Hand grip for cooking utensil handle

In combination with a cooking utensil handle, a hand grip comprising:

• an elongated body made of a resilient rubber-like material having low thermal conductivity, an elongated axial chamber in said body extending from one end of said body to near the other end thereof but terminating short of said other end, said chamber being elongated in transverse cross-section along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of said body, said chamber having transversely opposite ends and an upper wall and a lower wall, a series of successive grooves in said upper wall and a series of successive grooves in said lower wall, said grooves serving to provide some degree of thermal insulation between the hand grip and cooking utensil handle in use, each of said series including first and last grooves in the respective series, said first and last grooves being spaced from the transversely opposite ends, respectively, of said chamber so as to form lands between the first and last grooves in each of said series and the respective transversely opposite ends of said chamber, said handle being disposed in said chamber.

A hand grip for cooking utensil handles comprising:

• an elongated body made of a resilient rubber-like material having low thermal conductivity, a durometer of between about 50 and about 60, and material stability at high cooking temperatures,
• an elongated axial chamber in said body extending from one end of said body to near the other end thereof but terminating short of said other end, said chamber being elongated in transverse cross-section along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of said body, said chamber having transversely opposite ends and an upper wall and a lower wall, a series of successive grooves in said upper wall and a series of successive grooves in said lower wall, said grooves serving to provide some degree of thermal insulation between the hand grip and cooking utensil handle in use, each of said series including first and last grooves in the respective series, said first and last grooves being spaced from the transversely opposite ends, respectively, of said chamber so as to form lands between the first and last grooves in each of said series and the respective transversely opposite ends of said chamber, said handle being disposed in said chamber.