Horizontal knife holder
OwnerTom Sullivaninventor
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Abstract
A horizontal knife holder is a tray that can be used in a kitchen drawer or outside. The holder has two sides, a back, a bottom, a scalloped front, and a top portion that covers the back of the tray. Under the top portion is a plastic wire brush with a large number of stiff bristles, into which knives can be removably inserted. The tray has a soft bottom to protect users' knuckles, and the scalloped front allows for easy access to the knives.
Claims7
A device for holding knifes, comprising, a rectangular holder, wherein the rectangular holder comprises two sides, a back, a bottom, a front and a top, wherein the front has a scalloped portion, wherein under the top is a holder, wherein the holder comprises a series of wire brush spines into which one or more knives are inserted, wherein the wire brush spines are plastic, wherein the bottom additionally comprises a soft pad which protect a user's knuckles when the user is inserting the one or more knives, wherein the wire brush spines in the series of wire brush spines have a cross-sectional design, wherein the wire brush spines in the series of wire brush spines have a circular cross-sectional design, wherein one or more layers of wire brush spines in the series of wire brush spines have an offset organizational layout, with a first layer of wire brush spines offset from adjacent layers of wire brush spines, wherein the offset organizational layout provides an offset design wherein the first layer has each of a plurality of first layer wire brush spines located over a plurality of second layer gaps in between a plurality of second layer wire brush spines, and wherein each of the second layer wire brush spines is located over a plurality of third layer gaps in between a plurality of third layer wire brush spines, wherein each of the wire brush spines extends from a back connection point on the back of the rectangular holder to a location equal to a front section of the top.
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