# US 11,109,701 B1 · Edged tool storage device

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- Number: US 11,109,701 B1
- Document ID: US11109701B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/971,270
- Filed: 2020-01-29
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2020-01-29
- Assignees: Kai R&D Center Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Kai R&D Center Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hung Tai Wong; Cheuk Wa Pun
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11109701B1

## CPC

- A47G 21/14: Knife racks or stands; Holders for table utensils attachable to plates
- A47J 47/16: Stands, or holders for kitchen articles
- B26B 29/02: Guards or sheaths for knives
- B26B 29/025: {Knife sheaths or scabbards}
- B26B 29/04: Guards or sheaths for scissors, e.g. combined with manicuring appliances (manicuring implements per se A45D29/00)
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- 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)

## Abstract

An edged tool storage device storing a kitchen knife and the like has a structure including a pedestal, a support rod that extends in a substantially vertical direction from the pedestal, and a first edged tool cover and a second edged tool cover that are removably connected to the support rod and store edged tools, in which each of the first edged tool cover and the second edged tool cover includes a holding part that is elastically fitted onto the support rod and thus holds the support rod, and is removably connected to the support rod by the holding part, and the holding part of the first edged tool cover and the holding part of the second edged tool cover are different in height when connected to the support rod.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An edged tool storage device, comprising:
a pedestal;
a support rod that extends in a substantially vertical direction from the pedestal; and
a first edged tool cover and a second edged tool cover that are removably connected to the support rod and store edged tools, wherein
each of the first edged tool cover and the second edged tool cover includes a holding part that is elastically fitted onto the support rod such that each said edged tool cover is removably connected to the support rod by the holding part,
the holding part of the first edged tool cover and the holding part of the second edged tool cover are different in height when connected to the support rod, and
the holding part includes a surface contact part that is in surface contact with a placement surface when the edged tool cover is placed so that the holding part is a fulcrum.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The edged tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein
each of the first edged tool cover and the second edged tool cover covers substantially entire blade of the edged tool to be stored.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The edged tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein the holding part is provided on the side of each of the first edged tool cover and the second edged tool cover corresponding to a blade side of a respective edged tool.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The edged tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein the support rod is columnar, and each of the first edged tool cover and the second any b edged tool cover is connected to any position in a circumferential direction of the support rod.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The edged tool storage device according to claim 1, wherein
each of the first edged tool cover and the second edged tool cover includes a cover pressing part that projects outward and opposite from the holding part.