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US 8,757,607 B1Granted
Food slicer
OwnerAbraham Benaksas, Bonnie-Jo Rudnerinventors
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Abstract
A food slicer a base having a peripheral wall with a top rim and defining a central void. A plurality of support surfaces extends into the central void from an interior of the base below the rim wherein the support surfaces are substantially co-planar. A cover is selectively movable between an open and closed position. A cutting plate is dimensioned to fit within the central void and engages the support surfaces. The cutting plate is selectively invertible between a thin cutting position and a thick cutting position wherein the thin cutting position has a first cutting surface more proximate to the rim than a second cutting surface when the cutting plate is inverted from the thin cutting position.
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A food slicer, said food slicer comprising:
- a base having a peripheral wall surrounding an interior central void in said base, said peripheral wall having
- a plurality of corners spaced from one another,
- a top rim interconnecting said corners and defining a top opening to said interior central void and a top planar surface encompassing said top opening,
- a plurality of bottom surfaces spaced apart from one another and from said top planar surface, said bottom surfaces extending between said corners and recessed upwardly toward said top planar surface, and
- a plurality of posts disposed in said interior central void of said base, each of said posts having an upper support surface spaced below said top rim of said peripheral wall and a bottom surface spaced below and substantially aligned with said upper support surface, said each post being attached to one of said corners such that said bottom surface faces downwardly away from said top opening of said base and said upper support surface faces upwardly through said top opening of said base, said upper support surfaces being substantially co-planar with one another;
- wherein said plurality of corners of said peripheral wall with said recessed bottom surfaces on said peripheral wall and said bottom surfaces of said respectively attached posts together form a plurality of feet at said corners and within said interior central void that extend between and downward beyond said recessed bottom surfaces of said peripheral wall so as to support said base on a support surface solely by said feet;
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- a cutting plate having a body and opposite first and second cutting surfaces on opposite first and second sides of said body, said cutting plate being selectively invertible and dimensioned to fit through said top opening of said interior central void of said base to within said interior central void and placed upon said upper support surfaces of said posts to present one or the other of said first and second cutting surfaces for use in corresponding one or the other of thin and thick cutting positions;
- wherein said first cutting surface when said cutting plate is at said thin cutting position is closer to said top surface of said top rim than is said second cutting surface when said cutting plate is removed from said upper support surfaces of said posts through said top opening of said interior central void of said base, inverted from said thin cutting position and fitted back through said top opening of said interior central void of said base and placed upon said upper support surfaces of said posts at said thick cutting position.
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A food slicer, comprising:
- a base having
- a pair of opposite side walls,
- a front wall disposed between and interconnecting front ends of said opposite side walls so as to form a pair of front corners of said base being spaced apart from each other,
- a rear wall disposed between and interconnecting rear ends of said opposite side walls so as to form a pair of rear corners of said base being spaced apart from each other and from said front corners, said opposite side walls and said front and rear walls of said base together defining an interior central void in said base,
- a top rim formed by top portions of said opposite side walls and said front and rear wall portions, said top rim defining a top opening to said interior central void in said base and a top surface on said base encompassing said top opening, and
- a plurality of bottom surfaces on said opposite side walls and front and rear walls of said base extending between said front corners, said rear corners, and said front and rear corners, said bottom surfaces having arched configurations, spaced apart from one another and from said top surface and being recessed upwardly toward said top surface;
- a plurality of posts disposed in said interior central void of said base, each of said posts having an upper support surface spaced below said top rim and a bottom surface spaced below and substantially aligned with said upper support surface, said each post being attached to one of said corners such that said bottom surface faces downwardly away from said top opening of said base and said upper support surface faces upwardly through said top opening of said interior central void of said base, said upper support surfaces being substantially co-planar with one another;
- wherein said front and rear corners of said base with said bottom surfaces on said side, front and rear walls and said bottom surfaces of said respectively attached posts together form a plurality of feet at said corners and within said interior central void that extend between and downward beyond said recessed bottom surfaces of said base so as to support said base on a support surface solely by said feet;
- a cutting plate dimensioned to fit within said interior central void of said base so as to rest on said upper support surfaces of said posts, said cutting plate selectively invertible between a first orientation for presenting a first cutting surface for use and a second orientation for presenting a second cutting surface for use;
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- a protective cover at one edge portion being pivotally attached to said rear wall of said base and dimensioned to span across said top rim of said base such that said cover is pivotally movable relative to said cutting plate between an open position and a closed position in which said cover spans over said interior central void of said base and said cutting plate.
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