Patent ID: 8613144

Claim:
A blade for a spatula comprising: a front section of the blade, the front section having a top surface and a bottom surface, the front section also including a sharp front edge for directing an item onto the top surface of the front section; a rear section of the blade including a replacement leading end and at least a first insertable spring tab, the spring tab including a first side and a second side, each of said sides having an outer surface opposed to the other outer surface, the spring tab being flexible and movable from an unmounted at rest position wherein the blade is separate from the spatula to a mounted position, and when the spring tab is in the unmounted at rest position the second side has a bowed profile shape, the first side has a bowed profile shape and the surface of the first side is concave; a lug located on the outer surface of the second side, wherein when the spring tab is in the unmounted at rest position the lug protrudes outwardly from the outer surface of the second side having the bowed profile shape; and the surface of the first side that is concave when the spring tab is in the unmounted at rest position and the bowed profile shape for the first side of the spring tab being compressible to a compressed profile for the spring tab to thereby move the spring tab from the unmounted at rest position to the mounted position, the lug moving in a first direction when moving the spring tab from the unmounted at rest position to the mounted position, wherein when the spring tab is in the compressed profile of the mounted position for the spring tab, the spring tab provides a biasing force that biases the lug in a second direction that is generally opposite to the first direction for thereby maintaining the mounted blade secured to the spatula.