Patent ID: 6619487
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A knife set comprising:a knife block having a plurality of knife-receiving slots, each of the slots extending into the knife block in a non-vertical direction so as to be capable of containing a knife-blade in the slot, each of the slots having an opening through which a knife can be inserted into the slot; a plurality of knives, corresponding in number to the plurality of knife-receiving slots, each of the knives having a handle and a blade, each of the blades having a sharpened edge; at least one of the knives, and a corresponding at least one of the knife-receiving slots, having engaging structures that support the at least one knife in the corresponding at least one slot so that the sharpened edge is suspended within the slot out of contact with any portion of the knife block, the engaging structures being arranged relative to each other and the slot so that while the engaging structures are engaged with each other, the at least one knife is held to the corresponding at least one slot so that the sharpened edge of the blade of the at least one knife is held at a position spaced away from any portion of the knife block, and the sharpened edge of the blade cannot be contacted with any portion of the knife block, wherein the engaging structures include the opening of the at least one slot and a front portion of the handle of the at least one knife located adjacent to the blade, the front portion of the handle being inserted into and held by the opening of the at least one slot.