Thermal insulating valve handle with memory stop and locking mechanism

A valve assembly comprising:

• a valve member including
• a pipe connector body configured to be installed in a fluid flow system, and
• a ball positioned within the pipe connector body and rotatable relative to the pipe connector body to selectively permit and inhibit fluid flow from the fluid flow system through the pipe connector body;
• and
• a handle including
• a body coupled to the valve member at an end of the body,
• a body insert received in the body, the body insert including a flange and a tab that protrudes from the flange in a direction away from the end of the body that is coupled to the valve member,
• an adjustable stop assembly engaged with the body insert, the adjustable stop assembly including a plate rotatable relative to the body insert between an open state, a closed state, and a memory-stop state, each of the open state, the closed state, and the memory-stop state corresponding to a different orientation of the valve member;
• an insulator secured to one of the body and the body insert to inhibit condensation from forming on an exterior of the handle due to temperature differentials;
• and
• a lock engageable with the adjustable stop assembly to lock the plate in either the open state or the closed state.

A handle for a valve assembly having a valve member, the handle comprising:

• a body configured to be coupled to the valve member at an end of the body, the body including a head positioned opposite from the end of the body that is coupled to the valve member, the head graspable to open and close the valve member;
• a body insert received in the body, the body insert including a flange and a tab that protrudes from the flange in a direction away from the end of the body that is coupled to the valve member;
• and
• an adjustable stop assembly engaged with the body insert, the adjustable stop assembly including
• a first plate positioned on the flange of the body insert, the first plate rotatable relative to the body insert between an open state, a closed state, and a memory-stop state, each of the open state, the closed state, and the memory-stop state corresponding to a different orientation of the valve member,
• a second plate positioned on top of the first plate such that the first plate is positioned between the body insert and the second plate, and
• a fastener that couples the first plate and the second plate together, the fastener engageable by a user to move the first plate to the memory-stop state,
• wherein the valve member is at least partially open when the first plate is in the memory-stop state.