Patent ID: 7322113

Claim:
A cutlery set comprising: a block having a receiving surface, wherein the receiving surface has a plurality of tiered surfaces and a transitional surface located between each of the plurality of tiered surfaces; a plurality of cutlery implements; a plurality of storage slots wherein at least one of the storage slots has a lower portion and an upper portion, configured to receive and store the corresponding plurality of cutlery implements, wherein at least one of the plurality of cutlery implements has a blade portion having a working surface, a handle portion connected to the blade portion and a bolster having a tapered thickness; wherein at least one of the plurality of storage slots is configured to store at least one of the plurality of cutlery implements so that the working surface of the blade portion located forward of the bolster is concealed within the block beneath the receiving surface, the working surface located below the bolster is concealed by the upper portion of the storage slot and the bolster is left exposed outside the receiving surface, above the lower portion of the storage slot, and wherein at least one of the plurality of storage slots is configured so that the lower portion is positioned on a lower tiered surface and the upper portion is positioned on an upper tiered surface whereby the at least one storage slot extends across the lower tiered surface, the upper tiered surface and the transitional surface located therebetween.