ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,100, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Sheet metal handle, and cover with sheet metal handle" was invented by Svenja Klemm (Tuningen, Germany) and Matthias Henke (Fridingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle, preferably for a lid of a medical sieve basket, and a method of forming a handle. The handle includes a base body having a handle bar and at least one holding portion adjoining the handle bar, and at least one eyelet-shaped or bent fixing lug arranged at an end of the holding portion opposite the handle bar for pivotal mounting of the handle. The base body is formed of a planar sh...