ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,154, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LES PROMOTIONS ATLANTIQUES INC. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Manual food slicing apparatus including a retractable blade assembly" was invented by Eric Korn (Longueuil, Canada) and Stephane Beliveau (Longueuil, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual food slicing apparatus is provided for slicing a food material into food cuts. The apparatus includes a main blade and at least one blade set comprising multiple spaced apart blades being positioned in a row that extends in a transverse direction of a sliding area. The blades are moveable between a cutting position to perform longitudinal cuts in t...