Combined specimen cup, lid and detachable handle

A specimen cup comprising;

• container means for receiving and retaining a specimen,
• the container means having an annular wall defining a specimen retaining cavity and having an open upper end communicating with the specimen receiving cavity,
• said container wall having an outer surface and having a laterally projecting horizontal limb terminating in an angularly upward projecting end portion adjacent the upper open end portion of said container wall;
• lid means for opening and closing the upper end of said specimen receiving cavity, the lid means comprising a planar top surface having a depending internally threaded annular wall for surrounding and cooperatively threadedly engaging the outer surface of the wall defining the specimen cavity;
• elongated handle means for supporting and positioning the container means to receive specimen within the specimen receiving cavity, the handle means comprising a channel shaped member having a coextensive bight portion and parallel side walls integrally joined with first and second end walls,
• said first end wall having an outer surface angularly inclined outwardly,
• a lug secured to the lid top surface adjacent the perimeter of the lid top surface;
• an upstanding plug eccentrically secured on the lid top surface diametrically opposite the lug;
• and,
• a centrally apertured boss secured to the handle intermediate its ends and between said parallel side walls for nesting said plug when the handle means is diametrically disposed on the lid top surface with the handle bight aperture surrounding the lug, whereby said handle means serves as a lever for manually tightening or loosening the lid on the container means,
• the handle bight portion having a through aperture adjacent the outwardly inclined end wall for receiving and nesting the upward projecting portion of said limb between the side walls of the handle and cooperatively disposing the outer surface of said handle first end wall in lifting contact with the outer surface of said container wall whereby, a person gripping the handle end portion opposite the bight aperture can readily position the container for receipt of the specimen without contact with the specimen.