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Abstract

Colander apparatus for straining and rinsing including a first rim portion and a second rim portion hingedly movable about an axis between a generally coplanar position and a collapsed or folded position wherein the rim portions are generally parallel or oriented at a small acute angle one to the other, the first and second rim portions when in the generally coplanar position defining a bowl opening. The colander apparatus further includes a bowl portion integrally formed with, attached to or otherwise supported by the first and second rim portions around the bowl opening in spanning relation thereto, the bowl portion including a plurality of openings therethrough. The colander apparatus further includes a rim portion extending around and defining a bowl opening, a bowl portion supported by the rim portion around the bowl opening so as to be suspended by the rim portion in or below the bowl opening, a first end portion can be hingedly connected to one end of the rim portion and a second end portion can be hingedly connected to an opposite end of the rim portion, the end portions being hingedly movable relative to the rim portion to positions angularly related thereto for supporting the colander apparatus on a generally horizontal surface with the bowl portion suspended above the surface.

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First Claim