Patent ID: 8403166

Claim:
A sealable storage container, comprising: a container bottom having an upstanding continuous sidewall which defines an aperture which allows access to the container bottom; a container lid for mating cooperation with the container bottom, and which further has an aperture formed therein and which extends therethrough, and wherein the container lid has a top surface, which has a cavity formed substantially centrally thereof, and wherein the aperture is formed substantially centrally of the cavity; a threaded shaft portion received in the aperture defined by the container lid; a hand-engageable portion affixed to the threaded shaft portion and which rests within the cavity; a moveable pressure plate threadably cooperating with the threaded shaft portion, and wherein a clockwise rotation of the threaded shaft portion moves the pressure plate in the direction of the container lid, and a counter-clockwise rotation of the threaded shaft portion moves the moveable pressure plate away from the container lid; and a resilient sealing member mounted on the moveable pressure plate and which extends in the direction of the container lid, and wherein the clockwise rotation of the threaded shaft portion causes the resilient sealing member to engage the container lid, and then deform, at least in part, laterally, outwardly so as to releasably, sealably engage the continuous sidewall of the container bottom to effect the sealable attachment of the container lid to the container bottom.