Patent ID: 8899443

Claim:
A storage container assembly comprising: a storage receptacle having a base and a sidewall connected to the base, the sidewall projecting upward from the base and terminating at a peripheral edge, the sidewall having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a removable lid having a main body configured to cover the peripheral edge of the storage receptacle, an annular first receiving channel defined by first and second channel walls, the first and second channel walls extending downward from a bottom surface of the removable lid, and a second receiving channel; a seal having an annular securing member and an annular blade portion, the annular securing member being at least partially disposed in the first annular receiving channel of the lid for connecting the seal to the lid, the annular blade portion of the seal extending from the annular securing member and into the second receiving channel for contacting the interior surface of an upwardly projecting extent of the sidewall when the lid is connected to the storage receptacle; and wherein when the lid is connected to the storage receptacle, an upwardly projecting extent of the sidewall of the storage receptacle projects upwardly into the second receiving channel and the exterior surface of the upwardly projecting extent of the sidewall of the storage receptacle contacts an interior surface of the second receiving channel of the lid such that the upwardly projecting extent of the sidewall is located within the second receiving channel, and the blade portion of the seal forms a seal with the interior surface of the upwardly projecting extent of the sidewall when the sidewall is in contact with the second receiving channel.