Patent ID: 9415901
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A47J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A foldable handle for a cook-pot having a generally cylindrical sidewall with a central axis, comprising: a bracket fixedly attachable to the sidewall of the cook-pot; an elongated non-articulated handle member having an upper end portion directly pivotally connected to a first portion of the bracket for rotation about a first rotational axis through a rotation plane containing the central axis of the cook-pot and a lower end portion disconnected from the sidewall of the cook-pot, the handle member having opposed first and second elongated sidewalls, each of the first and second sidewalls including an upper opening located in the upper end portion of the handle member and a lower opening located in the lower end portion of the handle member, the handle member having a longitudinally extending guide channel therein between the first and second sidewalls and extending between the upper and lower end portions of the handle member; a lock member slidably disposed in the guide channel for movement between the upper and lower end portions of the handle member, the lock member including a first resiliently flexible member having a projection for removably fitting within the upper and lower openings of the first sidewall when in position thereat, and a second resiliently flexible member having a projection for removably fitting within the upper and lower openings of the second sidewall when in position thereat; and a bracing link member having a first end rotatably retained by a second portion of the bracket located below and spaced apart from the first portion of the bracket for rotation about a second rotational axis located below and spaced apart from the first rotational axis, and a second end rotatably attached to the lock member, the bracing link member having a length to hold the handle member in an opened position within the rotation plane and extending transverse to the cook-pot when the projection of the first flexible member is within the upper opening of the first sidewall and the projection of the second flexible member is within the upper opening of the second sidewall, and to hold the handle member in a closed position within the rotation plane and immediately adjacent to a cylindrical sidewall portion of the sidewall of the cook-pot when the projection of the first flexible member is within the lower opening of the first sidewall and the projection of the second flexible member is within the lower opening of the second sidewall.