Patent ID: 6962265
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A drinking vessel, comprising: a vessel body; and a handle detachably attached to the vessel body, wherein the vessel body and the handle form first and second attachment regions spaced apart substantially in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the vessel body, the first attachment region comprising a first portion of the vessel body and a first portion of the handle, wherein one of the first portions defines a first channel, and the other of the first portions includes a first elongated portion inserted into the first channel and in locking engagement with the vessel body, wherein the first channel has an inner surface defining locking teeth, and the first elongated portion at a first end of the handle has an outer surface defining first locking teeth, wherein the locking teeth in the first channel interlock with the locking teeth of the first elongated portion when it is inserted into the first channel, a first recess defined in the first channel, the first recess capable of engaging with one or more teeth, wherein the second attachment region comprises a second portion of the vessel body and a second portion of the handle, wherein one of the second portions defines a second channel, and the other of the second portions includes a second elongated portion inserted into the second channel and in locking engagement with the vessel body, wherein the second elongated portion includes a second locking tooth, and the second portion of the vessel body defines a second recess in the second channel, the second recess being adapted to receive the second locking tooth of the second elongated portion, and wherein the handle includes a flexible portion biasing the first and second elongated portions to maintain the first and second locking teeth of the first elongated portion engaged in the first and second recesses, respectively and the locking tooth of the second elongated nation in the second recess.