Knife holder
AssigneeHantover, Inc.
InventorClark A. Levsen
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Abstract
A utensil holder (10) for knives (22) or similar utensils includes an upright, open top housing (12) having a retainer (14) therein. The retainer (14) includes a set (18) of side-by-side, laterally shiftable web members (20) with utensil entrance openings (61) defined between adjacent web members (20). The web member set (18) is held within the housing (12) by a U-shaped keeper (16). When a knife or other implement is inserted into an entrance opening (61), the adjacent web members (20) are slightly laterally separated but resiliently engage the blade (64) of the knife (22).
Claims20
A utensil holder comprising:
- a housing presenting a utensil-receiving opening;
- and
- a utensil retainer located within said housing and proximal to said opening, said retainer including a plurality of side-by-side web members each having an entrance end and a remote end, there being a utensil-receiving opening between adjacent ones of said web members for receiving therein utensil portions, said web members configured to exert a compressive retaining force against said utensil portions within said openings,
- said retainer including a keeper for said web members within said housing,
- said keeper including a pair of opposed, inwardly extending marginal flanges engaging the entrance ends of said web members in order to retain the web members in place during withdrawal of a utensil from said holder.
A utensil holder comprising:
- a housing presenting a utensil-receiving opening;
- a keeper removably disposed within the housing, said keeper having a utensil-receiving opening proximal to the utensil-receiving opening of the housing;
- and
- a plurality of guide-by-side web members removably disposed within the keeper, each web member having an entrance end and a remote end, there being a utensil-receiving opening between adjacent ones of said web members for receiving therein utensil portions, said web members configured to exert a compressive retaining force against said utensil portions within said openings,
- said keeper including a pair of opposed, inwardly extending marginal flanges engaging the entrance ends of said web members and a pair of opposed, inwardly extending ledges engaging the remote end of said web members, said flanges retaining the web members in place during withdrawal of a utensil from said holder, said ledges retaining the web members in place during insertion of a utensil into said holder.
A utensil holder comprising:
- a housing presenting a utensil-receiving opening;
- and
- a utensil retainer located within said housing and proximal to said utensil-receiving opening,
- said retainer including a plurality of side-by-side web members each having an entrance end and a remote end, there being a utensil-insertion opening between adjacent ones of said web members for receiving therein a utensil portion,
- at least some of said web members each being bent over on itself and yieldably flexed when the utensil portion is inserted within said insertion-opening such that a compressive retaining force is exerted against the utensil portion.
A utensil holder comprising:
- a housing presenting a utensil-receiving opening;
- and
- a utensil retainer located within said housing and proximal to said utensil-receiving opening,
- said retainer including a plurality of side-by-side web members each having an entrance end and a remote end, there being a utensil-insertion opening between adjacent ones of said web members for receiving therein a utensil portion,
- at least some of said web members presenting a bend and a pair of flanges projecting from the bend and arranged to yieldably flex when the utensil portion is inserted within said utensil-insertion opening such that a compressive retaining force is exerted against the utensil portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.