Tool holder with markings

• US 20050205506A1
• Filed: 04/27/2004
• Published: 09/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lifetime Hoan Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lifetime Hoan Corporation
• Inventors: Siegel, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US10/834,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20050205506A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/70.700
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/14 Knife racks or stands; Holders for table utensils attachable to plates

Abstract

A knife holder for storing a variety of different types of knives. The knife holder includes a body portion including a plurality of slots formed therein for receiving a blade portion of a knife. The knife holder further includes an external marking adjacent to the plurality of slots to identify the type of knife or implement each of the plurality of slots will store.

Claims

1. A knife holder comprising:

a body portion including a plurality of slots formed therein, each of said plurality of slots for receiving a blade portion of a knife; and

an external marking for indicating a type of said blade of said knife, wherein the marking is located on said body portion adjacent to each of said plurality of slots.

2. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said marking is located on said body such that when said blade is sheathed, said marking is visible.

3. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said knife holder is made from plastic.

4. The knife holder of claim 3, wherein said plastic is anti-bacterial and sterilizable.

5. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said knife holder is made from wood.

6. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said knife holder has a geometric shape.

7. The knife holder of claim 6, wherein said knife holder has a substantially rectangular shape.

8. The knife holder of claim 6, wherein said knife holder is substantially curved.

9. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said marking is substantially engraved adjacent to each of said plurality of slots on said body.

10. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said marking is stamped adjacent to each of said plurality of slots on said body.

11. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said marking is etched adjacent to each of said plurality of slots on said body.

12. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said marking indicates a length of said blade of said knife.

13. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said marking indicates a type of food to be cut by said knife.

14. The knife holder of claim 1, wherein said plurality of slots vary in shape and depth.

15. A knife holder comprising:

a body portion including a plurality of slots formed therein, each of said plurality of slots for receiving a blade portion of a knife; and

an insignia indicating a type of said blade of said knife, wherein said insignia is located on said body portion below each of said plurality of slots.

16. A tool holder comprising:

a body portion including a plurality of openings formed therein, each of said plurality of openings for receiving a working end of said tool; and

an external marking for indicating a type of said tool, wherein said marking is located on said body portion below each of said plurality of openings.