# US 9,434,082 B2 · Dual knife food cutter

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- Number: US 9,434,082 B2
- Document ID: US9434082B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/155,313
- Filed: 2014-01-14
- Published: 2015-07-16
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-01-14
- Applicants: Johnathan T. Spae
- Inventors: Johnathan T. Spae
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434082B2

## CPC

- B26B 29/00: Guards or sheaths {or guides} for hand cutting tools; Arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools (guards for hair clippers or dry shavers B26B19/38)
- B26B 3/03: specially adapted for cutting-off slices one by one
- B26B 3/04: for performing several incisions simultaneously; Multiple-blade knives
- B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H)

## Abstract

A dual knife food cutter apparatus is configurable into a cutting configuration and a storage configuration. It comprises two substantially identical blades and a handle apparatus with slots. In the cutting configuration, the first blade is attached to the second blade to form a substantially contiguous combined cutting edge. In the storage configuration, the cutting side of each blade is inserted into the slot of the handle of the other blade to protect users from accidental cuts.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dual knife food cutter apparatus configurable into a cutting configuration and a storage configuration, comprising a first blade and a second blade:
each said blade made of rigid material comprising
a cutting side of the blade,
a front side adjacent to the cutting side,
a back side opposite of the front side substantially perpendicular to the cutting side, and
a handle side opposite to the cutting side and substantially parallel to the cutting side, said handle side comprising a hollow channel fixedly attached to the blade and a slot in the channel wherein the slot of the first blade is sized to allow insertion of the cutting side of the second blade;
and
a connector sized for insertion into the hollow channel of the handle side of the first blade and the hollow channel of the handle side of the second blade;
wherein in the cutting configuration, the back side of the first blade abuts the back side of the second blade, the cutting side of the first blade and the cutting side of the second blade form a substantially contiguous combined cutting side; and
wherein in the storage configuration, the cutting side of the first blade is inserted into the slot of the handle side of the second blade and the cutting side of the second blade is inserted into the slot of the handle side of the first blade.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cutting side of the first blade and the cutting side of the second blade have a sharpened edge.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cutting side of the first blade and the cutting side of the second blade have a convex edge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the handle side of the first blade further comprises holes and the connector further comprises spring clip buttons wherein the holes and spring clip buttons are aligned to secure the connector into the handle side of the first blade when in the cutting configuration.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the handle side of the first blade is formed integrally from the same material as the cutting side.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the handle side of the first blade and the connector are cylindrical shaped tubes.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the handle side of the first blade and the connector comprise a polygon shaped cross section.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cutting side of the first blade further comprises a Granton edge.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The dual knife food cutter apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cutting side of the first blade further comprises a serrated edge.