Cutting board assembly

Abstract

A cutting board assembly comprises a cutting board; a frame for supporting the cutting board thereon; and a drawer having a length, a width, and a depth defining a containment space for containing food therein, and having measuring increments marked along a length or a width thereof. The drawer is supported by the frame for sliding movement between a retracted position, in which the drawer is substantially retained within the frame and the containment space is substantially covered, and a protracted position, in which the containment space is substantially uncovered. A volume of food retained within the containment space may be measured using the increments marked along the length or the width of the drawer.

1 . A cutting board assembly, comprising: 
 (a) a cutting board;    (b) a frame for supporting the cutting board thereon; and    (c) a drawer having a length, a width, and a depth defining a containment space for containing food therein, and having measuring increments marked along a length or a width thereof;    (d) wherein the drawer is supported by the frame for sliding movement between a retracted position, in which the drawer is substantially retained within the frame and the containment space is substantially covered, and a protracted position, in which the containment space is substantially uncovered; and    (e) wherein a volume of food retained within the containment space may be measured using the increments marked along the length or the width of the drawer.    
   
   
       2 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a first partition configured to transect the containment space of the drawer.  
   
   
       3 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the first partition defines two compartments of the drawer on either side thereof.  
   
   
       4 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the first partition is movable relative to the drawer, whereby a volume of one of the compartments of the drawer may be reduced in order to fill the volume of the compartment with food and thereby measure the food within the compartment.  
   
   
       5 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the first partition comprises a wall that is movable relative to the frame and is attached to the drawer for movement relative thereto.  
   
   
       6 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 2 , further comprising a second partition configured to transect the volume of the drawer in order to define two compartments of the drawer on either side of the second partition.  
   
   
       7 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the second partition is movable relative to the drawer.  
   
   
       8 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the first partition comprises a wall of the frame, and wherein the drawer is movable relative to the first partition when measuring a volume of food contained within the drawer.  
   
   
       9 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the drawer comprises a scoop.  
   
   
       10 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a support platform on which the cutting board is supported and a peripheral top rim that defines a top opening through which the cutting board is seated on the support platform.  
   
   
       11 . The cutting board of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer is removable from the frame of the cutting board assembly.  
   
   
       12 . A cutting board assembly, comprising: 
 (a) a cutting board;    (b) a frame including opposite side walls and a support platform supporting the cutting board thereon; and    (c) a drawer supported by the frame at a side wall thereof, the drawer having a bottom and opposite side walls and opposite end walls extending from a periphery of the bottom to define a containment space;    (d) wherein a partition divides the containment space of the drawer to define two compartments of the drawer, the partition being movable relative to the drawer to vary the volume of each of the compartments of the drawer; and    (e) wherein the drawer is supported by the frame for sliding movement between a retracted position, in which the drawer is substantially retained within the frame and the containment space is substantially covered, and a protracted position, in which the containment space is substantially uncovered.    
   
   
       13 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 12 , further comprising measuring increments enabling measurement of a volume of food retained within at least one of the compartments of the container defined by the movable partition.  
   
   
       14 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the frame further comprises a peripheral top rim defining a top opening through which the cutting board is seated on the support platform.  
   
   
       15 . A cutting board assembly, comprising: 
 (a) a cutting board;    (b) a frame including opposite side walls and a support platform supporting the cutting board thereon; and    (c) a scoop supported by the frame at a side wall thereof, the scoop having a bottom, opposite side walls, and an end wall extending from a periphery of the bottom and defining a containment space that is open at one end of the scoop;    (d) wherein the scoop is supported by the frame for sliding movement between a retracted position, in which the scoop is substantially retained within the frame and the containment space is substantially covered, and a protracted position, in which the containment space is substantially uncovered; and    (e) wherein the frame includes a partitioning wall extending downwardly from an end edge of the support platform, the partitioning wall being disposed in fixed disposition relative to the frame and extending within the containment space to define an end wall of the containment space of the scoop when the scoop is in the protracted position.    
   
   
       16 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 15 , further comprising a collection trough disposed in the bottom of the scoop for containing liquids or fluids associated with cut food items retained in the scoop.  
   
   
       17 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 15 , wherein the frame further comprises a peripheral top rim defining a top opening through which the cutting board is seated on the support platform  
   
   
       18 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 15 , wherein the cutting board defines an uninterrupted, generally rectangular cutting surface.  
   
   
       19 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 15 , wherein the frame includes support ledges to facilitate movement of the scoop between the retracted position and the protracted position.  
   
   
       20 . The cutting board of  claim 15 , wherein the scoop is removable from the frame of the cutting board assembly.  
   
   
       21 . The cutting board assembly of  claim 15 , further comprising a second container that is received and retained in the frame concurrently with the scoop being received and retained within the frame.