Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Handle – handle component – or handle adjunct
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-27
2001-08-14
Pollard, Steven (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Handle, handle component, or handle adjunct
C220S752000, C220S753000, C220S758000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06273290
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a handle which can be used on a lid for an article of cookware.
A wide variety of handles for cookware lids are known. For example, it is known to provide a handle in the form of a knob formed of a material which has a low thermal conductivity, such as wood or plastics. Phenolic handles are particularly common. These handles suffer the drawback that these materials can degrade with repeated heating and with time.
It is also known to provide metal handles which are secured to the lid through welding or riveting. Such handles generally however suffer the drawback that they become too hot to safely touch during any extended heating.
The present invention seeks to provide a metal handle which overcomes these drawbacks.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In a first aspect of the invention there is provided a handle for a lid for an article of cookware wherein the handle comprises a portion to be grasped by a user arranged between a pair of attachment points at which the handle can be secured to a lid, wherein the distance of the portion to be grasped by a user to the nearest attachment point measured along the length of the handle is at least 9 centimeters.
Preferably, the portion to be grasped by a user is in the form of a central generally straight portion, and wherein there are provided a pair of arms extending from opposite ends of the central portion which curve back in the same general direction as the extent of the central portion and which terminate in the attachment points.
In a preferred embodiment the arms extend downwardly at an angle to the central portion in the region of 30° to 50°, whilst the central portion to be grasped by a user is of elongate cross-section of width considerably greater than its thickness, and the arms are of the smaller cross-section than the central portion.
The handle is preferably of an overall “S” shape, and is formed of stainless steel.
In a further aspect the invention resides in a handle for an article of cookware wherein the handle is generally of a “S” or inverted “S” shape having a central region to be grasped by a user and a pair of arms extending from opposite ends of the central region and curving back in the same general direction as the extent of the central portion, and which terminate in attachment portions at which the handle can be secured to a lid.
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Meyer Manufacturing Company Limited
Pollard Steven
Wood Herron & Evans L.L.P.
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