Patent ID: 7331490

Claim:
A container having an air intake mechanism, comprising: a container mouth portion; a blow-molded body portion, having an opening larger than an opening of the container mouth portion and said opening located between the container mouth portion and the body portion; a narrowed portion of a container body side portion of the blow-molded portion and a discharge port in the narrowed portion; and an air channel extending from and connecting a side wall of the blow-molded body portion positioned over the narrowed portion to the interior of the container body, the air channel having a length such that air supplied through an air port at an edge of the air channel will be released directly into liquid in the container when liquid is being discharged from the container, and the container is configured such that when the container is tilted for discharging liquid, the air port is below a level of liquid in the container and above the narrowed portion thereof.