Patent ID: 8092082

Claim:
A detachable probe cover for an ear thermometer, which is to be mounted onto a measuring probe of the ear thermometer, wherein a combining mechanism is provided at a bottom of the measuring probe and the detachable probe cover comprises a main body of a hollow structure and a base, in which the main body has an open end and a closed end opposite to the open end, and the hollow structure has a diameter gradually reducing from the open end toward the closed end, which is characterized in: the main body being integrally made of a plastic material and having at least one flange radially extended outward from the open end; the base comprising a base plate and an opening formed at a center of the base plate, the opening being corresponding to the open end of the main body and the base plate having at least one entrance for allowing the flange to enter and being inlaid in the base through the entrance; and a protrudent device being provided on the base plate of the base and faces the opening so that when the detachable probe cover is mounted onto the measuring probe of the ear thermometer, the combining mechanism at the measuring probe of the ear thermometer is further inlaid between the opening and the protrudent device of the base so as to achieve a combination between the detachable probe cover and the measuring probe.