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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Elemental Tools, Llc, Gainesville, VA (US);
Launce R. Barber, Richmond, VA (US);
Simon Johnson, Christchurch, NZ;
Elemental Tools, LLC, Gainesville, VA (US);
Abstract
A knife block system is described which in one embodiment includes a block unit having a magnetic core, a plurality of knives secured to the magnetic core of the block unit, a foot supporting the block unit, and at least one chopping board protruding from a surface of the block unit and removable from the block unit for use, the chopping board configured to fit into a chopping board back support attached to the block unit for storage when not in use, the chopping board having a female module formed therein. The system includes a knife sharpener unit removably attachable to the foot for use, the knife sharpener unit having a product logo on a surface thereof that is sized to mate with the female module on the chopping board to secure the knife sharpener unit to the chopping board as both items are in use.