Patent ID: 6708373
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A47J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A handle device for a cooking utensil presenting at least one outwardly-directed lug (2) having a slot (5) formed therein substantially parallel to the inside edge (6) of the lug (2), said handle device comprising a removable handle (10) provided with an S-bend nose (15) suitable for being inserted into the slot (5) of the lug (2) from above, a locking/unlocking member (20) mounted on said handle (10) so as to be capable of sliding along the axis of said handle (10), and resilient means (21) for urging the locking/unlocking member (20) towards the nose (15), said locking/unlocking member (20) presenting a control pushbutton (22) on the top face of the handle (10), a latch (23) on the bottom face of the handle (10) for co-operating with the outside edge (7) of the lug (2), and a slider (24) interconnecting the pushbutton (2) and the latch (23), the device being characterized by:a) the handle comprises a grip (16) having a front end and rear end and formed by a plate (11) sandwiched between a top strip (12) and a bottom strip (13) having opposing inside faces (12a, 13a), said plate (11) being extended at the front end of said grip (16) by a plate portion (14) which is terminated by the nose (15); b) said plate (11) has an oblong slot (25) between the inside faces (12a, 13a) of said strips (12, 13) for guiding the slider (24); c) a cavity (26, 27) open to the front face of the grip (16) is provided in the fronts of the inside faces (12a, 13a) of said strips (12, 13) in register with the oblong slot (25); and d) the control pushbutton (22) is placed 4t the front of the handle (16) and is connected to the slider (24) by an arm (29).