Patent ID: 7726221

Claim:
A dicing tool comprising: a foodstuff holder for holding a block of foodstuff and a cutting base; the cutting base comprising: a rectangular framework for sliding the foodstuff holder therealong; a first part having a V-shaped front edge and a first upper surface on which a plurality of equally spaced vertical triangular cutting blades are fixed to protrude perpendicularly therefrom, the equally spaced triangular cutting blades being arranged in a V-shaped arrangement that follows the profile of the V-shaped shaped front edge; a handle coupled rigidly to the first part, at short end thereof, opposite to the triangular edge; a second part having a second upper surface and a right front edge and a left front edge arranged in a deep V shape, with continuous horizontal blades attached to the right and left front edges; such that the second upper surface is always parallel to the first surface and can be slidingly reciprocated between an upper position where the horizontal blade are substantially on a level with the apices of the triangular vertical cutting blades, and a lower position where the horizontal blade is substantially on a level with the first surface and the base of the triangular cutting blades; the second upper surface having a pair of levers attached to opposite ends thereof; such that the foodstuff holder in one direction trips a first lever and brings the second part down towards the first part, bringing the V shaped horizontal cutting blades into alignment with the V-shaped front edge of the first part, the second part assuming its lower position thereby; whereas sliding the foodstuff holder in an opposite direction trips a second lever and brings the second part up away from the first part and brings the V shaped horizontal cutting blades into alignment with the apices of the triangular vertical cutting blades, the second part assuming its upper position thereby.