Patent ID: 8567294
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sandwich holder and knife guide for cutting a sandwich while maintaining the sandwich including a filling in place without falling apart, said holder and knife guide comprising: pair of upstanding walls with an aligned slit in each of said walls for guiding a knife through a sandwich and a cover open on opposite sides, and a support frame with a slit aligned with said slits in said walls; knife having a blade, a forward portion and a handle, a pivot point fixed to said support frame and means for pivotally attaching said forward portion of said knife to said pivot point for moving said knife through said slit; a plurality of tapes, wherein at least one tape is disposed on opposite sides of said slits and each of said tapes extending across a space between said walls in a parallel relationship with said slits and one end of each of said tapes coiled upon a retractable coil for maintaining said tapes under tension so that when the cover is placed over the sandwich said tapes will extend and hold the filling in place when the sandwich is cut.