Cutting apparatuses
OwnerZachary Kevin Brandt, Paul Andrew McMahon +1inventors
InventorsZachary Kevin Brandt, Paul Andrew McMahon, Ryan Christopher Maloney
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus having a ratcheting and non-ratcheting configuration for cutting food. The cutting apparatus includes a pair of handles with a cutting blade having a toothed portion and a non-toothed portion. In the ratcheting configuration, the cutting blade is held in position by a position holder, engaging the toothed portion of the cutting apparatus. In the non-ratcheting configuration, the position holder engages a separate non-toothed portion of the cutting blade. Additionally, in the non-ratcheting configuration, a bottom bar and top mechanism bar allows for the cutting apparatus to be locked into the non-ratcheting configuration.
Claims14
A cutting apparatus, comprising:
- a top handle including a contact surface;
- a bottom handle connected to said top handle;
- a position holder comprising a first end connected to said top handle, and a second end contacting a proximal end of a cutting blade;
- said cutting blade pivotally attached to said top handle or said bottom handle and said proximal end includes a toothed portion and a non-toothed portion configured to contact said position holder;
- a mechanism top bar comprising a first portion connected to said top handle, and a second portion connected to a slot of a bottom bar;
- said bottom bar connected to said cutting blade, including said slot comprising an arc shaped region and a linear region, said slot configured to receive a portion of said mechanism top bar;
- in a ratcheting configuration, said position holder engages said toothed portion, said mechanism top bar occupies said arc shaped region of said slot and when said top handle and said bottom handle are squeezed together said mechanism top bar moves along said arc shaped region and said position holder moves along said toothed portion incrementally;
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- in a non-ratcheting configuration, said mechanism top bar occupies said linear region of said slot and said position holder rides along said non-toothed portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.