Patent ID: 7434693

Claim:
A marine knife block for mounting on a support structure to hold knives safely and securely, comprising: three substantially rectangular layers of plastic resin all formed with substantially uniform length, width, and thickness, and all being attached together face-to-face in a sandwiched configuration, further including, a first outer layer formed with a plurality of lengthwise channels running from top to near-bottom along an inner face thereof, an opposing planar face mounted to said support structure, and a plurality of clearance holes penetrating from said inner face through said opposing planar face; a central layer having entirely planar opposing faces, one of said planar faces being fixedly attached to the inner face of said first outer layer and bounding said lengthwise channels to define a first plurality of knife blade receptacles, said central layer being formed with a plurality of clearance holes penetrating from said one planar face through said opposing planar face; and a second outer layer formed with a plurality of lengthwise channels running from top to near-bottom along an inner face thereof said inner face of the second outer layer being fixedly attached to said opposing planar face of said central layer and bounding said lengthwise channels to define a second plurality of knife blade receptacles, said second outer layer also having an opposing planar face formed with rounded corners thereabout to prevent injury, and a plurality of clearance holes penetrating from said inner face through said opposing planar face; a plurality of screws secured through said plurality of clearance holes in said first outer, central, and second outer layers to bind them together in said sandwiched configuration.