Handle
AssigneeReady Metal Manufacturing Company
InventorJohn R. Radek
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Abstract
A handle for a drawer of an article of furniture, designed especially for optimum economy of production combined with attractive appearance susceptible of wide esthetic variation. These objectives are accomplished by mass production methods, preferably by molding or casting inexpensive materials, preferably plastics, and so forming cooperating parts of the handle and drawer that assembly may quickly be accomplished without use of tools, as by merely snapping the handle into place.
Claims3
In combination with a sheet-material front member for a movable element, said front member having an aperture therein, a handle seated in said aperture comprising
- a. an escutcheon plate overlapping said aperture on the outer face thereof,
- b. a cup portion extending rearwardly of the escutcheon plate to facilitate digital manipulation of the movable element and including an upper wall member,
- c. said upper wall member having an angular shoulder portion on the outer face thereof, and
- d. a resilient detent member extending downwardly and inwardly from said front member adjacent said aperture, said detent member engaging said shoulder for releasably locking the handle to the front member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.