Patent ID: 8826949
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B65B,B67C

Abstract:
1. A canning funnel, comprising: a bowl having sidewalls extending upwardly from a neck to an upper rim of the bowl, the upper rim of the bowl having a diameter greater than a diameter of the neck of the bowl, the neck defining an opening whereby food items placed in the upper bowl are funneled downward by the sidewalls and pass through the neck; an annular seat formed about the opening of the neck, the annular seat defining a lower surface for supporting the canning funnel atop a canning jar; a lower skirt extending downward from the canning funnel below the lower surface of the annular seat and in a direction away from the upper rim of the upper bowl, the lower skirt terminating in a lower edge; the annular seat lower surface further comprising a planar annular surface extending radially outwardly from the opening of the neck to the lower skirt; and a cutaway portion formed in the lower skirt, whereby an upper portion of the canning jar is visible through the cutaway portion when the seat of the canning funnel is supported atop the canning jar.