US 12,274,398 B2
Cookware vessel with removable handle
Hing Fai Chan, San Ramon, CA (US); and Stanley Kin Sui Cheng, Hillsborough, CA (US)
Assigned to Meyer Intellectual Properties Limited, , VI (US)
Filed by Meyer Intellectual Properties Limited, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,304.
Application 18/135,304 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/489,424, filed on Sep. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,974,701.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,642, filed on Apr. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,786, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329487 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 45/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 45/07 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cookware vessel, comprising:
a. a vessel having a bottom portion surrounded by a substantially upright sidewall that terminates at a rim to define an interior volume for holding a food item;
b. a bracket attached, directly or indirectly, to an exterior of the substantially upright sidewall, wherein the bracket includes two vertically spaced apart partial geometric surfaces that extend horizontally along the bracket, wherein the two partial geometric surfaces comprise an upper partial geometric surface and a lower partial geometric surface; and
c. a detachable handle for the vessel, the handle comprising:
(i) a grip portion;
(ii) a coupling attached, directly or indirectly, to the grip portion, the coupling having a channel configured to surround at least a portion of the upper partial geometric surface when positioned against the upper partial geometric surface,
(iii) an actuator rotatingly attached, directly or indirectly, to the coupling, the actuator having one or more hooks configured to engage the lower partial geometric surface of the bracket when the actuator is rotated in a first direction and further configured to disengage from the lower partial geometric surface of the bracket when the actuator is manually rotated in a second direction by the user; and
(iv) a spring attached, directly or indirectly, to the actuator, wherein the spring is configured to apply a force to the actuator so as to rotate the actuator in the first direction, when the actuator is released by the user.