Patent CA-112034-S (CA)
Title: Food slicer
Filed: 2005-07-26
Granted: 2006-12-04
Abstract: The said industrial design consists of the shape, configuration, ornamentation and pattern of a food slicer having a generally flat bottom wall, a forwardly and downwardly inclined top wall, a pair of generally identical side walls, a rearwardly inclined flat rear wall, and a front wall;the inclined top wall of the food slicer has a pair of parallel enlarged and generally identical rounded shoulder portions extending along the side edges of a recessed top surface; the recessed top surface is generally flat but curves gradually downwards near the front end thereof and has a groove which extends laterally across the top surface close to the front end of the top wall; the top surface merges into flat inside surface portions which extend along the side edges of the recessed top surface and beneath the inner surfaces of the enlarged and rounded shoulder portions of the top wall; the top surface has a flat angled element thereon which is situated part way along its length and extends between the inside flat surface portions of the top wall; the flat angled element has generally parallel side edges and a series of generally equally spaced-apart circular openings therein, each circular opening having a central small slightly raised cylindrical projection situated therein; adjacent the forward edge of the flat angled element is a slot in the top surface having a series of very closely spaced-apart generally identical and very small elements therein; the top wall has a rear end portion separated from the remainder of the top wall by a laterally extending groove, the rear end portion having a slightly raised top surface relative to the remaining top surface of the top wall and enlarged and rounded shoulder portions; the top surface and shoulder portions of the rear end portion of the top wall generally follow the shape and contour of the remainder of the top wall; the ends of the enlarged and rounded shoulder portions of the rear end portion have beveled surfaces which are aligned with the rear wall of the food slicer; the beveled surfaces have small central domed protuberances thereon; the side walls, rear wall, bottom wall and front wall of the food slicer are transparent with rounded corners between the bottom, front and rear walls; the generally identical side walls diverge slightly outwards away from the bottom wall and merge into lower surfaces of the enlarged and rounded shoulder portions of the top wall; the side walls have beveled front surface portions thereof which extend rearwards away from the diverging side edges of the front wall part-way along the length of and merging gradually into the side walls of the food slicer;a generally U-shaped downwardly and forwardly extending cylindrical member extends between the end surfaces of the rounded shoulder portions.Representations of the design are shown in the figures wherein:Fig. 1 is a perspective view from the front left side and above of the design of the food slicer;Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;Fig. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;Fig. 5 is a front end view thereof; andFig. 6 is a rear end view thereof.Diagrams of the design are included.