Patent ID: 8469066

Claim:
A funnel assembly comprising: a tube defining a tube passageway and a tube opening; a funnel member being at least partially disposed within the tube passageway, and defining a first funnel opening, a second funnel opening, a hole, and a funnel passageway that provides fluid communication between the first and second funnel openings; wherein the funnel member includes: a flexible portion having a plurality of ribs and a plurality of pleats operatively interconnecting the ribs; wherein the pleats at least partially define the funnel passageway; a rigid portion; wherein the second funnel opening is defined at one end of the rigid portion and the flexible portion extends from the other end of the rigid portion; and a mesh portion disposed at the other end of the rigid portion such that the rigid portion is disposed between the flexible portion and the mesh portion; wherein the second opening is defined by the mesh portion; wherein the funnel member is selectively movable between a first configuration in which the first funnel opening is wider than the tube opening, and a second configuration in which the first funnel opening is narrower than the tube opening; and a tether including a narrow portion, a first enlarged portion, and a second enlarged portion; wherein the narrow portion extends through the hole such that the hole is disposed between the first and second enlarged portions; and wherein the first and second enlarged portions are bulbous in shape.