Patent ID: 7721449

Claim:
A vegetable peeler for peeling in a peeling direction comprising: two lateral gripping surfaces, interconnected by a peeling blade and by a cross-piece, wherein said peeling blade has a cutting edge and a guiding piece that regulates a thickness of a removed peel, the two lateral gripping surfaces together with the interconnecting cross-piece form a substantially U-shaped holder, the vegetable peeler being substantially shorter in the peeling direction than a distance between the lateral gripping surfaces at the peeling blade, and wherein the distance between the lateral gripping surfaces at the peeling blade is substantially larger than a height of the vegetable peeler, the height of the vegetable peeler being perpendicular to a longitudinal length of the lateral gripping surfaces and to the distance between the lateral gripping surfaces at the peeling blade and the crosspiece extends relative to the peeling direction above the peeling blade when used, wherein the longitudinal length is parallel to the peeling direction, the two lateral gripping surfaces each define a middle portion where the crosspiece connects each of the lateral sides, wherein the two lateral gripping surfaces have distal and proximal ends and the blade is connected to the distal ends.