Container with Sealing Wall

Abstract

A container ( 210 ) for holding granular/powdered material and formed by a top wall ( 212 ), a bottom wall ( 214 ), a front wall ( 216 ), a rear wall ( 218 ), a first side wall ( 220 ), and a second side wall ( 222 ). A removable lid (D) is interiorly mounted with a scoop ( 32 ) and is hinged to a collar ( 300 ) that includes a sealing gasket ( 330 ). The collar ( 300 ) mounts to the walls of the container ( 210 ). A sealing wall 240 of the lid (D) cooperates with the powder controlling features to prevent and minimize spills, and which include a substantially domed central section ( 344 ) positioned inwardly of the sealing wall ( 340 ). The substantially domed central section ( 344 ) is formed as part of the lid (D) and connected thereto by the sealing wall ( 34 ) and or an angled tapered wall ( 346 ).

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 collar-mounted removable lid 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 interior surface and projecting toward the sealing flange and being dimensioned to remain inward of the sealing flange when in the closed position, the lid further having a substantially domed central section of dimensions less than the sealing wall and joined to the lid by an angled wall tapering from the domed central section down to the interior surface proximate to the sealing wall; and   wherein, upon righting a disoriented container having contents, the angled wall and the sealing wall cooperate to direct the contents packed against the interior surface of the lid down into the interior space of the container to substantially prevent entry into the subcollar space.   
   
   
       2 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a flexible gasket carried from the collar and dimensioned to be biased against the sealing flange; and   wherein when the lid is in the closed position, the gasket, the sealing wall and the sealing flange are dimensioned such that the sealing wall biases the flexible gasket against the internal edge of the sealing flange to seal the subcollar space from the container interior and whereby the flexible gasket further cooperates with the angled wall and the sealing wall to direct the packed contents into the interior space of the container to substantially prevent entry into the subcollar space.   
   
   
       3 . The sealable container according to  claim 2 , wherein the gasket attaches to and depends from the interior surface of the collar, and has an internal edge extending inwardly beyond the internal edge of the sealing flange and wherein when the lid is in an open position, the gasket is arranged to remain biased against the sealing flange to further cooperate in directing the packed contents into the interior space of the container to substantially prevent entry into the subcollar space. 
   
   
       4 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , wherein the tapered angled wall is arranged to have an angle relative to a vertical direction of between approximately 10 degrees and approximately 90 degrees. 
   
   
       5 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , wherein the tapered angled wall is arranged to have an angle relative to a vertical direction of between approximately 15 and approximately 75 degrees. 
   
   
       6 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , wherein the tapered angled wall is arranged to have an angle relative to a vertical direction of between approximately 20 and approximately 60 degrees. 
   
   
       7 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , wherein the tapered angled wall is arranged to have an angle relative to a vertical direction of between approximately 25 and approximately 45 degrees. 
   
   
       8 . The sealable container according to  claim 7 , wherein the tapered angled wall is arranged to have an angle relative to a vertical direction of approximately 30 degrees. 
   
   
       9 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , wherein the substantially domed central section extending to the sealing wall defines an area between approximately 20 percent and approximately 80 percent smaller than an area defined by the removable lid. 
   
   
       10 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , wherein the substantially domed central section projects upwardly with a height dimension that is between approximately 10 percent and approximately 60 percent of a cumulative lid height dimension. 
   
   
       11 . The sealable container according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a scoop holder projecting from the interior surface of the lid and positioned proximately within the substantially domed central section, the scoop holder having brackets with a cover and a restraint;   a scoop having a handle extending from a bowl and adapted to be removably retained in the scoop holder; and   wherein when the scoop is retained in the scoop holder, the restraint captures the handle to prevent movement and the cover seals the bowl to prevent the contents from entering the bowl.   
   
   
       12 . The sealable container according to  claim 9 , wherein the scoop holder incorporates a first projection extending from the interior surface and having a handle holding notch to hold the handle away from the interior surface in a grasping position.