US 12,075,949 B2
Knife holder and cutting board for drying rack
Evan Grybush, Belgium, WI (US); and Erika Kovesdi, Kohler, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,136.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,464, filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192430 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 47/20 (2019.01); A47G 21/14 (2006.01); A47J 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 47/20 (2013.01) [A47G 21/14 (2013.01); A47J 47/005 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting board comprising:
a first surface substantially planar and uninterrupted, and lying within a first plane, the first surface comprising a first perimeter;
a second surface extending away from the first surface proximate to the first perimeter;
a third surface lying within a second plane, the third surface comprising a second perimeter; and
three generally parallel channels, each channel extending along the second plane and interrupting the third surface, each channel including a channel width and each channel separated by a channel gap, wherein a width of each channel gap is between one hundred percent and two hundred percent of the channel width.
 
8. An assembly comprising:
a drying rack comprising three generally parallel rods, each rod separated by a gap distance, and each rod defining a rod width;
a cutting board comprising a substantially planar cutting surface and an engagement surface opposite to the cutting surface, the engagement surface comprising three channels configured to receive the three rods, wherein each of the three channels extend into the cutting board in a direction away from the engagement surface and toward the cutting surface.