Cooking utensil with stab and catch detachable handle

摘要

A cooking utensil has a food container, such as a cooking basket, and a lift bracket attached the sidewall of the food container. The lift bracket includes a riser portion having a catch opening and an outwardly extending upper ledge portion having an insertion opening in vertical plane alignment with the catch opening of the riser portion. A lift handle engages the lift bracket on the food container through the insertion opening in the lift bracket. An inwardly projecting catch tip on the engagement end of the lift handle can be made to catch the catch opening in the riser portion of the lift bracket when the lift bracket engagement end of the lift handle is fully inserted in the lift bracket. When the food container is lifted by the handle, the weight of the food container will maintain the engagement of the lift handle and lift bracket.

主权项

1. A cooking utensil comprising
a food container having a sidewall, a top portion and a bottom portion, a lift bracket on the sidewall of said food container, said lift bracket including a riser portion having a catch opening, and an upper ledge portion extending outwardly at an angle relative to the riser portion of said lift bracket, the upper ledge portion of said lift bracket having an insertion opening in vertical plane alignment with the catch opening of the riser portion, and a lift handle having an elongated gripping end and a lift bracket engagement end extending downwardly at an angle relative to said gripping end, the lift bracket engagement end of said handle being sized for insertion through the insertion opening in the upper ledge portion of said lift bracket, and having an inwardly projecting catch tip configured for engagement in the catch opening in the riser portion of said lift bracket, wherein the lift bracket engagement end of said lift handle can be inserted down through the insertion opening of the upper ledge portion of said lift bracket until the catch tip thereon opposes the catch opening of said lift bracket, whereupon the lift handle can be rotated to move the tip portion into said catch opening, and further whereupon the food container can be lifted with the tip portion of the lift bracket engagement end of the lift handle engaged in the catch opening of the lift bracket and with the weight of the food container maintaining such engagement.