US Patent Issued to Globe Food Equipment on July 21 for "Telescoping slicer" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,144, issued on July 21, was assigned to Globe Food Equipment Co. (Dayton, Ohio).

"Telescoping slicer" was invented by Douglas Joseph McGuffin-Noll (Westerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slicer may include a base, a lower assembly, an upper assembly, and a knife. The lower assembly is supported by the base. The upper assembly is moveably coupled to the lower assembly. The knife is coupled to the upper assembly and is rotatable around a rotation axis. The upper assembly is movable along the rotation axis, relative to the lower assembly, between an initial position and an extended position."

The patent was filed on Sept. 2...