Patent ID: 7841486

Claim:
A device ( 4 ) for fastening a connecting member ( 3 ) to a handle ( 2 ) of a cooking vessel, the device comprising: a connecting member ( 3 ) having a collar portion ( 20 ) having an axis (A) and defining an inner cavity ( 22 ) extending along the axis (A); and a connecting portion ( 6 ) of the handle ( 2 ), inserted inside the cavity ( 22 ) along the axis (A); the collar portion ( 20 ) being bounded by a lateral wall ( 30 ) closed into a loop by means of two opposite end tabs ( 31 , 32 ) joined to each other and defining at least one preassembly tooth ( 37 ) projecting radially from the tabs ( 31 , 32 ) into the cavity ( 22 ) to cooperate with a seat ( 15 ) formed in the connecting portion ( 6 ), the loop extending along the axis (A) and having axially opposite openings coaxially oriented along the axis (A); the connecting member ( 3 ) fitted onto connecting portion ( 6 ) so that an end edge ( 25 ) of the collar portion ( 20 ) substantially perpendicular to the axis (A) rests against an axial shoulder ( 10 ) of the handle ( 2 ); the preassembly tooth ( 37 ) inserted inside the seat ( 15 ) to cooperate with and rest against a retaining surface ( 45 ) of the seat ( 15 ), the retaining surface ( 45 ) disposed opposite the shoulder ( 10 ) and extending substantially perpendicularly to the axis (A) so as to face the end edge ( 25 ); the lateral wall ( 30 ) of the connecting member ( 3 ) comprising at least one slit ( 40 ) extending along and in the direction of a curve of an outer surface ( 36 ) of the lateral wall ( 30 ) of the collar portion ( 20 ) and crosswise to the axis (A) on the outer surface ( 36 ) and defining a sector ( 39 ) of the connecting member ( 3 ), in turn defining a press-in fastening member ( 38 ) for securing the connecting portion inside the cavity; the fastening member ( 38 ) bounded by at least one slit ( 40 ) being pressed and deformed permanently inside a recess ( 16 ) formed on the connecting portion ( 6 ); the preassembly tooth ( 37 ) and the fastening member ( 38 ) being located on opposite sides ( 41 , 42 ) of the collar portion ( 20 ) of the connecting member ( 3 ), and the seat ( 15 ) and the recess ( 16 ) being located on respective opposite faces ( 11 , 12 ) of the connecting portion ( 6 ).