Handle for electric cooking appliance
AssigneeSunbeam Products, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Crow, Janet Talbot
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Abstract
A handle assembly is provided for the base of an electric cooking appliance. The handle assembly includes a thermoplastic handle including an integral base portion, a bracket having substantial rigidity positioned between the base portion of the handle and the exterior surface of the base, a first fastener connecting the handle to the outer wall of the base, a second fastener connecting the bracket to the outer wall of the base independently of the handle, and a connecting member connecting the bracket to the handle. The connecting member and first fastener may be the same element. An electric cooking appliance including such a handle assembly is further provided.
Claims20
A handle assembly for an electric cooking appliance, comprising:
- a thermoplastic handle including an integral base portion;
- a plurality of passages in said handle for receiving screws;
- a plurality of projections extending from said handle and positioned for insertion within an electric cooking appliance;
- a plurality of locking members mountable to said projections;
- a metal bracket including a plurality of openings alignable with said passages in said handle and said projections, and
- a plurality of tabs extending from said bracket.
An electric cooking appliance comprising:
- a base including a heating element and an outer wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface;
- a handle assembly secured to said outer wall, said handle assembly including:
- a handle comprised of a thermoplastic material and including a base portion proximal to said exterior surface of said base;
- a bracket having substantial rigidity positioned between said base portion of said handle and said exterior surface of said base;
- a first fastener connecting said handle to said outer wall of said base;
- a second fastener connecting said bracket to said outer wall of said base independently of said handle;
- a connecting member connecting said bracket to said handle.
An electric cooking appliance comprising:
- a base including a heating element and an outer wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface;
- a handle comprised of a thermoplastic material and including a base portion proximal to said exterior surface of said outer wall;
- a bracket having substantial rigidity positioned between said base portion of said handle and said exterior surface of said base
- means for connecting said handle to said outer wall of said base;
- means for connecting said bracket to said outer wall of said base;
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- means for connecting said handle to said bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.