GB2423277A - Handle device for flat articles - Google Patents

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GB2423277A
GB2423277A GB0503486A GB0503486A GB2423277A GB 2423277 A GB2423277 A GB 2423277A GB 0503486 A GB0503486 A GB 0503486A GB 0503486 A GB0503486 A GB 0503486A GB 2423277 A GB2423277 A GB 2423277A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/02—Plates, dishes or the like
    • A47G19/08—Plate-holders
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
    • A47J45/06—Handles for hollow-ware articles
    • A47J45/07—Handles for hollow-ware articles of detachable type
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
    • A47J45/10—Devices for gripping or lifting hot cooking utensils, e.g. pincers, separate pot handles, fabric or like pads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25G—HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G1/00—Handle constructions
    • B25G1/10—Handle constructions characterised by material or shape
    • B25G1/102—Handle constructions characterised by material or shape the shape being specially adapted to facilitate handling or improve grip

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Abstract

The invention relates to a handle device 1 for carrying an object with an extending lip such as a plate. The handle device 1 comprises a handle body 2 for placement in the hand of a user. A first pair of spaced apart fingers 5,6 extend a first length from one end of the handle body 2, and a second finger 7 extends a second length from one end of the handle body and in a plane spaced from the pair of fingers. In use the lip of an object being insertable in between the first pair of fingers and the second finger with first pair of fingers and second finger forming a cantilever to support the object when carried by the handle body.

Description

Title: handle [)cvice 1'he present invention relates to a handle device,
e.g. lbr carrying objects with an extended lip such as plates and cooking containers, especially when such objects are hot.
Many elderly or infirm people find it difficult to carry hot plates or cooking containers, as they risk burning themselves. Also elderly or infirm people with arthritic hands or defirmed hands lind it dillicult to carry plates or cooking containers.
the invention seeks to provide a handle device to solve this problem.
According to the present invention there is provided a handle device Ibr carrying an object with an extending lip comprising: a) a handle body fbr placement in the hand ola user, and h) a first pair of spaced apart fingers extending a first length from one end of the handle body.
and a second finger extending a second length from one end of the handle body and in a plane spaced from the pair of lingers, in use the lip of an object being insertahie in between the first pair of fingers and the second linger with first pair of fingers and second finger ftrming a cantilever to Support the object when carried by the handle body.
Prckrahly a lip contact point is provided on each of the Iirst pair of fingers extending towards the second finger, and a lip contact point is provided on the second finger extending towards the first pair of fingers. Prefrahly each contact point is a dome. I he contact point may include a rubberised surfice to provide a better grip on the lip of the object.
Prelèrahly the handle device is made as a unitary product. The handle device may be moulded as a unitary moulding.
An embodiment of the invention will now he described with reference to the accompanvin drawings in which: Figure I shows a perspective view of'a handle, and l'igure 2 shows a perspective view ola handle carrying a plate.
RefCrring to Figures I and 2 there is shown a handle device I fbr carrying an oh1cct such a plate 10 with an extending peripheral lip II.
Device I has a handle body 2 lr placement in the hand of a user. Body 2 has a thumb recess 3 at one first end and a slot 4 to hang the body 2 on a hook or the like. Body 2 may be over-nioulded with a rubber-like material to make it more comfbrtablc to hold in the hand. n
A first pair of spaced apart fingers 5.6 extend a first length from the first end of the handle body 2. and a Second finger 7 extends a second length (shorter than the first length) from the first end of the handle body and in a plane spaced from the pair of lingers 5.6.
Object lip contact points in the fbrm of domes SA,6A are provided respectively on the first pair of' lingers 5,6 extending towards the second finger, and an object lip contact point in the firrn of' dome 7A is provided on the second finger extending towards the first pair of' fingers. The contact points in the lirni of' domes 5A,6A and 7A include a rubberised surfce to provide a better grip ofl the lip of the object.
The first pair of' fingers and second finger are spaced apart a distance such that the tips ol'thc domes 5A,6A are spaced apart from the tip of dome 7A by about the thickness of'a lip of a plate.
handle I may he moulded as a unitary moulding of' plastics or may he formed from other material or combinations or material.
In use the lip II olan object such as plate 10 is insertahie in between the first pair of'fingers and the second finger with first pair of' fingers and second finger fbrming a cantilever to support the object when carried by the handle body 2. l'he three domes 5A,6A.7A provide three contact points with the plate lip.
Fhe invention may take a fbrm different to that specifically described above. For example the device could he designed so that the first pair of' fingers could be on top oithe lip and the second finger on the bottom of the lip (in which case the second length may he longer than the first length).
i'he handle device of the invention may he used to carry objects other than plates. e.g. cooking containers.
Further modifications vill he apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the SCOPC of the present invention.

Claims (8)

  1. I. A handle device for carrying an object with an extending lip comprising: a) a handle body for placement in the hand of a user, and b) a first pair of spaced apart fingers extending a first length from one end of the handle body, and a second finger extending a second length from one end of the handle body and in a plane spaced from the pair of fingers, in use the lip of an object being insertable in between the first pair of fingers and the second finger with first pair of fingers and second finger forming a cantilever to support the object when carried by the handle body.
  2. 2. A handle device according to claim I, wherein a lip contact point is provided on each of the first pair of fingers extending towards the second finger, and a lip contact point is provided on the second finger extending towards the first pair of fingers.
  3. 3. A handle device according to claim 2, wherein each contact point is a dome.
  4. 4. A handle device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein contact point may include a rubberised surface to provide a better grip on the lip of the object.
  5. 5. A handle device according to any preceding claim, wherein the handle device is made as a unitary product.
  6. 6. A handle device according to claim 5, wherein the handle device is moulded as a unitary moulding.
  7. 7. A handle device according to any preceding claim, wherein the second length is shorter than the first length.
  8. 8. A handle device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2448290A (en) * 2007-02-23 2008-10-15 Michael James Kitson A pair of heat resistant plate grips
GB2448693A (en) * 2006-04-27 2008-10-29 David Robert Alexander Wilson Tool for use in lifting road cones

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB680932A (en) * 1950-04-27 1952-10-15 James Edward Hawley Improvements in or relating to devices for use in holding disc or plate-like articles
GB1138497A (en) * 1965-03-27 1969-01-01 Haefele Adolf Carrying device for rigid or semi-rigid sheet material
GB2356595A (en) * 1999-11-27 2001-05-30 Terrence Smith Device for gripping plates or dishes
US6393973B1 (en) * 1999-01-28 2002-05-28 Seb Sa Cooking utensil with removable grip handle
GB2412082A (en) * 2004-03-20 2005-09-21 Anthony Ivor Read Dishware carrier

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB680932A (en) * 1950-04-27 1952-10-15 James Edward Hawley Improvements in or relating to devices for use in holding disc or plate-like articles
GB1138497A (en) * 1965-03-27 1969-01-01 Haefele Adolf Carrying device for rigid or semi-rigid sheet material
US6393973B1 (en) * 1999-01-28 2002-05-28 Seb Sa Cooking utensil with removable grip handle
GB2356595A (en) * 1999-11-27 2001-05-30 Terrence Smith Device for gripping plates or dishes
GB2412082A (en) * 2004-03-20 2005-09-21 Anthony Ivor Read Dishware carrier

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2448693A (en) * 2006-04-27 2008-10-29 David Robert Alexander Wilson Tool for use in lifting road cones
GB2448693B (en) * 2006-04-27 2010-03-10 David Robert Alexander Wilson Tools for lifting and moving objects
GB2448290A (en) * 2007-02-23 2008-10-15 Michael James Kitson A pair of heat resistant plate grips

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