Slidable Chopping Attachment for Kitchen Knives
A knife and chopping attachment assembly for chopping food products comprises a knife and a chopping attachment. The knife has a blade portion and a handle portion. The blade portion has a cutting edge and a spine disposed on a top side of the blade portion generally opposite the cutting edge. The chopping attachment is disposed over a portion of the spine of the knife. The chopping attachment is movable along the spine from a proximal end of the blade portion to a distal end of the blade portion.
1 . A knife and chopping attachment assembly comprising:
a blade portion;
a handle portion, the blade portion having a cutting edge and a spine disposed on a top side of the blade portion generally opposite the cutting edge; and
a chopping attachment disposed in slidable engagement with the spine of the knife, the chopping attachment being slidable along the spine between a position proximate a proximal end of the blade portion toward a distal end of the blade portion.
2 . The knife and chopping attachment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the chopping attachment is removably mounted to the blade portion.
3 . The knife and chopping attachment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the chopping attachment is magnetically coupled to the blade portion.
4 . The knife and chopping attachment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the chopping attachment is coupled to the blade portion via a friction fit.
5 . The knife and chopping attachment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the chopping attachment may be positioned to a plurality of predetermined locations along the spine of the blade portion of the knife.
6 . The knife and chopping attachment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the chopping attachment comprises a polymeric material.
7 . A chopping attachment for a knife comprising:
a first sidewall;
a second sidewall laterally spaced apart from the first sidewall;
a connecting wall, the connecting wall being attached to the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the connecting wall controlling a distance the second sidewall is laterally spaced apart from the first sidewall, wherein a gap exists between the first and second sidewall, the gap adapted to receive a portion of a spine of a knife.
8 . The chopping attachment for a knife of claim 7 further comprising a magnet, the magnet being disposed in the first sidewall of the chopping attachment.
9 . The chopping attachment for a knife of claim 7 , wherein the chopping attachment comprises a polymeric material.
10 . The chopping attachment for a knife of claim 10 , wherein the polymeric material is TPE.