Cookware handle

Claim 1

A cooking pan comprising: a pan body which comprises a bottom that defines a horizontal plane; a tubular metal insert which defines an outer end and an inner end; a first metal wire which defines a central bight section which extends around and is secured to the insert and two end sections which are rigidly secured to the pan body; a second metal wire which is secured at one end to the pan body and at the other end to the inner end of the insert, wherein the second wire is spaced vertically from the first wire at the insert and at the pan body; said insert defining a holding axis angled at about 15°-40° to the horizontal plane with the inner end farther from the horizontal plane than the outer end; said wires extending upwardly between the pan body and the insert with respect to the holding axis such that the inner end of the insert is positioned above the end sections of the first wire; said wires characterized by a radiating surface A between the pan body and the insert, a total cross-sectional area X, a thermal conductivity k, and a length L between the pan body and the insert, wherein the product kX/L is no greater than about 0.03 (BTU/hour-°F.), and wherein A is no less than about 3 square inches such that the insert remains cool enough to touch even when the pan body contains boiling water.