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A detachable handle for a child's sippy cup. The sippy cup includes a cup portion and a lid portion coupled to the cup portion. The lid portion includes a drinking spout having apertures. The detachable handle includes a ring portion that engages the lid and/or the cup portion, and a pair of graspin

A detachable handle for a child's sippy cup. The sippy cup includes a cup portion and a lid portion coupled to the cup portion. The lid portion includes a drinking spout having apertures. The detachable handle includes a ring portion that engages the lid and/or the cup portion, and a pair of grasping portions that extend axially and radially away from the ring portion. Hook portions are radially aligned with, and extend axially opposite the grasping portions, and are engageable with an upper surface of the lid portion. Moving the grasping portions radially inwardly causes the hook portions to move radially outwardly for disengagement from the upper surface and removal of the handle from the sippy cup.

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1. A detachable handle for a child's drinking container, the handle comprising: a ring portion defining an axis and adapted to receive the drinking container;a pair of hook portions depending from the ring portion; anda pair of grasping portions depending from the ring portion, wherein the hook port

1. A detachable handle for a child's drinking container, the handle comprising: a ring portion defining an axis and adapted to receive the drinking container;a pair of hook portions depending from the ring portion; anda pair of grasping portions depending from the ring portion, wherein the hook portions move in response to movement of the grasping portions to afford detachment of the handle from the drinking container,wherein the hook portions move radially away from the axis in response to movement of the grasping portions radially toward the axis. 2. The detachable handle of claim 1, wherein the ring portion is substantially circular. 3. The detachable handle of claim 1, wherein the hook portions are substantially opposed to one another relative to the axis, and wherein each grasping portions is substantially aligned with a respective one of the hook portions. 4. The detachable handle of claim 1, wherein the ring portion includes an arcuate cross section and defines an inwardly facing concave surface and an outwardly facing convex surface, and wherein the grasping portions extend axially from the outwardly facing convex surface. 5. The detachable handle of claim 1, wherein the ring portion includes an upper edge, wherein the hook portions depend substantially axially from the upper edge, and wherein the grasping portions depend substantially axially from the ring portion in a direction opposite the hook portions. 6. The detachable handle of claim 5, wherein each hook portion includes a radially inwardly extending lip. 7. The detachable handle of claim 5, wherein the ring portion includes a lower edge, the handle further comprising a pair of flange portions, each flange portion extending axially from a respective portion of the lower edge between the hook portions. 8. The detachable handle of claim 7, wherein each flange portion includes a varying axial length that is shortest adjacent the hook portions. 9. A child's drinking container comprising: a cup defining an opening and an axis, the cup including a rim at an upper end thereof, the rim having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a recess at least partially around the upper end of the cup;a lid removably coupled to the rim of the cup to overlie the opening, the lid defining a drinking portion; anda handle removably coupled to at least one of the cup and the lid, wherein when the handle is coupled to at least one of the cup and the lid, the handle substantially prevents removal of the lid from the cup,wherein the handle includes a ring portion that substantially surrounds the opening, a hook portion extending axially from the ring portion and engaging the lid, and a grasping portion extending axially from the ring in a direction opposite the hook portion, andwherein the hook portion moves radially away from the axis in response to movement of the grasping portion radially toward the axis, thereby at least partially disengaging the hook portion from the lid. 10. The child's drinking container of claim 9, wherein the handle is rotatable about the axis when the handle is coupled to at least one of the cup and the lid. 11. The child's drinking container of claim 9, wherein the handle is removable while the lid is coupled to the cup. 12. The child's drinking container of claim 9, wherein the handle is a single piece and is formed of a flexible, resilient material, and wherein the handle is coupled to and removed from at least one of the cup and the lid by deforming the handle. 13. The child's drinking container of claim 9, wherein the lid is coupled to the cup along an interface, and wherein when the handle is coupled to at least one of the cup and the lid, a first portion of the handle engages the lid on one side of the interface, and a second portion of the handle engages at least one of the cup and the lid on a second side of the interface. 14. The child's drinking container of claim 13, wherein the first portion of the handle includes a pair of hook portions, and the second portion of the handle includes an engagement surface. 15. The child's drinking container of claim 14, wherein the handle includes an annular ring portion that defines the engagement surface, and that substantially surrounds the interface when the handle is coupled to at least one of the cup and the lid, and wherein the hook portions extend substantially axially from the annular ring portion and are substantially diametrically opposed to one another. 16. The child's drinking container of claim 15, wherein the handle includes a pair of grasping portions extending from the annular ring portion. 17. The child's drinking container of claim 16, wherein each grasping portion is substantially radially aligned with a respective one of the hook portions, and wherein movement of the grasping portions relative to the axis causes radially outward movement of the hook portions to afford coupling and removal of the handle.