Kitchen implement and handle

• US 20050155186A1
• Filed: 03/16/2005
• Published: 07/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robbins Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Robbins Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Robbins, Rodney W., McGuyer, Carter W.
• Application Number:
  US11/081,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20050155186A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 16/430
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 2043/0738 Means for storing accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/288 Spatulas; Scrapers; Multi-purpose hand implements
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 45/00 Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockerykitchen cabinets with provisions for attachment of kitchen implements or utensils A47B77/00
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 25/005 Manually operated, e.g. pizza cutters
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 5/00 Hand knives with one or more detachable blades
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 5/007 for cutting slices one by one

Abstract

The handle is ergonomically shaped. It is given a wasp-like shape, with a flexible cover. The handle is used both as a fixed, permanent handle for a single kitchen implement, and as a handle for receiving and holding interchangeable kitchen implements. In one preferred embodiment, the handle has a fluid silicone gel layer underneath an outer-cover to better conform the shape of the handle to the user'"'"'s hand.

Claims

1. A kitchen implement handle comprising, in combination,

an inner core of relatively hard material and a cover of relatively soft and resilient material,

said handle having a forward end where said implement is attached, and a trailing end,

said handle having a first portion of relatively small diameter near said forward end, and a second portion of relatively larger diameter between said trailing end and first portion,

said second portion of said handle extending at an angle to said first portion of said handle.

2. A handle as in claim 1 in which said cover is made of silicone rubber.

3. A handle as in claim 1 in which said handle includes a hard core, a silicone rubber cover, and a fluid silicone gel layer between said hard core and said cover, said combination of cover and gel layer acting together to allow said cover and said gel layer to conform to the shape of the hand of a user when gripping the handle.

4. A handle as in claim 3 in which said silicone gel has a molecular weight of between approximately 10,000 and 30,000.

5. A handle as in claim 4 in which said cover has a hardness of approximately 50 Shore A, and said cover is approximately twice as thick as said gel layer.

6. A kitchen implement with a handle secured to the kitchen implement, said handle having

a hard central core,

an outer cover of silicone rubber, and

a fluid silicone gel layer between said core and said cover,

said gel having a molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 30,000.

7. A kitchen implement as in claim 6 in which said cover has a hardness of approximately 50 Shore A.

8. A kitchen implement as in claim 6 in which said core and said cover both have a forward end and a trailing end, in which said cover is securely attached to said core at said ends, and said gel fills the space between said cover and said core between said ends, said cover being about twice as thick as said gel layer.