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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Bernard G. Huff, Belton, MO (US);
Bernard G. Huff, Belton, MO (US);
Hantover, Inc., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A container for storing at least one object, such as a knife, utensil, and the like, wherein the object has a blade that is occasionally dressed is disclosed. The container includes a housing presenting an object-receiving opening and a blade-dressing assembly configured to provide selective dressing of the blade. The blade-dressing assembly includes a carrier and a dressing component supported on the carrier. The carrier is shiftably supported on the housing so as to move between a storage position in which the dressing surface is incapable of engaging the blade and an operating position in which the dressing surface is engageable by the blade.