Detachable handle for receptacles

Claim 1

A DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR A RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND A LATERAL CYLINDRICAL WALL WHEREFROM A RIM EXTENDS INWARDLY, SAID HANDLE FORMED OF A PAIR OF JUXTAPOSED PLATE MEMBERS RECIPROCABLY MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, THE LOWER ONE OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING ARCUATE FLANGE AT ONE END THEREOF FOR CONTACTING THE OUTER WALL OF SAID RECEPTACLE ADJACENT TO THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF AND A ROUNDED END AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, THE UPPER ONE OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A RE-ENTRANT CHANNEL AT THE END THEREOF ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST-MENTIONED END AND TERMINATING IN A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING ARCUATE FLANGE FOR CONTACTING THE INNER WALL OF SAID RECEPTACLE OPPOSITE SAID FIRST-MENTIONED ARCUATE FLANGE, GUIDE MEANS ON THE EDGES OF SAID LOWER MEMBER FOR CONFINING THE RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER MEMBER THEREON, AND A PIVOTED LATCH ON THE END OF SAID UPPER MEMBER REMOTE FROM THE ARCUATE FLANGE FOR ENGAGING THE ROUNDED END OF SAID LOWER MEMBER AND THEREBY LOCKING SAID MEMBERS AGAINST MOVEMENT IN THE ENGAGING POSITION OF SAID HANDLE WITH THE RECEPTACLE, THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID LATCH BEING SO DISPLACED FROM SAID ROUNDED END AS TO EXERT A LOCKING CAMMING ACTION WHEN THE LATCH IS TURNED INTO LOCKING POSITION.