Patent ID: 7824102

Claim:
A thermometer quick linkage apparatus, comprising: an elastic member; a button having an end provided with an inclined plane; a probe configured to communicate with a host of the thermometer via a leading wire, the probe having an inclined plane provided at a suitable position on the probe to match with the inclined plane on the button; and a chamber having a first end provided with an opening for receiving an end portion of the probe, having a second end opposite the first end, and having a side provided with an opening through which a portion of the button is received into an interior of the chamber; wherein, within the chamber, one end of the elastic member connects with the second end of the chamber, and another end of the elastic member connects with the probe; and wherein the inclined plane on the button and the inclined plane on the probe are configured such that, when the button is pressed so as to move a greater portion thereof into the interior of the chamber, the inclined plane on the button slides a distance along the inclined plane on the probe so as to push the probe away from the second end of the chamber.