Cookware handle
AssigneeThe Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
InventorsJill Hundley, Carl Neess, Steve Vollmer
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Abstract
A cookware handle includes a grip comprising a first side, a second side, a pocket between the first side and the second side, a first aperture in the first side, and a second aperture in the second side. The cookware handle also includes a shaft comprising a proximal end configured to be coupled to cookware, a distal portion positioned in the pocket, and a third aperture aligned with the first aperture and the second aperture. The cookware handle also includes a plug including a ribbed thumb grip aligned with a surface of the first side of the grip. The plug retains the grip on the shaft by filling the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third aperture.
Claims20
A cookware handle comprising:
- a grip comprising a first side, a second side, a pocket between the first side and the second side, a first aperture in the first side, and a second aperture in the second side;
- a shaft comprising a proximal end configured to be coupled to cookware, a distal portion positioned in the pocket of the grip, and a third aperture aligned with the first aperture and the second aperture of the grip;
- a plug comprising a ribbed thumb grip aligned with a surface of the first side of the grip, wherein the plug retains the grip on the shaft by filling the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third aperture.
Cookware comprising:
- a cooking vessel;
- a handle coupled to the cooking vessel, the handle comprising:
- a grip comprising a first side, a second side, a pocket between the first side and the second side, a first aperture in the first side, and a second aperture in the second side;
- a shaft comprising a proximal end at which the cooking vessel is coupled to the shaft, a distal portion positioned in the pocket, and a third aperture aligned with the first aperture and the second aperture;
- a plug comprising a ribbed thumb grip aligned with a surface of the first side of the grip, wherein the plug retains the grip on the shaft by filling the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third aperture.
A method comprising:
- providing a cooking vessel;
- coupling the cooking vessel to a shaft at a proximal end of the shaft;
- positioning a distal end of the shaft in a grip while aligning a first aperture in a first side of the grip and a second aperture in a second side of the grip with a third aperture in the shaft;
- inserting a plug into the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third aperture such that the plug retains the grip on the shaft and a ribbed thumb grip of the plug is aligned with a surface of the first side of the grip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.