| 摘要 |
A knife holder includes a knife holding block having a plurality of knife holding slots, each slot for receiving a knife therein. The knife holder also includes a knife locking mechanism that is movably engaged with the knife holding block. The knife holding mechanism is selectively movable to alternately: (a) simultaneously lock knives located in all of the knife holding slots so that the knives cannot be removed from any of the knife holding slots, and (b) simultaneously unlock knives located in all of the knife holding slots so that the knives can be removed from all of the knife holding slots. When the knife holder is a slidable knife holder, in which the knife holding block is slidably mounted to a support, such as, for example, below a counter or cabinet, so as to be slidable between a retracted, stored position, and an extended position in which knives held in the knife holding slots are readily accessible, it is preferable to include a block locking mechanism that selectively locks the knife holding block in the retracted, stored position. The block locking mechanism preferably includes at least some of the structure that also functions as the knife locking mechanism.
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