perpendicular to the cutting surface the retaining members thereby defining a vertical retention surface the vertical retaining members may be in the form of solid wall shoulders at each end to accommodate a knife handle a wall with a notch to permit cutting perpendicular to the retention surface or a plurality of pegs which may be arranged in various positions on the cutting board application_number US 15704088 A description the cutting board of this invention is shown in fig1 11 and identified generally by the reference numeral 10 particular embodiments of the cutting board 10 are generally referred to by the numerals 20 in fig5 in fig9 and 60 in fig1 the cutting board 10 is shown in combination with a knife 12 having a blade 14 and handle 16 in fig3 in operation with an item of foodstuff 18 in fig5 and pouring that item 18 after it has been cut in fig4 while the cutting board 10 may be constructed from any number of materials such as wood plastic glass or stone high density polystyrene polyethylene and polypropylene have been found to be particularly suitable the notched wall embodiment 20 of the cutting board 10 is shown in fig5 8 a generally horizontal platform 21 with a smooth and resilient cutting surface 22 has a vertical retaining member 24 extending generally vertically upward from the cutting surface 22 the retaining member 24 has a retention surface 26 which is generally.