Patent ID: 7731054

Claim:
A beverage urn assembly, comprising: a hollow, relatively thin-walled body with a bottom, an open top defined by a surrounding top edge of the body and an outwardly extending body section located relatively near the top edge spaced from the bottom and extending outwardly of the surrounding top edge; a handle assembly including an external mounting member with a handle and an outwardly extending attachment section located adjacent to and above an exterior surface of the outwardly extending body section, and an internal mounting ring located within the hollow body and having an outwardly extending mounting section located adjacent to and beneath an interior surface of the outwardly extending body section, and a locking mechanism for locking the outwardly extending attachment section to the outwardly extending mounting section with only the outwardly extending body section being engaged by and squeezed between the outwardly extending attachment section and the outwardly extending mounting section.