Patent ID: 8104638

Claim:
A swinging handle assembly for a kitchen vessel having a side wall, comprising: a stationary support body fixed to the side wall of the vessel and having a chamber; a pivotable handle having a pair of elongated arms mounted on the support body for pivoting movement about a pivot axis between a use position in which the arms extend generally radially of the side wall of the vessel, and a storage position in which the arms extend generally parallel to the side wall of the vessel; a pair of pivot pins extending toward each other along the pivot axis, each pivot pin being mounted at an end region of a respective arm and being journaled in the support body; a pair of projections on the respective pivot pins and extending toward each other, each projection having first and second bearing surfaces arranged perpendicular to each other; and a locking spring mounted in the chamber for clamping the handle in each of the use and storage positions, the locking spring having one spring end bearing against the support body in both the use and storage positions, and the locking spring having an opposite spring end bearing against the first bearing surface in the use position to clamp the handle in the use position, and the opposite spring end bearing against the second bearing surface in the storage position to clamp the handle in the storage position.