IP Library Granted Patent US 12,310,519
Granted Patent B1
US 12,310,519 · App. 18/232,809 · Granted May 27, 2025

Modular culinary implement storage system

Inventors: Jordan Nathan (New York, NY); Bret Recor (San Francisco, CA); Christoph Andrejcic (San Francisco, CA); Sehee Ahn (San Francisco, CA); Kenneth Young (San Francisco, CA); Benjamin Gross (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Caraway Home, Inc.
A47G21/14A47G2200/10
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Patent No.
US 12,310,519
App. No.
18/232,809
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A modular culinary storage system comprising a tray; a utensil bucket; a utensil block; and a knife block. The utensil block comprises a plurality of utensil block top surface apertures and a plurality of utensil block storage compartments. The knife block comprises a first front end member comprising a first front end member top surface notch; a second front end member, comprising a second front end member top surface notch, the first front end member top surface notch and the second front end member top surface notch defining a front end aperture; a plurality of elongated members; a back-end member; and a plurality of dividers disposed between at least one of the first front end member, the second front end member, the plurality of elongated members, and the back-end member. The tray is configured to house at least one of the utensil bucket, the utensil block, and the knife block.

Claims (32)

1. A modular culinary storage system comprising:

a tray;

a utensil bucket;

a utensil block comprising:

a utensil block top surface comprising a plurality of utensil block top surface apertures, and

a plurality of utensil block storage compartments, each of the plurality of utensil block storage compartments bound by at least one of the plurality of utensil block top surface apertures; and

a knife block comprising:

a first front end member comprising a first front end member top surface notch;

a second front end member, comprising a second front end member top surface notch,

the first front end member top surface notch and the second front end member top surface notch defining a front end aperture;

a plurality of elongated members;

a back-end member; and

a plurality of dividers disposed between at least one of the first front end member, the second front end member, the plurality of elongated members, and the back-end member;

the tray, configured to house at least one of the utensil bucket, the utensil block, and the knife block; and

the utensil bucket, configured to house at least one of the utensil block and the knife block.

2. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , wherein the utensil bucket further comprises one or more magnetic utensil bucket members.

3. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , wherein the utensil block further comprises one or more magnetic utensil block members.

4. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , wherein the knife block further comprises one or more magnetic knife block members.

5. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of dividers comprise:

a divider base;

a divider front wall orthogonal to the divider base; and

a divider back wall orthogonal to the divider base.

6. The modular culinary storage system of claim 5 , wherein the divider front wall is shorter than the divider back wall.

7. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , the utensil block further comprising a plurality of utensil block storage compartments, each of the plurality of utensil block storage compartments bound by one of a utensil block bottom surface apertures and one of the utensil block top surface apertures.

8. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , wherein the tray further comprises a foot not traversing an entirety of the tray.

9. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of dividers define a plurality of knife block compartments.

10. The modular culinary storage system of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of knife block compartments further comprises at least one knife block compartment opening, wherein each of the at least one knife block compartment openings is of a lesser area than the front end aperture.

11. The modular culinary storage system of claim 10 , wherein the utensil bucket is sized to accept the utensil block, and wherein the utensil block is configurable in a plurality of configurations within utensil bucket.

12. The modular culinary storage system of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of configurations comprises a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the utensil bucket comprises a bucket front wall, a bucket back wall, a bucket first sidewall, and a bucket second sidewall, wherein, in the first configuration, the utensil block interfaces only with the bucket first sidewall, the bucket front wall, and the bucket second sidewall, and wherein, in the second configuration, the utensil block interfaces only with the bucket first sidewall, and the bucket second sidewall.

13. The modular culinary storage system of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of configurations further comprises a third configuration, and wherein, in the third configuration, the utensil block interfaces only with the bucket back wall, the bucket first sidewall and the bucket second sidewall.

14. The modular culinary storage system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of utensil block top surface apertures is oblong, wherein the utensil bucket comprises a utensil bucket sidewall, and wherein each of the plurality of utensil block top surface apertures are disposed nonorthogonal to the utensil bucket sidewall.

15. The modular culinary storage system of claim 14 , wherein the utensil block comprises a utensil block side wall, and wherein the utensil bucket sidewall and the utensil block sidewall comprise complementary curvature.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2025
From: CARAWAY HOME INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 071564/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: NATHAN, JORDAN; RECOR, BRET; ANDREJCIC, CHRISTOPH; AHN, SEHEE; YOUNG, KENNETH; GROSS, BENJAMIN
To: CARAWAY HOME, INC.
Reel/Frame 064604/0934 →
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