Formula container and nipple cap

Claim 1

A DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED: (A) A CONTAINER, (B) A LID FIXEDLY SEALED TO THE CONTAINER TO PROVIDE A BEAD RIM, THE LID BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOLE, (C) A COVER HAVING A DOWNTURNED PERIPHERAL PORTION DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO THE BEAD RIM, THE COVER BEING DISPOSED OVER AND SPACED FROM THE LID AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING DEFINED BY A PERIPHERAL MARGIN, THE OPENING BEING ALIGNED WITH THE LID HOLE, (D) A NIPPLE CARRIED BY THE COVER IN THE OPENING, THE NIPPLE BEING SPACED FROM THE MARGIN TO PROVIDE AN AIR PASSAGE, (E) THE NIPPLE INCLUDING A RESILIENT FLANGE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF THE OPENING AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE COVER AND LID, SAID FLANGE BEING SPACED ABOVE THE LID FOR A DISTANCE OUTWARDLY OF THE LID HOLE TO PROVIDE A COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN, (F) THE FLANGE HAVING A PERIPHERAL LIP SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE COVER AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE LID ABOUT THE LID HOLE TO PROVIDE A LIQUID SEAL UPON ATTACHMENT OF THE COVER, THE LIP PROVIDING THE PERIPHERY OF THE COMPARTMENT, THE LIP BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE BEAD RIM AND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE LID, (G) THE FLANGE BEING PROVIDED WITH A VENT INWARDLY OF THE LIP, YET ABOVE THE LID AND OUTWARDLY OF THE LID HOLE, THE VENT COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMPARTMENT, THE FLANGE HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE COVER INWARDLY OF THE LIP TO CLOSE THE VENT, (H) THE RESILIENT FLANGE FLEXING IN THE COMPARTMENT AWAY FROM THE COVER WHEN A VACUUM IS FORMED INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER SO AS TO OPEN THE VENT TO ENABLE AN INWARD FLOW OF AIR.

Claim 2

A DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED: (A) A CONTAINER, (B) A LID FIXEDLY SEALED TO THE CONTAINER TO PROVIDE A BEAD RIM, THE LID BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOLE, (C) A COVER HAVING A DOWNTURNED PERIPHERAL PORTION DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO THE BEAD RIM, THE COVER BEING DISPOSED OVER AND SPACED FROM THE LID AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING DEFINED BY A PERIPHERAL MARGIN, THE OPENING BEING ALIGNED WITH THE LID HOLE, (D) A NIPPLE CARRIED BY THE COVER IN THE OPENING, THE NIPPLE BEING SPACED FROM THE MARGIN TO PROVIDE AN AIR PASSAGE, (E) THE NIPPLE INCLUDING A RESILIENT FLANGE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF THE OPENING AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE COVER AND LID, SAID FLANGE BEING SPACED ABOVE THE LID FOR A DISTANCE OUTWARDLY OF THE LID HOLE TO PROVIDE A COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN, (F) THE FLANGE HAVING A PERIPHERAL LIP SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE COVER AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE LID ABOUT THE LID HOLE TO PROVIDE A LIQUID SEAL UPON ATTACHMENT OF THE COVER, THE LIP PROVIDING THE PERIPHERY OF THE COMPARTMENT, THE LIP BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE BEAD RIM AND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE LID, (G) THE FLANGE BEING PROVIDED WITH A VENT INWARDLY OF THE LIP, YET ABOVE THE LID AND OUTWARDLY OF THE LID HOLE, THE VENT COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMPARTMENT, THE FLANGE HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE COVER INWARDLY OF THE LIP TO CLOSE THE VENT, (H) THE RESILIENT FLANGE FLEXING IN THE COMPARTMENT AWAY FROM THE COVER WHEN A VACUUM IS FORMED INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER SO AS TO OPEN THE VENT TO ENABLE AN INWARD FLOW OF AIR.