention, the processing surface of the body is circular.

[09] Preferably, the body is made of wood.

[010] In a further preferred embodiment, the flexible handle is made of a leather material, a rubber material, and a combination thereof.

Brief description of drawings [011] In order that the invention may be readily understood, and put into practical effect, reference will now be made to the accompanying figures. Thus:

Figure 1 is a three-dimensional exploded view of a cutting board according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a three-dimensional combination view of a cutting board according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a state view of a cutting board hanging on a hook according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a state view of a cutting board being moved by holding a flexible handle with a hand according to the present invention.

[012] All the drawings are merely used for explaining the basic teaching, and the quantities, positions, relations, and dimension extensions of elements constituting the embodiments for illustration will be described in the drawings or will be belong to the techniques in the art after the following descriptions are read and understood. In addition, after the following descriptions are read and understood, precise dimensions matching with specific strength, weight, intensity and similar requirements, and changes in dimensions and scales are all belong to the techniques in the art.

Detailed description of an embodiment of the invention [013] In the different accompanying drawings, identical reference numerals are used to mark identical or similar elements. In addition, it should be understood that terms such as "top", "bottom", "first", "second", "forward", "backward", "reverse", "front", "rear", "height", "width", "length", "end", "side", "horizontal", and "vertical" are merely used for facilitating a viewer to refer to the constructions in the drawings and are merely used for helping describe the embodiments for illustration.

[014] Referring to Figure 1, in a preferred embodiment of this invention, a cutting board of the invention is generally denoted by the number 10 and shown in exploded perspective view.

[015] The board is defined by a wooden body 20, which is of disc-like round shape. It has two generally flat processing surfaces 22, corresponding with the major opposite surfaces of the disc. The processing surfaces are spaced apart substantially to be in parallel. A circumferential surface 24 extends between the outer peripheries of the two processing surfaces 22. A flexible handle 26 is fixed onto the body on circumferential surface 24. The handle has two spaced ends 28 and a middle section 30 located between the two ends. The middle section defines an outer surface 32 and an inner surface 34 facing circumferential wall surface 24.

[016] Associated with each end are pairs 36 of fixing members in the form of threaded screws, passing through the two ends of the flexible handle respectively and being driven to be fixed in the body. It will be appreciated that other fixing means may be employed within the scope of the invention, for example tacks, nails and the like.

[017] Referring to Figures 2 to 4, the handle is shown fixed at its opposite ends 28 to the body to retain an arched, generally U-letter shape. In Figure 3, the board is shown hanging from a hook 38 when not in use for convenient vertical storage and accessibility.

[018] With the two ends of the flexible handle fixed on the body, close enough to each other cause the middle section 30 to be spaced from circumferential surface 24 of the body, such that the flexible handle protrudes from the body in an arched shape, allowing a user to insert one or more fingers through the gap so formed between surfaces 34 and 24 for carrying, as shown in Figure 4.

[019] In the preferred embodiment of this description, flexible handle 30 comprises a decoration part and a contact part overlapping with each other. The contact part is a layer of chamois on the inner side 34 of the handle. The decorative part lies on outer surface 32 and is made of leather, so that the handle has a laminated constructions.

[020] In other embodiments of the invention, the flexible handle may be made of any of a leather material, a rubber material and a combination thereof.

[021] The board described in the preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed asbeingmadeof wood, but other suitable substances may be employed as alternatives, and example being a plastics material such as high density polyethylene.

[022] These embodiments merely illustrate particular examples of the apparatus of the invention providing a dual surface cutting board with means for holding it in a desired orientation for use away from a supporting structure such as a table. With the insight gained from this disclosure, the person skilled in the art is well placed to discern further embodiments by means of which to put the claimed invention into practice.

Claims (5)

1. Claims The claims defining the invention are:

   1. A cutting board with a carrying handle, comprising: a body comprising two processing surfaces spaced apart in parallel, and a circumferential surface extending between the outer peripheries of the two processing surfaces; a flexible handle fixed on the body comprising two spaced ends and a middle section located between the two ends; two fixing members passing through the two ends of the flexible handle respectively and fixed in the body, wherein the two ends of the flexible handle are fixed on the body, and the middle section is spaced from the circumferential surface of the body such that the flexible handle protrudes from the body in an arched shape.
2. 2. The cutting board with a carrying handle according to claim 1, wherein the flexible handle comprises a decoration part and a contact part overlapping with each other.
3. 3. The cutting board with a carrying handle according to claim 2, wherein the decoration part is made of leather and the contact part is made of chamois.
4. 4. The cutting board with a carrying handle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the processing surface of the body is circular, and the body is made of wood.
5. 5. The cutting board with a carrying handle accordingto any one of the preceding claims, wherein the flexible handle is made of any of a leather material, a rubber material and a combination thereof. end