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US 2011/0078906 A1Published application
Grape cutter
AssigneeColleen Clinger George
InventorCOLLEEN C. GEORGE
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Abstract
The grape cutter includes a base and a cover overlying the base. The base includes a recess adapted to hold a plurality of foodstuffs therein. The cover also includes a recess adapted to accommodate and hold the foodstuffs between the cover and the base. Both the base and the cover include a respective surrounding flange that define a slicing gap when assembled so that a user may slide a knife through the slicing gap to cut the foodstuffs. The slicing gap may be adjusted to accommodate foodstuffs of various sizes.
Claims16
A grape cutter, comprising:
- a base having an enclosed recess for holding a plurality of foodstuffs;
- a selectively mountable cover having an enclosed recess to cover an upper portion of the foodstuffs, the cover being adapted for mounting over the base and pressing the foodstuffs within the base, the cover and the base defining a slicing gap therebetween, the slicing gap permitting passage of a knife for a slicing operation;
- a height adjustment assembly for adjusting relative height between the base and the cover in order to accommodate foodstuffs of various sizes and to set height of the slicing gap, the height adjustment assembly being disposed at one end of the base and cover;
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- a knife stop formed in the enclosed recess of the base at the height adjustment assembly end of the base, the knife stop preventing further movement of the knife during the slicing operation, the knife stop being adjacent the height adjustment assembly;
- whereby the plurality of foodstuffs is sliced into sections in a single pass of the knife while being held down by the cover.
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A grape cutter, comprising:
- a base having an enclosed recess for holding a plurality of foodstuffs of various sizes, the enclosed recess having a plurality of dividers defining a plurality of compartments in the recess, the compartments having different depths to accommodate foodstuffs of different size, each of the dividers having a notch formed thereon to permit juices to flow and collect at a bottom of the recess;
- a selectively mountable cover having an enclosed recess to cover an upper portion of the foodstuffs, the cover being adapted for mounting over the base and pressing the foodstuffs within the base, the cover and the base having a slicing gap formed therebetween, the slicing gap permitting passage of a knife for a slicing operation;
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- a mounting system for selectively mounting the cover to the base, the mounting system being disposed at one end of the base and cover;
- whereby the plurality of foodstuffs is sliced into sections in a single pass of the knife while being held down by the cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.