Cookware article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020237162-A1
Application number	US-201916259153-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 28, 2019
Priority date	Jan 28, 2019
Publication date	Jul 30, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cookware article includes a container, a fixed handle, and a removable handle. The fixed handle is mounted on a side wall of the container. The fixed handle has an opening for the removable handle to insert. A fixed portion and a grip portion are formed on two sides of the opening respectively. The removable handle has a grip segment and an engaging segment. The engaging segment has a first abutting portion, a second abutting portion, and a connecting portion between the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion. When the removable handle is engaged with the fixed handle through the engagement segment, the connecting portion is inserted in the opening so that the first abutting portion is abutted against the fixed portion, the second abutting portion is abutted against the grip portion. As such, the removable handle supports the container.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A cookware article, comprising:
a container having a side wall; at least one fixed handle having a fixed portion mounted on the side wall, a grip portion connected to the fixed portion, and an opening therein between the fixed portion and the grip portion; and a removable handle including a grip segment and an engaging segment detachably engaged with the at least one fixed handle, wherein the engaging segment has a first abutting portion, a second abutting portion, and a connecting portion between the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion, and when the removable handle is engaged with the at least one fixed handle, the first abutting portion is abutted against the fixed portion, the second abutting portion is abutted against the grip portion, and the connecting portion passes through the opening.

2 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a top face of the grip portion is below that of the fixed portion in a vertical direction.

3 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a portion of the fixed portion adjacent to the grip portion has a top face above the grip portion in a vertical direction.

4 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the side wall of the container has a convexly curved surface; the engaging segment has a front surface away from the grip segment and concave in shape; and when the removable handle is detached from the at least one fixed handle and used to push the container, the front surface is abutted against an external surface of the side wall.

5 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one fixed handle has a protrusion formed at a bottom face of the fixed portion; an engagement recess is formed between the protrusion and the side wall of the container; the connecting portion has a groove; and when the removable handle is engaged with the at least one fixed handle, the protrusion is located in the groove, and the first abutting portion is located in the engagement recess.

6 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 5 , wherein after the removable handle is detached from the at least one fixed handle, the groove is provided to receive the grip portion.

7 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the groove has a first width in an axial direction; the grip portion has a second width in the axial direction; and the second width is less than the first width.

8 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one fixed handle has a positioning member in the engagement recess; the first abutting portion of the removable handle has a positioning recess; and when the removable handle is engaged with the at least one fixed handle, the positioning member is located in the positioning recess.

9 . The cookware article as claimed in claim 5 , wherein two opposite sides of the engagement recess are provided with a stop member respectively to confine the first abutting portion in the engagement recess.

Assignees

• Grand Mate Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Chung-Chin
• Huang Chin-Ying
• Huang Hsin-Ming
• Huang Hsing-Hsiung
• Yeh Yen-Jen

Classifications

• A47J27/002

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

• A47J45/071 Primary

  Saucepan, frying-pan handles · CPC title