Handle for a rack support structure

An oven rack for supporting a cooking apparatus in an oven, the oven rack comprising:

• a support structure having a first thermal conductivity and configured to support the cooking apparatus thereon, and the support structure includes a handle pocket defining a through opening positioned between a front end and a back end of a planar wire configuration;
• a handle engaging the handle pocket and having a first member spaced away from a second member, wherein the first member covers only a portion of the front end of the planar wire configuration and the second member is spaced into the planar wire configuration towards the back end wherein each of the first member and the second member have an inwardly facing contact surface defining an opening there between, wherein the handle pocket of the support structure is outside the opening between the inwardly facing contact surfaces of the first member and second member;
• wherein the handle includes a top side and an opposing bottom side, wherein the bottom side includes a slot to receive the support structure, wherein the slot includes a plurality of lateral slots allowing both the planar wire configuration and the front end to project through the plurality of lateral slots away from the handle;
• and
• wherein the handle has a second thermal conductivity, and the second thermal conductivity of the handle is lower than the first thermal conductivity of the support structure.

An oven rack comprising:

• a support structure having a first thermal conductivity and a wire configuration in a first plane, wherein the wire configuration has a front end and a back end defining a handle pocket, wherein the handle pocket extends along and from a portion of the front end of the wire configuration and extends to a distance between the front end and the back end within the wire configuration;
• a handle in the first plane having a second thermal conductivity and engages the front end and the back end of the wire configuration defining the handle pocket, wherein the second thermal conductivity of the handle is lower than the first thermal conductivity of the support structure, and wherein the handle is a ring shaped handle having an inner periphery and an outer periphery, wherein the inner periphery defines an opening extending substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the support structure;
• wherein the handle includes one or more slots, wherein the support structure extends from the one or more slots away from the handle;
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• wherein the inner periphery of the handle includes a pair of opposing inwardly facing contact surfaces substantially perpendicular to the front end of the wire configuration to reduce user contact with the wire configuration.