Survival kit container

Claim 1

A CONTAINER INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, A BOXLIKE BODY HAVING A BOTTOM AND SIDES AND AN OPEN TOP GENERALLY CO-EXTENSIVE IN AREA WITH SAID BOTTOM TO PERMIT ARTICLES TO BE DEPOSITED IN SAID BODY, MEANS FORMING A GASKET RECESS AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID OPEN TOP, A RESILIENT GASKET HAVING A CONCAVE SURFACE IN ITS RELAXED STATE, SAID GASKET BEING DISPOSED IN SAID GASKET RECESS WITH ITS CONCAVE SURFACE FACING OUT OF THE RECESS, A LID ADAPTED TO FIT OVER SAID GASKET TO CLOSE SAID TOP, MEANS COMPRISING A CLAMP FOR SECURING SAID LID TO SAID BODY TO COMPRESS SAID GASKET TO PROVIDE A HERMETIC SEAL BETWEEN THE LID AND THE BODY TO FORM AN ASSEMBLY OF THE LID AND THE BODY, MEANS PROVIDING AN OPENING HAVING AN AREA APPRECIABLY SMALLER THAN THE AREA OF SAID OPEN TOP IN SAID ASSEMBLY, MEANS COMPRISING A MICROPOROUS STRUCTURE PROVIDING A WATER-IMPERMEABLE GAS-PERMEABLE SEAL AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID SEAL IN SAID OPENING TO PREVENT PASSAGE OF WATER INTO SAID BODY WHILE PERMITTING THE PASSAGE OF GAS INTO AND OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY.