Two-part cooking vessel grip, particularly suitable for use as a lid grip
AssigneeLa Termoplastic F.B.M. S.r.l.
InventorMarco Munari
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Abstract
A two-part cooking vessel grip, particularly suitable for use as a lid grip, having a base element and a grip element projecting from the base element; the base element and the grip element are defined by respective separate parts connected to each other by click-on fastening means; and, according to the invention, the grip element has an arc-shaped portion of predetermined radial flexibility, and the click-on fastening means are carried by respective opposite ends of the arc-shaped portion, so as to enable the grip element to click easily onto the base element.
Claims10
A grip for fitting to a lid of a cooking vessel, said grip comprising:
- a base element comprising:
- first means for fastening said base element to an upper surface of a lid of a cooking vessel;
- a grip element for mounting on an upper surface of said base element, said grip element having opposed ends and comprising an arc-shaped portion of predetermined radial flexibility;
- and
- second means for fastening said grip element to said base element, said second means comprising;
- seat elements on the upper surface of the base element;
- and
- projections on said opposed ends on said arc-shaped portions of said grip element for snap-fit engagement with the seat elements on said base element so that the opposed ends on said grip element extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the base element with said grip element mounted on said base element.
A grip for fitting to a lid of a cooking vessel, said grip comprising:
- a base element comprising:
- first means for fastening said base element to an upper surface of a lid of a cooking vessel;
- a grip element for mounting on an upper surface of said base element, said grip element having opposed ends and comprising an arc-shaped portion of predetermined radial flexibility;
- and
- second means for fastening said grip element to said base element, said second means comprising;
- seat elements on the upper surface of the base element;
- and
- projections on said opposed ends on said arc-shaped portions of said grip element for snap-fit engagement with the seat elements on said base element so that the opposed ends on said grip element extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the base element with said grip element mounted on said base element;
- wherein said base element is made of thermosetting polymer material;
- and said grip element is made of thermoplastic polymer material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.