FOLDABLE HANDLE FOR A COOK-POT

摘要

A foldable handle for a cook-pot including a bracket attached to the cook-pot, a handle member, a lock member and a bracing link member. The handle member has an upper end portion pivotally connected to the bracket, and opposed first and second sidewalls, each with an upper opening located in the upper end portion of the handle member and a lower opening located in a lower end portion of the handle member. The handle member has a guide channel with a lock member slidably disposed therein for movement between the upper and lower end portions of the handle member. First and second resiliently flexible members each having a projection for removably fitting within corresponding upper and lower openings of the first and second sidewalls. The link member has a first end rotatable retained by the bracket, and a second end rotatably attached to the lock member.

主权项

1. A foldable handle for a cook-pot having a generally cylindrical sidewall with a central axis, comprising:
a bracket fixedly attachable to the cook-pot; an elongated handle member having an upper end portion pivotally connected to the bracket for rotation through a rotation plane containing the central axis of the cook-pot and a lower end portion, 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; 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 rotatable retained by the bracket, 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 and tangential 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.