Composite cookware handle
AssigneeMeyer Intellectual Properties Limited
InventorPhillip D. Barberi
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Abstract
A cookware handle includes a plastic grip portion molded over a portion of an insert. The insert inserts into a bore of a flange. The grip portion is externally flush with the flange interface and the insert internally connects the grip portion to the flange. This allows the grip portion to be over molded on a first part of the insert so the other portion can be welded or otherwise attached to the flange after external surface finishing of the flange. The insert and flange may be welded together along a portion of the insert that contacts the flange within the bore and that is not visible when the flange is attached to a cookware vessel sidewall to provide the grip molded as a handle for the cookware vessel.
Claims14
A handle assembly for a cookware article comprising:
- (a) a metal flange having an inner face and an outer face, the inner face adapted for contacting a curved outer wall of a cookware article, wherein a bore extends from the outer face toward the inner face and defines at least a first cavity therebetween;
- (b) an insert having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is received within the first cavity of the bore and secured therein when the proximal end is affixed to the flange within the bore;
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- (c) a grip member having a proximal end and a distal end and comprising a polymeric material over molded at least a portion of the distal end of the insert, the grip member having an external surface contour at a proximal end that is flush with an adjacent portion of the flange when the proximal end of the insert is secured in the first cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.