Removable cookware handle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11399665-B2
Application number	US-202017020378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2020
Priority date	Aug 24, 2017
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

A removable cookware handle is disclosed for connection to a piece of cookware. The removable cookware handle can attach to an attachment member that is secured to the cookware piece. To facilitate locking and unlocking of the attachment member to the removable cookware handle, a plurality of button mechanism are present on the housing of the removable cookware handle. A first button mechanism of the plurality of button mechanisms is slidable in a longitudinal direction while the second button mechanism is depressible in a lateral direction. When unlocking the removable cookware handle from the attachment member, a user may depress the second button and manipulate the first button backward to allow the attachment member to be released from a locking cavity within the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A removable cookware handle comprising:
a housing having an interior and first and second longitudinal ends; a mounting chamber located within the housing interior and open at the first longitudinal end, a locking cavity formed by the housing and present within the mounting chamber wherein an attachment member fixed to a cookware piece is inserted into the mounting chamber and secured within the locking cavity;
a first button mechanism disposed on a top side of the housing in a first cavity, the first button mechanism being adapted and configured to be slidable in a forward direction and a backward direction within the first cavity;
a second button mechanism, the second button mechanism being movable in a direction perpendicular to the movement of the first button mechanism;
a spacer movable within the interior of the housing and operatively connected to the first button mechanism; and
wherein when the second button mechanism is moved and the first button mechanism is moved in the backward direction, the spacer moves in the backward direction to unsecure the attachment member of the cookware piece from the locking cavity so that the attachment member fixed to the cookware piece can be removed from the mounting chamber.

2. The removable cookware handle of claim 1 , wherein the second button mechanism is arranged on and contained within the first button mechanism.

3. The removable cookware handle of claim 2 , wherein the second button mechanism abuts a second button spring within the first button mechanism, the second button spring adapted and configured to bias the second button mechanism.

4. The removable cookware handle of claim 1 , wherein a spring is located behind the spacer within the interior of the housing and the spring biases the spacer in the forward direction towards the first longitudinal end of the housing.

5. The removable cookware handle of claim 1 , wherein the first button mechanism has a first recess and a second recess.

6. The removable cookware handle of claim 5 , wherein the second button mechanism is located within the second recess.

7. The removable cookware handle of claim 1 , wherein the first longitudinal end of the housing has a larger cross-sectional area than the second longitudinal end of the housing.

8. The removable cookware handle of claim 1 , wherein the second longitudinal end of the housing includes a second cavity, the second cavity formed to accommodate placement of an insertable plate.

9. A system for assembling cookware, the system comprising:
a cookware piece having a cooking surface and an exterior facing surface;
an attachment member fastened to a portion of the exterior facing surface of the cookware piece; and
a removable cookware handle adapted and configured for removable attachment with the attachment member, the removable cookware handle comprising:
a housing, the housing having opposite first and second longitudinal end; a hollow interior of the housing having a mounting chamber open at the first longitudinal end, and a locking cavity formed by the housing and present within the mounting chamber wherein the attachment member fastened to the cookware piece is inserted into the mounting chamber and secured within the locking cavity;

a first button mechanism disposed on a top side of the housing in a first cavity, the first button mechanism being adapted and configured to be slidable in a forward direction and a backward direction within the first cavity;
a second button mechanism, the second button mechanism being movable in a direction perpendicular to the movement of the first button mechanism;
a spacer movable within the interior of the housing and operatively connected to the first button mechanism; and
wherein when the second button mechanism is moved and the first button mechanism is moved in the backward direction, the spacer moves in the backward direction to unsecure the attachment member of the cookware piece from the locking cavity so that the attachment member fastened to the cookware piece can be removed from the mounting chamber.

10. The system for assembling cookware of claim 9 , further comprising:
a second attachment member fastened to a second portion of the exterior facing surface of the cookware piece; and
a second removable cookware handle adapted and configured for removable attachment with the second attachment member.

11. The system for assembling cookware of claim 9 , wherein the attachment member has a tapered end with an upward lip adapted and configured for attaching within the locking cavity of the housing of the removable cookware handle.

12. The system for assembling cookware of claim 9 , wherein the second button mechanism is arranged on and contained within the first button mechanism.

13. The system for assembling cookware of claim 12 , wherein the second button mechanism abuts a second button spring within the first button mechanism, the second button spring adapted and configured to bias the second button mechanism.

14. The system for assembling cookware of claim 9 , wherein a spring is located behind the spacer within the interior of the housing and the spring biases the spacer in the forward direction towards the first longitudinal end of the housing.

15. The system for assembling cookware of claim 9 , wherein the first button mechanism has a first recess and a second recess, the second button mechanism located within the second recess.

16. The system for assembling cookware of claim 9 , wherein the first longitudinal end of the housing has a larger cross-sectional area than the second longitudinal end of the housing.

17. The system for assembling cookware of claim 9 , wherein the second longitudinal end of the housing includes a second cavity, the second cavity formed to accommodate placement of an insertable plate.

18. A method of detaching a cookware piece from a removable cookware handle, the method comprising:
gripping the removable cookware handle secured to an attachment member of the cookware piece;
depressing a second button mechanism into an interior portion of a first button mechanism on the removeable cookware handle;
sliding the first button mechanism in a backward direction along a top side of a housing of the removable cookware handle;
lifting the removable cookware handle to release the attachment member from a locking cavity formed by the housing and within a housing interior, the locking cavity further located within a mounting chamber of the removable cookware handle being open at a first longitudinal end of the removable cookware handle and granting the attachment member access to the housing interior;
pulling the removable cookware handle away from the attachment member to separate the removable cookware handle from the attachment member connected to the cookware piece thereby allowing the attachment member connected to the cookware piece to exit the mounting chamber at the first longitudinal end of the removable cookware handle.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second button mechanism remains depressed into the interior portion of the first button mechanism when sliding of the first button mechanism in the backward direction along the top side of a housing of the removable cookware handle occurs.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the sliding of the first button mechanism in the backward direction along the top side of the housing dislodges a spacer from contacting the attachment member thereby facilitating easier removal of the removable cookware handle, the spac

Assignees

• Columbia Insurance Co

Inventors

• Bucklew William A
• Mastroianni Michael R

Classifications

• A47J45/071 Primary

  Saucepan, frying-pan handles · CPC title

• A47J37/108

  Accessories, e.g. inserts, plates to hold food down during frying · CPC title