Patent ID: 8627981
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
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 attached to 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 a flexible gasket having a molding flash prevention pad, a free end and a fixed end, the free end dimensioned to removably rest against the sealing flange and the fixed end carried from the interior surface of the collar; wherein the molding flash prevention pad protrudes from the interior surface of the collar and is positioned between the fixed end of the flexible gasket and the free end of the flexible gasket; wherein when the lid is in the closed position, the gasket, the sealing wall and the sealing flange are dimensioned whereby the sealing wall biases the flexible gasket against the internal edge of the sealing flange to seal the subcollar space from the container interior.