Collapsible slicing guide

• US 5,680,803 A
• Filed: 01/11/1996
• Issued: 10/28/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Allied Resinous Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Allied Resinous Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Lascak, Robert, Vizurraga, Luie R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peterson, Kenneth E.
• Application Number:
  US08/584,018
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 83/761, 83/762, 83/932, 83/454, 83/766, 83/466.1, 83/467.1, 83/468.4, 83/468.5
• US Class Current: 83/762
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 29/063 Food related applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 83/932 Edible
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/695 By plural opposed guide surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/7633 Collapsible

Abstract

A collapsible slicing guide enabling safe and even slicing comprising a cutting surface base, a pair of collapsible uprights pivotally connected to the base by a collapsible hinge construction in parallel, opposed relation. The uprights are pivotally movable from an operative position which they are in upstanding and face one another, to a storage position in which they are collapsed flat against the base: one upright folded on top of the base and the other upright folded underneath the base. The slicing guide also comprises a plurality of parallel, spaced slits extending vertically in each of the uprights. The slits extend substantially to the base and define therebetween a plurality of columns. The slits are arranged so that a slit of one upright is aligned with a corresponding slit of the other upright so that each such pair of slits is adapted to receive and guide a knife blade.

Claims

1. A collapsible slicing guide for enabling safe and even slicing, said slicing guide comprising:

a cutting surface base;

a pair of collapsible uprights pivotally connected to said base by a corresponding pair of collapsible hinge constructions in parallel, opposed relation, said uprights pivotally movable from an operative position which they are upstanding and face one another to a storage position in which they are collapsed flat against said base said hinge constructions adapted to allow a first upright to collapse on top of said base and a second upright to collapse underneath said base such as to provide a compact collapsed form with substantially flush edges; and

a plurality of parallel, spaced slits extending vertically in each said upright substantially to said base, said slits defining therebetween a plurality of columns, said slits arranged such that a slit of said first upright is aligned with a slit of said second upright so that each such pair of slit is adapted to receive and guide a knife blade therein.

2. The slicing guide of claim 1, further comprising a first indentation being formed on a first side of said base and a second indentation being formed on a second side of said base for accommodating said first and second uprights respectively.

3. The slicing guide of claim 2, further comprising a first hinge block attached to said first upright to provide a first L-shaped hinge assembly and a second hinge block attached to said second upright to provide a second L-shaped hinge assembly, said first hinge assembly pivotally connected to said base such that said first hinge block extends outwardly and said second hinge assembly pivotally connected to said base such that said second hinge block extends inwardly.

4. The slicing guide of claim 3, wherein said first hinge assembly is pivotally connected to said base through said outwardly extending first hinge block to enable said first upright to fold underneath said base.

5. The slicing guide of claim 3, wherein said second hinge assembly is pivotally connected to said base through said inwardly extending second hinge block to enable said second upright to fold onto the top surface of said base.

6. The slicing guide of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of grooves in said cutting surface, each said groove being aligned with each said pair of slits.

7. The slicing guide of claim 1, wherein said columns have rounded corners on their top surfaces to guide a knife blade into said slits.