Combined handle and lock

Claim 1

A COMBINED HANDLE AND COVER-LATCH FOR A HOUSEHOLD DEVICE INCLUDING A BODY OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, END WALLS AND A RECTANGULAR COVER PLATE WITH AN UPWARDLY AND THEN DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING EDGE PORTION, SAID EDGE PORTION HAVING A ROUNDED UPPER SURFACE, SAID EDGE PORTION BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID END WALLS AND SAID WALLS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT UPPER EDGE IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID BOTTOM WALL, A HANDLE ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT THE LOWER END OF EACH OF SAID END WALLS ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, EACH HANDLE AXIS ALSO BEING PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE END WALL ON WHICH SUCH HANDLE IS MOUNTED AND SAID AXES BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BODY; A RESILIENT LIP ON THE UPPER END OF EACH SAID HANDLES AND EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD THE COVER PLATE EDGE PORTION SUCH THAT WHEN DISENGAGED THEREFROM THE LIP IS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE ROUNDED UPPER SURFACE OF SAID EDGE PORTION, SAID LIP BEING SLIDABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID ROUNDED UPPER SURFACE FOR SLIDING THEREOVER AS THE HANDLE IS ROTATED THERETOWARDS, SAID LIP HAVING A DEPENDING MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE INWARD EDGE THEREOF FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INWARD ASPECT OF SAID EDGE PORTION SO AS TO FORM A DETENT AND SERVE TO STIFFEN THE LIP; AND HANDLE GRIPPING MEMBERS SECURED TO THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID HANDLE MEMBER EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF SAID COVER AND BOWL TENDS TO URGE SAID LIP INWARDLY ACROSS SAID ROUNDED UPPER SURFACE TO THE LATCHED POSITION WHEN SAID DEVICE IS CARRIED BY SAID HANDLE GRIPPING MEMBER.