# US 11,027,445 B2 · Pizza support table and combined cutter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,445 B2 - Document ID: US11027445B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/205,313 - Filed: 2018-11-30 - Published: 2020-06-04 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-30 - Applicants: Michael Dean - Inventors: Michael Dean - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027445B2 ## CPC - B26B 25/005: {Manually operated, e.g. pizza cutters} - A47J 47/145: {Hand carriers for pizza delivery, e.g. with thermal insulation, heating means or humidity control} - B26B 29/00: Guards or sheaths {or guides} for hand cutting tools; Arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools (guards for hair clippers or dry shavers B26B19/38) - B65D 85/36: for bakery products, e.g. biscuits - B65D 2585/366: Pizza - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A table-like support placed within a pizza container between the pizza and the pizza container cover providing support for the pizza container cover to remain apart from the pizza, and includes a convenient and covered cutter cutting used to provide slices of a pizza pie. One embodiment includes within the support a removable section which reveals and provides user access to a circular cutter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a substantially planar housing having a recess elongated in a first dimension and relatively narrow in an second dimension orthogonal to said first dimension; a circular cutting disk having a cutting edge and being disposed and rotatable within said planar housing recess at a fixed location therein; a sleeve having a recess to receive a portion of said circular cutting disk, and disposed to mate with said planar housing and enclose said circular cutting disk with said planar housing; and a plurality of parallel members are connected to said substantially planar housing and extend perpendicularly away from one substantially planar outer surface of said substantially planar housing and at least one member connected to and extending from said sleeve so as to be parallel with said plurality of parallel members. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said substantially planar housing includes apertures in communication with said housing recess thereby providing access to said circular cutting disk when disposed therein. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said cutting disk is removably disposed within said substantially planar housing recess. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said circular cutting disk includes axially located convex surfaces, and wherein said substantially planar housing includes holes defined in said planar housing recess to receive said convex surfaces of said circular cutting disk and be rotatable within said holes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said substantially planar housing is a single piece molded housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said housing included a first component and a second component spaced from said first component to define said recess. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said plurality of parallel members connected to said substantially planar housing are disposed about said periphery of said substantially planar housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said substantially planar housing further includes an opening and said sleeve further comprises a protrusion dimensioned to be received by and removably joined to said substantially planar housing opening to define said mating and thus enclose said circular cutting disk when mated. ### Claim 9 An apparatus comprising: a planar cutting member having a cutting edge peripherally disposed thereon; a housing having a periphery and including a recess that receives said planar cutting member therein, and a detachable portion disposed that when removed, said planar cutting member cutting edge is revealed; and a plurality of parallel spaced elongated leg protrusion members extending outwardly from one side of said housing periphery. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said housing comprises opposing planar surfaces separated to form said recess. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said housing includes at least one aperture providing external access to said recess. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said detachable portion includes at least one leg protrusion member extending therefrom so as to be parallel with said plurality of parallel spaced elongated leg protrusion members. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, said housing includes a further opening configured to retain said cutting member removed from said recess. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said cutting member is circular having an axis about which is rotatable within said housing recess. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said cutting member includes an axle defining said axis and having a convex surface thereon dimensioned to releasably engage a complementary recess in said housing recess.