Patent ID: 8757607
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B26B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A food slicer, said food slicer comprising: a base having a peripheral wall surrounding an interior central void in said base, said peripheral wall having a plurality of posts disposed in said interior central void of said base, each of said posts having an upper support surface spaced below said top rim of said peripheral wall and a bottom surface spaced below and substantially aligned with said upper support surface, said each post being attached to one of said corners such that said bottom surface faces downwardly away from said top opening of said base and said upper support surface faces upwardly through said top opening of said base, said upper support surfaces being substantially co-planar with one another; wherein said plurality of corners of said peripheral wall with said recessed bottom surfaces on said peripheral wall and said bottom surfaces of said respectively attached posts together form a plurality of feet at said corners and within said interior central void that extend between and downward beyond said recessed bottom surfaces of said peripheral wall so as to support said base on a support surface solely by said feet; and a cutting plate having a body and opposite first and second cutting surfaces on opposite first and second sides of said body, said cutting plate being selectively invertible and dimensioned to fit through said top opening of said interior central void of said base to within said interior central void and placed upon said upper support surfaces of said posts to present one or the other of said first and second cutting surfaces for use in corresponding one or the other of thin and thick cutting positions; wherein said first cutting surface when said cutting plate is at said thin cutting position is closer to said top surface of said top rim than is said second cutting surface when said cutting plate is removed from said upper support surfaces of said posts through said top opening of said interior central void of said base, inverted from said thin cutting position and fitted back through said top opening of said interior central void of said base and placed upon said upper support surfaces of said posts at said thick cutting position.