Patent ID: 7266894

Claim:
An apparatus for slicing edible items comprising: a top interlocking blade having an apex and two downward sloping blade edges of approximate equal length, the top interlocking blade having a central slot aligned with the apex and extending from a bottom edge of the top interlocking blade a predetermined distance towards the apex, the top interlocking blade further having two side slots; a middle interlocking blade having an apex and two downward sloping blade edges of approximate equal length, the middle interlocking blade having a top slot aligned with the apex and extending from the apex downwards so as to interlock with the top interlocking blade and a bottom slot aligned with the apex and extending from a bottom edge of the middle interlocking blade towards the apex a predetermined distance, the middle interlocking blade further having two side slots; a bottom interlocking blade having an apex and two downward sloping blade edges of approximate equal length, the bottom interlocking blade having a slot aligned with the apex and extending from the apex downwards so as to interlock with the bottom slot of the middle interlocking blade, the bottom interlocking blade further having two side slots; and a circumferential ring having a diameter equal to a length of the top interlocking blade, the middle interlocking blade, and the bottom interlocking blade, the circumferential ring further having six slots configured so as to interlock with the side slots of the top interlocking blade, the middle interlocking blade, and the bottom interlocking blade.