Patent ID: 8353423

Claim:
A cookware system comprising: a) a container; said container having an interior, a vertically-inclined exterior wall, a bottom, and a top opening providing access to said interior; b) at least one receiver; said at least one receiver fixed in relation to said vertically-inclined exterior wall of said container, said at least one receiver having a receiver downwardly-oriented opening of fixed size and shape, said at least one receiver having depth; and c) a non-locking handle, said non-locking handle adapted to immediately and freely disengage and downwardly separate from said container absent vertical force applied to said handle, said handle having a first end and a second end, said handle having a grip member adjacent said first end of said handle, said handle having an upwardly-oriented contact member of fixed size and shape at said second end of said handle, and said upwardly-oriented contact member having height equivalent to said depth of said receiver, said upwardly-oriented contact member having an operable portion sized to fit within said receiver at said downwardly-oriented opening without interference.