ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,947, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Land O'Lakes Inc. (Arden Hills, Minn.).
"Food slicer assembly" was invented by David A. Einheber (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Joseph V. Burger (Apple Valley, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food slicer assembly includes a housing defining a first opening and a second opening perpendicularly arranged. A slicing blade received at the second opening enters the first opening of the housing. A coupling releasably couples a food product or a food product packaging to the housing. The first opening receives a food product therethrough, the second opening receives the slicing blade therethrough, ...