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Instant Brands Holdings Inc.

Patrick Michael Kerulis

Scott H Micoley

Tania L Aldous

Tyler J Brunner

Nicholas Stanford Blair

John P Chap

Charles L Lasky

Laura A Ranieri

Charles Louis Lasky

Nicholas S Blair

John Chap

A knife block and storage system are provided. The knife block includes a block body and an elongate slot formed in the block body. In some configurations, the elongate slot extends from the top surface and along a side surface. The knife block also may include a notch disposed in a top surface that is configured to receive and mate with a bolster of a first kitchen knife. The elongate slot is typically sized and shaped to accommodate a kitchen knife within the block body and is configured to permit removal of the kitchen knife from within the block body by sliding a blade of the kitchen knife out of the elongate slot through the side surface or by removing the knife blade through a portion of the elongate slot in the top surface.

Knife block and knife storage system

A protective sheath is provided for removably securing a blade within the sheath. The sheath includes walls forming a cavity to receive the sheath within the cavity. The sheath also includes a concave detent portion having at least one arm for removably and frictionally securing the blade within the sheath so as to prevent inadvertent or unintended removal of the blade from the sheath.

Protective sheath for securing a blade of a cutlery implement

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Bartlett, IL, United States of America

Patrick Michael Kerulis