Combined plastic chopping board structure

• US 8,328,174 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tsao Ru Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tsao Ru Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Cheng-Che
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Lee D
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRANT, ALVIN J
• Application Number:
  US12/826,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20120001376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 269/289.R, 174/534, 174/541, 156/277, 156/330, 264/132, 264/241
• US Class Current: 269/289.R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 47/005 Cutting boards

Abstract

A combined plastic chopping board structure includes an upper chopping board, a lower chopping board, and a base. The upper and lower chopping boards have a geometric shape in any color. The upper and lower chopping boards have pattern holes or first hanging holes thereon. The base is integrally formed with the upper and lower chopping boards by injection. The base has a protruding pattern to engage with the pattern holes of the upper and lower chopping boards and a second hanging hole corresponding to the first hanging holes. The upper and lower chopping boards are in different colors and have the pattern holes for identification with ease. The base can be coupled with the upper chopping board or the lower chopping board only to become a one-piece chopping board having two faces in different colors to lower the cost.

Claims

1. A combined plastic chopping board structure, comprising:

an upper chopping board and a lower chopping board, the upper and lower chopping boards being formed by extrusion, pressing or injection and having a geometric shape in any color, the upper and lower chopping boards each having a pattern hole thereon; and

a base, the base wherein the base is a hand-held board corresponding in shape to the upper and lower chopping boards and wherein the base is integrally formed with the upper and lower chopping boards by injection, the base having a protruding pattern to engage with each of the pattern holes and wherein the base has an outer frame which encircles and is flush with or slightly higher than outer edges of the upper and lower chopping boards to form a stop;

thereby, the upper and lower chopping boards being coupled to two sides of the base and the protruding pattern both engaging with and extending through the pattern hole to become one-piece.

2. The combined plastic chopping board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the geometric shape is a square or an oval.

3. The combined plastic chopping board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pattern hole is a sign, a figure or a trademark.

4. The combined plastic chopping board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the upper and lower chopping boards has a first hanging hole thereon and the base has a second hanging hole corresponding in position to the first hanging hole.

5. The combined plastic chopping board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base is coupled with the upper chopping board or the lower chopping board only to become a one-piece chopping board having two faces in different colors.

6. The combined plastic chopping board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protruding pattern of the base further comprises:

an upper protruding pattern which completely fills the pattern hole in the upper chopping board; and

a lower protruding pattern which completely fills the pattern hole in the lower chopping board.