ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,443, issued on Sept. 23.
"Bread slicer" was invented by Zixu Wei (Henan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bread slicer includes a bottom plate, a cutting assembly and a barrier assembly. The cutting assembly includes a cutter, and the barrier assembly includes a sliding plate, a baffle, a guiding structure and a knob. The sliding plate is slidably arranged above the bottom plate. The baffle is connected to the sliding plate. The guiding structure is used to limit a sliding direction of the sliding plate on the bottom plate. By turning the knob, the sliding plate is driven to move in the sliding direction, allowing the baffle t...