Wire basket having an ergonomic wire handle

摘要

A fry basket is provided with an ergonomic handle. The handle is ergonomic by being formed from linear or substantially linear sections of rigid wires, which are laterally and vertically spaced away from each other to provide a structure formed of rigid wires that resembles or similar to a large-diameter cylindrical handle or dowel.

主权项

1. A fry basket comprising:
a wire mesh basket; a frame comprised of rigid wire that is configured to support the wire mesh basket; and a handle attached to the frame, the handle comprising first and second portions:
the first portion of the handle having a first length and comprising a first plurality of substantially straight rigid wires that extend away from the frame, substantially co-planar with each other in a first inclined horizontal plane through-out the first length of the first portion, said first inclined horizontal plane being at a first inclination angle relative to horizontal, the first plurality of wires extending at said first inclination angle to a bend in each wire whereat the first plurality of straight rigid wires continue to extend away from the frame in a second inclined horizontal plane that lies at a second inclination angle that is less than the first inclination angle,the second portion of the handle extending from the bend in the wires and comprising both the first plurality of wires of the first portion and at least one additional rigid wire, which together comprise a second plurality of rigid wires, first and second ones of the second plurality of rigid wires being configured to be laterally spaced apart from each other by a first horizontal wire separation distance and extend substantially parallel to each other in the second inclined horizontal plane, third and fourth ones of the second plurality of rigid wires being configured to be laterally spaced apart from each other by a second horizontal wire separation distance greater than the first horizontal wire separation distance and extend substantially parallel to each other in a third inclined horizontal plane, which is substantially parallel to the second inclined horizontal plane but vertically offset from the second inclined horizontal plane by a first vertical offset separation distance, fifth and sixth ones of the second plurality of rigid wires being configured to be laterally spaced apart from each other by a third horizontal wire separation distance substantially equal to the first horizontal wire separation distance and extend substantially parallel to each other in a fourth inclined horizontal plane that is substantially parallel to the second and third inclined horizontal planes but vertically separated from the third inclined horizontal plane by a second vertical offset separation distance.