Abstract: Cookware is provided with a swingable handle via a mounting assembly which has an actuator which, upon depression, allows the handle to be swung from an extended position into a position in which the handle overlies the cookware or it tangential thereto. The handle can be locked in either of its extreme position.

Abstract: To construct a detachable handle for a pot or container so that it is both slender and short, the pot or container handle is mountable on a supporting member of the container having two side pieces oriented in the same direction extending from the container and is engageable and lockable by a retaining member secured behind inclined projections on said supporting member and slidably supported parallel to the container wall between handle shoulders located transverse to the attaching direction of the handle. The retaining member of the handle can be a rigid bar which is associated with a spring element, has a flame protector surrounding the handle contacting portion and is inserted in lateral grooves opening to the container front side and running along both long sides on the container side handle end portion. The supporting member side pieces can also each be inserted in each of the lateral grooves.

Abstract: A handle is immobilized on a carrier portion of an article by a handle securing device. The handle has a recess which accommodates the carrier portion. The securing device includes a detent notch provided in the carrier portion and an elongated latch member disposed within the recess and arranged in the detent notch in an orientation transverse to the direction in which the handle is inserted on the carrier portion. The handle has guide grooves within the handle recess and receives the ends of the latch member. The securing device has a spring arranged in the handle recess and urges the latch member against the handle and the carrier portion for locking the handle and the carrier portion to one another.