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US 11,072,063 B2Granted
Malleable cookware handle
OwnerTamesha Browninventor
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Abstract
A malleable handle for use in conjunction with a cooking device (or integral to the cooking device) may include an outer surface adapted to conform to a user's hand(s) during use. A user may grasp the malleable handle with his/her hand(s) and the pressure from the user's grip may deform the malleable handle thereby creating an ergonomically-shaped handle customized to the user's hand(s).
Claims17
A malleable handle for use in conjunction with a cooking device comprising:
- an outer surface that upon use conforms to a user's hand to provide an ergonomically-shaped handle with which to manipulate the cooking device, wherein the outer surface comprises multiple convex shaped portions alternating with multiple concave shaped portions along a longitudinal axis of the handle, wherein the convex shaped portions are less malleable than the concave shaped portions, and wherein each concave shaped portion is configured to conform to the user's grip by an indentation of the user's grip formed at the concave shaped portion upon contact of the user's hand with the concave shaped portion, and the concave shaped portions is configured to retain the indentation of the user's grip over time;
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- an inner surface adapted to engagingly connect the handle to an existing handle of the cooking device, the inner surface defining an opening for accepting the existing handle of the cooking device;
- wherein the outer surface, prior to use, has a default shape state, the default shape state comprising at least one of the convex shaped portions of the malleable handle and at least one of the concave shaped portions of the malleable handle.
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A cooking device, comprising:
- a body portion;
- and
- a handle portion;
- wherein the handle portion comprises:
- a malleable outer surface that upon use conforms to a user's hand to provide an ergonomically-shaped handle with which to manipulate the cooking device, the malleable outer surface comprising multiple convex shaped portions alternating with multiple concave shaped portions along a longitudinal axis of the handle, wherein the convex shaped portions are less malleable than the concave shaped portions;
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- wherein the malleable outer surface, prior to use, has a default shape state, the default shape state comprising at least one of the convex shaped portions of the handle portion and at least one of the concave shaped portions of the handle portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.