ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,053, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems for cutting boards in recreational vehicles" was invented by Justin Patrick Todd (Louisville, Ky.) and Michael Robin Blackwood (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting board assembly for use in recreational vehicles. The cutting board assembly includes a metal tray and a board. The board is selectively mountable to the metal tray such that a bottom surface of the board faces a top surface of the metal tray. An area of the top surface of the metal tray is greater than an area of the bottom surface of the board. When ...