Food slicer
OwnerMichael Curtis Howard Atwood, David Bertram Gundersoninventors
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Abstract
A food slicer, which may be used for cutting a pizza with a single blade, and other food, such as pancakes, with multiple blades includes a housing configured to be gripped by a user in a first tilted orientation in which only the first rotating blade touches a work surface, and in a second level orientation, in which all three blades touch the work surface. A first rotating blade is mounted in the housing offset along a longitudinal axis from second and third rotating blades, whereby the tripod arrangement enables a steady structure during non-use, and whereby the second and third rotating blades may be lifted off of the working surface, while the first rotating blade cuts the pizza.
Claims17
A food slicer comprising:
- a housing configured to be gripped by a user, the housing having a longitudinal axis;
- a first rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a first axis of rotation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- a second rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a second axis of rotation, wherein the second axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and offset from the first axis of rotation;
- wherein the second axis is offset more than one inch from the first axis of rotation along the longitudinal axis;
- a third rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a third axis of rotation, wherein the third axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and offset from the first axis of rotation.
A food slicer comprising:
- a housing configured to be gripped by a user, the housing having a longitudinal axis;
- a first rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a first axis of rotation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- a second rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a second axis of rotation, wherein the second axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and offset from the first axis of rotation;
- a third rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a third axis of rotation, wherein the third axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and offset from the first axis of rotation;
- wherein the housing includes a contoured upper body configured to support a hand of the user;
- wherein the contoured upper body includes:
- a first mound covering the first rotating blade, a second mount covering the second rotating blade, and a third mound covering the third rotating blade;
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- a first valley between the first mound and the second mound configured for receiving fingers of a user, and a second valley between the first mound and the third mound configured for receiving fingers of the user.
A food slicer comprising:
- a housing configured to be gripped by a user, the housing having a longitudinal axis;
- a first rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a first axis of rotation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- a second rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a second axis of rotation, wherein the second axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and offset from the first axis of rotation;
- a third rotating blade rotatably extending from the housing about a third axis of rotation, wherein the third axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and offset from the first axis of rotation;
- wherein the housing includes a guard covering a top portion of the first rotating blade, and second rotating blade and the third rotating blade, and a handle extending from the guard;
- wherein the housing includes:
- a first support extending downwardly from the housing colinear with the handle configured to support the first rotating blade;
- a second support extending downwardly from the housing at an acute angle to the first support configured to support the second rotating blade;
- a third support extending downwardly from the housing at an acute angle to the first support configured to support the third rotating blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.