US 7,802,688 B1Granted

Cutlery support

OwnerYing Gang Ruaninventor

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Abstract

A cutlery support includes first and second upright standards, a blade support, a handle support, and a plurality of separators defining an open area therebetween. Cutlery such as knives are placed on the cutlery support to engage the blade support and the handle support with the blade lying within the open area. The blade support is preferably configured with a blade stopper and cutting edge support, each of which engage the blade at only one point. Smaller pieces of cutlery, such as shears and small knives, may be carried by a cutlery receiver with their blades in an upright orientation lying within the open area. Additional knives having ferromagnetic blades may be held for temporary use by magnets in the upright standards. The standards, blade support, handle support and separators are preferably of a non-porous, transparent and corrosion-resistant material.

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Dependent claims

A cutlery support for carrying cutlery above a surface, the cutlery having a handle and a blade with a cutting edge and a tip, the support comprising:

first and second spaced-apart upright standards each having a bottom portion positioned for resting on the surface, said upright standards defining therebetween a substantially open region;
an elongated handle support mounted to and extending between said standards upwardly of said bottom portion, said handle support including a plurality of handle cradles spaced longitudinally therealong;
and an elongated blade support mounted to and extending between said standards, said blade support being oriented substantially parallel to, opposite from and spaced apart from said handle support, said blade support comprising:
a blade stopper oriented opposite said handle support, and an elongated blade rest oriented substantially parallel to said blade stopper and having an upper ridge positioned lower than said handle cradles, said blade support being configured and positioned generally between said handle cradles and said blade stopper such that when cutlery is supported by the cutlery support, the handle is received in one of said handle cradles with the edge resting on said upper ridge and said tip engaged by said blade stopper.

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