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A PITCHER THAT HAS: (A) A BODY PORTION, (B) AN ARM EXTENDING GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BODY PORTION, (C) A SECOND ARM EXTENDING GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BODY PORTION, (D) SAID ARMS BEING, IN PART, SPACED APART CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF SAID BODY PORTION, (E) SAID ARMS HAVING CONCAVE-CONVEX RECESSES IN THE UPPER SURFACES THEREOF, (F) SAID ARMS HAVING GENERALLY VERTICALLY-DIRECTED RECESSES IN THE BOTTOM SURFACES THEREOF, (G) SAID ARMS FORMING PART OF A HANDLE FOR SAID PITCHER, (H) A CLOSURE FOR SAID PITCHER, AND (I) A HINGE FOR SAID CLOSURE, (J) SAID HINGE HAVING A HINGE PLATE THAT IS DISPOSABLE, IN PART, BETWEEN SAID ARMS, WHEREBY PART OF SAID HINGE PLATE WILL BE OVERLAIN BY SAID ARMS, (K) SAID HINGE PLATE HAVING TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS THAT ARE DISPOSABLE, IN PART, WITHIN SAID CONCAVOCONVEX RECESSES IN SAID UPPER SURFACES OF SAID ARMS, (L) SAID HINGE PLATE HAVING FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS THAT ARE ADAPTED TO UNDERLIE SAID RECESSES IN THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID ARMS, (M) THE FIRST SAID TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS BEING ADJACENT THE TOP OF SAID HINGE PLATE, (N) SAID FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS BEING ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF SAID HINGE PLATE, (O) SAID FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS HAVING ABUTMENTS THEREON WHICH ARE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID RECESSES IN THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID ARMS TO RELEASABLY SECURE THE BOTTOM OF SAID HINGE PLATE TO SAID ARMS, (P) THE UNSTRESSED DISTANCES BETWEEN THE FIRST SAID TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS AND SAID FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS BEING LESS THAN THE DISTANCES BETWEEN SAID CONCAVO-CONVEX RECESSES IN THE UPPER SURFACES OF SAID ARMS AND SAID RECESSES IN THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID ARMS WHEREBY SAID HINGE PLATE MUST BE STRESSED WHENEVER THE FIRST SAID TANGENTIALLYEXTENDING EARS ARE DISPOSED IN SAID CONCAVO-CONVEX RECESSES IN THE UPPER SURFACES OF SAID ARMS AND SAID ABUTMENTS ON SAID FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS ARE IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RECESSES IN THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID ARMS, (Q) SAID CLOSURE BEING DISPOSABLE WITHIN THE OPEN TOP OF SAID PITCHER TO SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSE SAID OPEN TOP, (R) SAID CLOSURE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY HIDDEN FROM VIEW WHENEVER IT IS DISPOSED WITHIN THE OPEN TOP OF SAID PITCHER, (S) SAID HINGE HAVING A SECOND HINGE PLATE THAT ROTATABLY SECURES SAID CLOSURE TO THE FIRST SAID HINGE PLATE AND THUS TO SAID PITCHER, (T) SAID SECOND HINGE PLATE HAVING A GOOSENECK THEREIN TO ENABLE SAID CLOSURE TO BE DISPOSED WITHIN THE OPEN TOP OF SAID PITCHER, (U) SAID HINGE AND SAID CLOSURE BEING SECURABLE TO AND SEPARABLE FROM SAID PITCHER AS A UNIT, (V) THE FIRST SAID TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS TENDING TO APPEAR TO MERGE WITH THE TOP SURFACES OF SAID ARMS, (W) SAID FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS TENDING TO APPEAR TO MERGE WITH THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID ARMS, (X) SAID CONCAVO-CONVEX RECESSES AND THE FIRST SAID TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS NORMALLY RECEIVING ANY FORCES WHICH WOULD TEND TO SEPARATE THE FIRST SAID HINGE PLATE FROM SAID ARMS, (Y) SAID FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS BEING DISPLACED FROM THE FORCES WHICH NORMALLY TEND TO SEPARATE THE FIRST SAID HINGE PLATE FROM SAID ARMS, (Z) THE FIRST SAID HINGE PLATE AND THE SAID EARS THEREON BEING DISPOSED WHOLLY EXTERIORLY OF THE INTERIOR OF SAID PITCHER, (AA) THE FIRST SAID HINGE PLATE BEING DISPOSABLE BETWEEN SAID ARMS AND BEING DISPOSABLE SO IT IS GENERALLY RADIALLY-DIRECTED OF SAID BODY PORTION TO PERMIT SAID HINGE PLATE TO BE MOVED DOWNWARDLY UNTIL THE FIRST SAID TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS ARE ADJACENT SAID UPPER SURFACES OF SAID ARMS, (AB) THE FIRST SAID HINGE PLATE THEREAFTER BEING ROTATABLE UNTIL IT IS GENERALLY TANGENTIALLY-DIRECTED OF SAID BODY PORTION TO PERMIT THE FIRST SAID TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS TO BE MOVED INTO SAID CONCAVO-CONVEX RECESSES IN SAID UPPER SURFACES OF SAID ARMS, (AC) SAID ABUTMENTS ON SAID FURTHER, TANGENTIALLY-EXTENDING EARS THEN BEING MOVABLE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RECESSES IN THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID ARMS.