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US 2023/0277010 A1Published application
Detachable handle system for pots
AssigneeNikpar, LLC
InventorNikolaos Parginos
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Abstract
A detachable handle system for a pot, the system including a detachable handle and a lower cap which attaches to the pot. The detachable handle includes a non-corrosive spring-loaded locking system to lock to and unlock from the lower cap, and a push button which causes the detachable handle to lock to and unlock from the lower cap when operated.
Claims19
A detachable handle system for a pot, comprising:
- a lower cap having a hole extending through a center thereof, the lower cap including a first end to receive a protrusion unit through the hole and a second end configured to be attachable to a pot, the second end including an opening disposed therein having a larger diameter than the hole such that the opening forms a seat around the hole;
- a detachable handle including a first end, a second end and an axial hole extending from the first end to the second end;
- a release button disposed at the first end of the detachable handle;
- a mid-cap press-fitted over the second end of the detachable handle and having a protrusion unit protruding at an outer side thereof and extending away from the second end of the detachable handle, the protrusion unit including an axial hole extending therethrough, a first end protruding from the mid-cap, and a second end including an opening formed therein and being inserted through the hole of the lower cap to extend past the seat, a plurality of side holes extending circumferentially around and through the protrusion unit adjacent to the second end, and a locking ball disposed within each of the side holes;
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- a spring-loaded rod assembly extending through the axial hole in the detachable handle, the spring-loaded rod assembly being connected at a first end to the release button and having a locking member formed at a second end thereof, the locking member being disposed with the axial hole of the protrusion unit and configured to force the locking balls to partially extend out of respective ones of the side holes of the protrusion unit and engage with the seat of the lower cap to lock the protrusion unit to the lower cap when the release button is released, and to enable to locking balls to extend into the respective side holes and disengage from the seat when the release button is pressed to allow the locking member to slide out of the axial hole in the protrusion unit.
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A detachable handle system for a pot, comprising:
- a detachable handle including a spring-loaded release button system extending through a center thereof, the spring-loaded release button system including a release button disposed at a first end of the detachable handle and a locking member disposed at a second end of the detachable handle, wherein the locking member is configured to be in an unlocking position when the release button is pressed and in a locking position when the release button is released;
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- a lower cap member including:
- an axial hole formed therethrough;
- a seat formed within the hole;
- a first end to receive the locking member through the axial hole such that the locking member locks to and unlocks from the seat when the release button is operated;
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- a second end configured to attach to a pot.
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A detachable handle system for a pot comprising:
- a lower cap unit including a first end configured to be permanently attached to a pot and a second end configured to lockingly receive a detachable handle through an opening therethrough with a seat formed in the opening;
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- a detachable handle including:
- a first end and a second end;
- a spring-loaded rod assembly extending through an axial hole formed therethrough and including a release button connected at a first end of the spring-loaded rod assembly and movably disposed at the first end of the detachable handle, and a locking member extending from a second end of the spring-loaded rod assembly;
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- a protrusion unit having a first end extending from the detachable handle and a second end of the detachable handle and a second end lockingly receivable within the opening in the lower cap, the protrusion member including an axial hole formed therethrough, an opening formed within the second end thereof which is wider than and aligned with the axial hole therein, a set of side holes extending through a side of the protrusion unit adjacent the second end within the opening, and a locking ball disposed within each side hole the locking member is disposed within the opening and a set of holes extending through sides thereof at the opening, the opening in the protrusion unit being configured to receive the locking member therein such that when the release button is pressed the locking balls move within the opening in the protrusion unit and when the release button is released the locking member pushes the locking balls partly out of the respective side holes such that the locking balls lock against the seat in the lower cap unit to lock the detachable handle to the lower cap unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.