Patent ID: 8567296

Claim:
Support bracket for a manually operated vegetable cutting utensil, the utensil having a stand for keeping the utensil in an inclined position on a horizontal worktop or other substrate while in used, the support bracket being installed at a bottom of the stand of the utensil and being provided to butt, in the use position, against an edge of the worktop or other substrate so as to stabilize the utensil, wherein the support bracket is made of metal wire bent to form a stirrup, and two side arms of which are mounted are configured to pivot about a transverse axis, on respective side parts of the stand of the utensil, the stirrup thus configured to pivot between a deployed use position and a folded-away storage position, and wherein the two side arms of the stirrup forming the support bracket each comprise: a free end bent at right angles and inserted into a hole pierced into a corresponding side part of the stand of the utensil, so as to produce the transverse axis to pivot the stirrup, a curved mid-part configured to rest under a transverse rod connecting the two side parts of the stand of the utensil so as to define an angular position of use of the support bracket, and a functional part, comprising: continuing the curved mid-part, a first portion which is approximately horizontal in the deployed use position and is configured to rest on the surface of at least one of the worktop and an other substrate; and on the other side of the first portion, a second portion which is approximately vertical in the deployed use position, this second portion configured to press against an edge of the at least one worktop and the other substrate.