Removable handle equipped with a movable latch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11612274-B2
Application number	US-202117171420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2021
Priority date	Mar 30, 2020
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A removable handle is designed to cooperate with a cooking container having a side wall extended upwards by an outwardly-curved portion including a free end and includes a latch that can be moved between an open and a closed positions. The latch includes a locking panel designed to generate a force on the free end in the closed position, under the action of a means of pressurization, the force having a vertical component F for locking the free end against an upper supporting body. The latch has a protruding body and the handle includes a hollow body or reciprocally. In the closed position, the protruding body and the hollow body are fitted into each other to prevent the latch from recoiling when the free end generates, on the locking panel, a force having a component F1 opposite to the vertical component F with an intensity greater than a predetermined value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A removable handle configured to cooperate with a cooking container having a side wall that is extended upwards by an outwardly-curved portion comprising a free end, said removable handle extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising:
an inner supporting body and an outer supporting body configured to rest against, respectively, an inner surface and an outer surface of the side wall;
an upper supporting body configured to rest against the free end;
a latch configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, the latch comprising a locking panel configured to be distant from the inner supporting body when the latch is in the open position and configured to generate a force on the free end when the latch is in the closed position, under an action of a means of pressurization, said force comprising a vertical component F for locking the free end against the upper supporting body,
wherein the latch further comprises a protruding body and said removable handle further comprises a hollow body or reciprocally and
wherein, in the closed position, the protruding body and the hollow body are fitted into each other to prevent the latch from recoiling when the free end generates on the locking panel a force comprising a component F1 opposite to the vertical component F and whose intensity is greater than a predetermined value, and
wherein the protruding body comprises a plurality of teeth forming at least a first rack and the hollow body comprises a plurality of receiving notches forming at least a second rack, the first rack and the second rack comprising a single pitch P.

2. The removable handle according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding body and the hollow body extend in a vertical plane, parallel to the longitudinal direction, and
wherein the protruding body or the hollow body is configured to be moved in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction between a locked position in which the latch cannot recoil and an unlocked position in which the latch can recoil.

3. The removable handle according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding body is arranged near the locking panel.

4. The removable handle according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined value of the intensity of the component F1 is greater than 0.05 times the intensity of the vertical component F measured when the latch is in the closed position.

5. The removable handle according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of teeth comprises a flat face tilted at an angle β relative to a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the angle β being greater than 15°, and
wherein at least one of the plurality of receiving notches comprises a flat face tilted at the same angle.

6. The removable handle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first rack comprises a first right rack and a first left rack, and
wherein the at least one second rack comprises a second right rack and a second left rack, the first right rack, the first left rack, the second right rack, and the second left rack comprising the single pitch P.

7. The removable handle according to claim 6 , wherein the first right rack and the first left rack extend parallel to the longitudinal direction while being offset by half the pitch P, or
wherein the second right rack and the second left rack extend parallel to the longitudinal direction while being offset by half the pitch P.

8. The removable handle according to claim 1 , wherein the latch is configured to be moved in the longitudinal direction, and
wherein the locking panel is inclined so as to form with the longitudinal direction in a vertical cross-cut plane comprising the longitudinal direction, an angle α greater than 45°.

9. The removable handle according to claim 1 , wherein the means of pressurization comprise a compression spring, and
wherein the thrust of the spring on the latch takes place in the longitudinal direction when the latch is in the closed position.

10. The removable handle according to claim 9 , further comprising means of maneuvering the latch, said means of maneuvering comprising a lever, a connecting rod and the compression spring.

11. An assembly formed by at least one cooking container comprising the side wall which is extended upwards by the outwardly-curved portion comprising the free end with the upper edge and the lower edge and the removable handle according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• Montgelard Michel

Classifications

• A47J45/071 Primary

  Saucepan, frying-pan handles · CPC title

• A47J45/07 Primary

  of detachable type (separate handles, {devices for gripping hot cooking utensils} A47J45/10) · CPC title

• A47J45/072

  Bowl handles · CPC title

• A47J45/10

  Devices for gripping or lifting hot cooking utensils, e.g. pincers, separate pot handles, fabric or like pads · CPC title

• A47J27/002

  Construction of cooking-vessels; Methods or processes of manufacturing specially adapted for cooking-vessels · CPC title