US 11,871,876 B2
Removable handle having an optimized assembly
Michel Bouvet, Rumilly (FR); Denis Gruaz, Villaz (FR); and Michel Montgelard, Aix-les-Bains (FR)
Assigned to SEB S.A.
Filed by SEB S.A., Ecully (FR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,945.
Claims priority of application No. 2100139 (FR), filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211218 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 45/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 45/071 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removable handle configured to cooperate with a cooking container, the cooking container having a side wall that is extended upward by an outwardly curved portion including a free end, the removable handle extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising:
a structural part comprising an internal support member configured to rest against an inner surface of the side wall and an upper support member configured to rest against the free end of the curved portion;
a lock movable in translation between an open position and a closed position, the lock comprising a blocking wall configured to be separated from the internal support member when the lock is in the open position and configured to generate a force on the free end when the lock is in the closed position, wherein the structural part and the lock form a subassembly; and
a gripping body extending along the longitudinal direction, wherein the gripping body comprises a housing for receiving the subassembly, the housing comprising an insertion orifice arranged in a front face of the gripping body, the insertion orifice dimensioned for the subassembly to be inserted into the housing through the insertion orifice along the longitudinal direction.