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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1993
Rolf G Schuelein, Singhofen, DE;
Helmut Deimel, Nastaetten, DE;
Leifheit AG, Lahn, DE;
Abstract
A breadbox is usable as both a breadbox and a cutting board. The breadbox has a bottom portion (1), opposite side walls (2, 3), and a movable flap (5) which closes off a front opening of the breadbox. The flap has a cutting board surface and at least one shaft for pivotally coupling the flap (5) to the side walls so that the flap (5) is swivelable from a closed position where the flap closes the front opening of the breadbox (5) to an open position where the breadbox is open and the flap (5) is positioned substantially in a horizontal plane, such that the flap (5) has the cutting board surface exposed upwardly so as to be usable as the cutting board. The breadbox has a receptacle for crumbs which is disengageably attached to the front edge of the bottom of the breadbox. The receptacle for crumbs has a first edge which is mounted on the bottom portion, and a second edge that extends under at least a bottom of the flap so that when the flap is swiveled toward the first closed position, crumbs on the work surface of the flap fall into the receptacle for crumbs. There is a gap between the bottom of the flap and the second edge of the receptacle for crumbs. The gap facilitates removal of the receptacle for crumbs from the bottom portion of the breadbox. This structure makes it easy to remove the receptacle for crumbs without disassembling portions of the flap.