Patent ID: 8424788

Claim:
A food chopping device comprising: a handle having a first edge and an opposite second edge; an annular shaped base having a continuous outside wall and a continuous threaded inside wall, the handle first edge attached to the outside wall and the handle second edge attached opposite the first edge to the outside wall; a frustoconical body having a circular apex and an opposite bottom chopping end, the body comprising a continuous cutting edge disposed along a lower perimeter of the bottom chopping end; a female upper threaded portion continuously encircling the body proximal to the body apex, the upper threaded portion parallel to the cutting edge; wherein the upper threaded portion of the body removably threadingly engages the base inside wall; a female lower threaded portion continuously encircling the body proximal to the bottom chopping end, the lower threaded portion parallel to the upper threaded portion; a female middle threaded portion encircling the body midway between the upper threaded portion and the lower threaded portion, the middle threaded portion parallel to the upper threaded portion; a quoit-shaped guard member having an outer edge and a continuous threaded inner edge, the guard member having a diameter greater than a diameter of the body; wherein the inner edge removably threadingly engages the middle threaded portion of the body; an annular first chopping attachment member having a continuous outer wall, a continuous inner wall, and a cavity therebetween, the inner wall having a continuous threaded upper edge, the first chopping attachment member comprising: a sharp first chopper blade disposed across the entire cavity below the threaded upper edge, the first chopper blade arranged in a first grid configuration having a plurality of spaced apart apertures; wherein the inner wall selectively removably attaches to the body lower threaded portion; an annular second chopping attachment member having a continuous exterior wall, a continuous interior wall, and an opening therebetween, the interior wall having a continuous threaded top edge, the second chopping attachment member comprising: a sharp second chopper blade disposed across the entire opening below the threaded top edge, the second chopper blade arranged in a second grid configuration having a plurality of spaced apart gaps therein; wherein each gap of the second grid configuration is narrower than each aperture of the first grid configuration; wherein the interior wall selectively removably attaches to the body lower threaded portion.