Handle assembly for a cooking container
OwnerMyeong S. Kiminventor
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Abstract
A handle assembly for a cooking container which comprises a handle member connected to the cooking container, the handle member including a hollow coupler adapted to contact the cooking container, a handle having hollow end portion and an insulated connecting member disposed intermediate to the hollow coupler and the handle, one side of the intermediate member being slidably disposed within the hollow coupler, and the other side thereof being slidably disposed within the hollow portion of the handle member and screw means extending through the insulated connecting member and through the hollow coupler for screw engagement with the cooking container.
Claims5
A handle assembly for a cooking container which comprises:
- a hollow metal handle member containing a recessed portion disposed in one end thereof,
- a hollow metal coupler,
- an insulated connecting member disposed between said hollow metal handle member and said hollow metal coupler, said insulated connecting member including a corresponding projection configured to tightly engage said recessed portion for providing a thumb-engaging surface for the user and a raised shoulder portion, said insulated connecting member being slidably inserted at one end into said hollow metal handle and at the other end into said hollow metal coupler, said raised shoulder portion extending peripherally above the surface of the hollow metal handle member for insulating the hollow metal handle member to the hollow metal coupler and for preventing the hand of the user from touching the hollow metal coupler, and
- screw means extending through said insulated connecting member and through said hollow metal coupler for screw engagement with the cooking container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.