Cap card

• US 4,693,439 A
• Filed: 03/06/1986
• Issued: 09/15/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Concept Engineering & Design Corporation
• Original Assignee: Concept Engineering & Design Corporation
• Inventors: Hahn, Jerome S.
• Primary Examiner(s): FOSS, J
• Application Number:
  US06/836,972
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 248/37.3, 248/37.6, 248/300, 206/553, 206/44.11, 211/70.6, 30/1, D 7/74
• US Class Current: 248/37.6
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/14 Knife racks or stands; Holders for table utensils attachable to plates
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/06 the advertising matter being combined with articles for restaurants, shops or offices on paper articles G09F23/10

Abstract

A cap card for a knife holder having, generally, a planar construction with at least one slot in approximate registration with a corresponding slot existing in a knife holder. The cap card may be made of a number of materials, such as, but not limited to, plastic, wood or, preferably, cardboard. Generally, the knife holder will have a plurality of slots of various sizes to hold knives of different sizes. To accommodate the knife holder, the cap card would preferably have an equal plurality of corresponding slots. The slots of the cap card are to be of a slightly narrower than the width of the blade of the knife to be held. This feature is designed to create an interference or friction fit between the slots of the cap card and the knife inserted therethrough so that the knives may be securely held to prevent their movement during transport which would otherwise tend to cause damage to the area of the slots around the knife holder.

Claims

1. A cap card for a holder for at least one knife with a conventional blade, comprising:

a substantially planar material having at least one slot in approximate registry with a corresponding slot in said holder, said slot in said substantially planar material being slightly narrower than the width of said blade of said knife to be held by said slot in said holder and narrower than the width of said slot of said holder so that when said knife engages said holder, an inteference fit is created between said substantially planar material and said knife thereby securing said knife in said holder.

2. The cap card according to claim 1, wherein said substantially planar material is cardboard.

3. The cap card according to claim 1, wherein said substantially planar material is plastic.

4. The cap card according to claim 1, wherein said substantially planar material is wood.

5. The cap card according to claim 1, further comprising a panel hingeably connected to said substantially planar material said panel being constructed and arrange to display information thereon.

6. The cap card according to claim 5, wherein said panel is made of the same material as said substantially planar material with said hingeable connection being created by folding a portion of said substantially planar material.

7. A cap card for a holder for at least two knives each having a conventional blade, comprising:

a substantially planar material having at least two slots in approximate registry with at least two corresponding slots in said holder, said slots in said holder each having a first inner surface and a second inner surface and said slots of said substantially planar material being narrower than said slots in said holder and slightly narrower than the width of said blades of said knives to create an interference fit when said knives engage said substantially planar material, so that when, as a result of said approximate registry, said knives engage said slots of said holder, said first knife frictionally engages the first inner surface of one of said slots of said holder and said second knife frictionally engages said second inner surface of the other slot of said holder thereby creating a secure hold of said knife in said holder.

8. The cap card according to claim 7, wherein said substantially planar material is cardboard.

9. The cap card according to claim 7, wherein said substantially planar material is plastic.

10. The cap card according to claim 7, wherein said substantially planar material is wood.

11. The cap card according to claim 7, further comprising a panel hingeably connected to said substantially planar material said panel being capable of displaying information thereon.

12. The cap card according to claim 11, wherein said panel is made of the same material as said substantially planar material with said hingeable connection being created by folding a portion of said substantially planar material.

13. A cap card for a holder for at least one knife with a conventional blade, comprising:

a substantially planar material having at least one slot in approximate registry with a corresponding slot in said holder, said slot in said substantially planar material being narrower than said slot in said holder and slightly narrower than the width of said blade of said knife to be held by said slot in said holder so that when said knife engages said holder an interference fit is created between said substantially planar material and said knife thereby securing said knife in said holder; and

a panel hingeably connected to said substantially planar material, said panel being constructed and arranged to display information thereon.

14. The cap card according to claim 13, wherein said panel is made of the same material as said substantially planar material with said hingeable connection being created by folding a portion of said substantially planar material.

15. The cap card according to claim 13, wherein said substantially planar material and said panel are made of cardboard.