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Abstract

A kitchen utensil for fruits, vegetables and the like, including a tool having a head portion for engaging a fruit, a vegetable and the like, a handle for gripping the tool, and a flexible portion disposed between the head portion and the handle portion for permitting the head portion to pivot relative to the handle. The flexible portion includes a serpentine section having one end thereof integrally connected to the handle, and an opposite end thereof integrally connected to the head portion to provide a one piece integral construction. The serpentine section provides a series of loops, where wedge-shaped reinforcement members are transversely disposed between the loops to maintain the loops in the serpentine configuration. A flexible web portion is provided in each of the loops to maintain the loop configuration thereof while permitting expansion and contraction of the loops under pressure. Preferably, the tool is a fruit and vegetable peeler, where the head portion is provided with a cutting blade extending in the same longitudinal direction as the handle to be in an aligned position therewith. The cutting blade is inwardly curved along its longitudinal length to provide a bow-shaped construction. The flexible portion permits the cutting blade to follow the natural contour of fruits and vegetables so that the cutting blade easily passes over imperfections on the surface of the fruit or vegetable.

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