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Method and apparatus for cutting items

  • US 9,636,831 B1
  • Filed: 09/20/2016
  • Issued: 05/02/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising the steps ofplacing a first item on a cutting board device, which is suspended and supported above a base;

  • andinserting a knife so that a first part of the knife is in a vertical slot of a plurality of vertical slots of a first wall device, a second part of the knife is in between the first wall device and a second wall device and above the cutting board device, and a third part of the knife is in a corresponding vertical slot of a plurality of vertical slots of a second wall device;

    and using the knife to cut the first item by cutting through the first item until the knife contacts the cutting board device; and

    wherein the plurality of vertical slots of the first wall device are parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other;

    wherein the plurality of vertical slots of the second wall device are parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other;

    wherein the first wall device is configured to be attached to the base in a manner such that the first wall device projects out from the base, and is at an angle with respect to the base;

    wherein the second wall device is configured to be attached to the base in a manner such that the second wall device projects out from the base, and is at angle with respect to the base;

    wherein the first wall device has a top and a bottom edge;

    wherein the second wall device has a top and a bottom edge;

    wherein the top and bottom edges of the first and second wall devices are configured to be parallel to each other when the first and second wall devices are attached to the base;

    wherein each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the first wall device has a corresponding slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the second wall device;

    wherein each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the first wall device has a first end and an opposing second end, wherein each first end of each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the first wall device is closer to the base than its corresponding second end of each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the first wall device, when the first wall device and the second wall device are attached to the base;

    wherein each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the second wall device has a first end and an opposing second end, wherein each first end of each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the second wall device is closer to the base than its corresponding second end of the plurality of vertical slots of the second wall device, when the first wall device and the second wall device are attached to the base;

    wherein each first end of each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the first wall device is spaced apart by a lower chamber width, from each first end of its corresponding slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the second wall device, when the first and second wall devices are attached to the base;

    wherein a front plane of the base is the approximately same distance away from the first end of each slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the first wall device as from each first end of its corresponding slot of the plurality of vertical slots of the second wall device, when the first and second wall devices are attached to the base; and

    wherein the cutting board device includes a cutting board body and a means for removably supporting the cutting board device by both the first wall device and the second wall device so that a first part of the cutting board device rests on the first wall device and a second part of the cutting board device rests on the second wall device to thereby support and suspend the cutting board body above and substantially parallel to the base, so that the cutting board body does not contact the basewherein the means allows the cutting board body to be supported and suspended above and substantially parallel to the base at different heights above the base,wherein the means includes first, second, third, and fourth pins which are fixed to and project out from the cutting board body and wherein the first wall device includes first and second plurality of holes and the second wall device includes third and fourth plurality of holes, andwherein the first pin is inserted into one of the first plurality of holes, the second pin is inserted into one of the second plurality of holes, the third pin is inserted into one of the third plurality of holes, and the fourth pin is inserted into one of the fourth plurality of holes to thereby supporting the cutting board device by both the first wall device and the second wall device in a manner such that the cutting board is positioned substantially parallel to the base.

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