Patent ID: 8308008
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A sealable container, comprising: walls defining interior and exterior surfaces and an interior space, the walls having an upper portion near an upper end of the walls that defines a sealing flange, the sealing flange having an internal edge that defines an opening to the interior space; a collar having an interior surface adapted to fit around the container near the upper portion and defining a subcollar space between the exterior surface of the container and the interior surface of the collar; a removable lid carried on the collar and having an interior surface which, when in a closed position, is adapted to cover and seal the opening, the lid having a sealing wall depending from its surface and projecting toward the sealing flange and being dimensioned to remain inward of the sealing flange when in the closed position, and the sealing wall having an inwardly funneled lower edge; a flexible gasket dimensioned to removably rest against the sealing flange and being carried from a surface of a group that includes (a) the interior surface of the collar, (b) the interior surface of the walls, and (c) the sealing wall of the lid; and wherein when the lid is in the closed position, the sealing wall and the sealing flange are dimensioned such that the sealing wall biases the flexible gasket against the internal edge of the sealing flange and the sealing wall contacts the internal edge of the sealing flange to have the inwardly funneling lower edge projecting below the internal edge of the sealing flange to seal the subcollar space from the container interior.