Compartmented container package

Claim 1

A SELF-VENTING COMPARTMENT CONTAINER PACKAGE COMPRISING AN OUTER CONTAINER, AN INNER CONTAINER, AND A LID THEREFOR, EACH OF SAID OUTER AND INNER CONTAINERS HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND A SIDE WALL WHICH DIVERGES UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND TERMINATES IN AN OPEN UPPER END, THE SIDE WALL OF EACH CONTAINER INCLUDING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING INTERNAL GROOVE RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OFFSET FROM OTHER PORTIONS OF THE SIDE WALL, SAID OUTER CONTAINER HAVING ADJACENT ITS OPEN UPPER END A CIRCUMFERENTIAL RIM OF AN AXIAL HEIGHT AND LATERAL EXTENT GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF ITS SIDE WALL, SAID INNER CONTAINER HAVING A PREDETERMINED SMALLER TRANSVERSE DIMENSION THAN SAID OUTER CONTAINER TO BE TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVED THEREIN AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL SHORTER SIDE WALL TO ASSURE SPACING THE BOTTOM WALLS OF SAID CONTAINERS A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, THE INNER CONTAINER ADJACENT ITS OPEN UPPER END TERMINATING IN A REVERSELY EXTENDING LIP PORTION FOR OVERLYING THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL RIM OF SAID OUTER CONTAINER, SAID LID MEMBER BEING POSITIONED IN COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO THE OPEN UPPER END OF SAID INNER CONTAINER AND ALSO HAVING A REVERSELY EXTENDING LIP PORTION WHICH IS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE INNER CONTAINER LIP PORTION IN EMBRACING ENCIRCLING RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE THERETO, SAID INNER CONTAINER ENCIRCLING MEMBER EACH HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRANGED RADICONFIGURATION TO BE RECEIVED AND RELEASABLY RETAINED WITHCONFIGURATION TO BE RECEIVED AND RELEASABLY RETAINED WITHIN THE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING GROOVE OF SAID OUTER AND INNER CONTAINERS RESPECTIVELY, EACH OF SAID OUTER AND INNER CONTAINERS AND SAID LID MEMBER IN THE VICINITY OF AND AXIALLY SPACED BELOW EACH COOPERATING BEAD AND GROOVE HAVING COMPLEMENTARY SURFACES NORMALLY ENGAGING ONE ANOTHER TO HERMETICALLY SEAL AND PROTECT THE CONTENTS OF THE INNER AND OUTER CONTAINERTS, AND ONE OF EACH OF SAID OUTER AND INNER CONTAINERS AND SAID LID MEMBER AND INNER CONTAINER HAVING VENTING MEANS IN THE VICINITY OF EACH COOPERATING BEAD AND GROOVE AND AXIALLY SPACED UPWARDLY FROM THE NORMALLY ENGAGED SEALING SURFACE TO PERMIT EGRESS OF GASEOUS PRESSURE EMANATING FROM THE OUTER AND INNER CONTAINERS WHILE THE COOPERATING BEAS AND GROOVE OF SAID INNER AND OUTER CONTAINERS AND SAID LID AND INNER CONTAINER MAINTAIN THE PARTS IN ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP.