Patent ID: 8370995

Claim:
A detachable handle for a beverage container having a base and a wall connected to the base, the wall having a rim, comprising: a handle in a shape of a figurine; a hinge in said figurine for pivoting movement of a first portion of the figurine relative to a second portion of the figurine; a first coupling element attached to said figurine and configured for engaging the base of the beverage container; a clamp attached to said figurine, said clamp having first and second clamp portions engagable on the rim of the beverage container, said first clamp portion having a grip surface disposed and configured to engage an inside of the rim of the beverage container, said second clamp portion having a grip surface disposed and configured to engage an outside of the rim of the beverage container; and a pivoting arm mounted to be movable between a first position and a second position, said first position of said pivoting arm urging said first and second clamp portions toward one another to a position capable of engaging the rim of the beverage container, said second position of said pivoting arm releasing said first and second clamp portions from engagement of the rim of the beverage container, said pivoting arm bearing against an outside of one of said first and second clamp portions in said first position so as to press said first and second clamp portions toward one another.