Removable handle for pot

Abstract

A pot includes a pot body having a rim formed with a protruding pot ear, and a removable handle mounted on the pot body and including a grip mounted on the pot body and rested on the pot ear of the pot body, and a locking member pivotally mounted on the grip and detachably engaged with the pot ear of the pot body. Thus, the removable handle is combined with the pot ear of the pot body rigidly and stably. In addition, the removable handle encompasses the whole periphery of the pot ear, so that the removable handle is combined with the pot ear closely.

1 . A pot, comprising: 
 a pot body having a rim formed with a protruding pot ear; and    a removable handle mounted on the pot body and including:    a grip mounted on the pot body and rested on the pot ear of the pot body; and    a locking member pivotally mounted on the grip and detachably engaged with the pot ear of the pot body.    
   
   
       2 . The pot in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the grip of the removable handle has an end formed with a receiving chamber having a first end formed with a protruding support portion rested on the pot ear of the pot body and a second end formed with a receiving space.  
   
   
       3 . The pot in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the pot ear of the pot body is formed with a locking hole, and the locking member of the removable handle is pivotally mounted in the receiving chamber of the grip and has a first end formed with a protruding locking flange detachably mounted in the locking hole of the pot ear and a second end formed with a press portion movably mounted in the receiving space of the grip.  
   
   
       4 . The pot in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein the removable handle further includes an elastic member urged between the grip and the press portion of the locking member.  
   
   
       5 . The pot in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein the receiving space of the grip has a side formed with a mounting stud, the press portion of the locking member has a side formed with a mounting stud, and the elastic member has a first end secured on the mounting stud of the grip and a second end secured on the mounting stud of the press portion of the locking member.  
   
   
       6 . The pot in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein the elastic member is mounted in the receiving space of the grip.  
   
   
       7 . The pot in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein the locking flange of the locking member has a size substantially equal to the locking hole of the pot ear.  
   
   
       8 . The pot in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the receiving chamber of the grip has two sides each formed with a mounting hole, the locking member of the removable handle has a mediate portion formed with two spaced pivot ears each formed with a pivot hole, and the removable handle further includes a pivot pin extended through the pivot hole of each of the two spaced pivot ears and having two ends each mounted in the respective mounting hole of the grip.  
   
   
       9 . The pot in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the support portion of the grip has a side rested on the rim of the pot body and the pot ear of the pot body and a distal end rested on the pot body.  
   
   
       10 . The pot in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the removable handle encompasses the whole periphery of the pot ear of the pot body completely.  
   
   
       11 . The pot in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the locking member and the grip form a space therebetween for insertion of the pot ear of the pot body.