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Claim 1

IN A LIQUID CONTAIN HAVING AN ENCLOSED INTERIOR VOLUME, A TOP HAVING THERETHROUGH AN APERTURE SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER IN DIMENSION THAN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE TOP AND AN EDGE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A SEALING MEMBER FOR CLOSING THE APERTURE, THE SEALING MEMBER HAVING HINGEDLY SECURED TO THE CONTAINER TOP AND RELEASABLY ENGAGED WITH THE CONTAINER EDGE, THE SEALING MEMBER IN CLUDING A RECESSED PORTION CONFIGURED AND SIZED TO MATE INTIMATAELY IN A LIQUID-TIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERIPHERY OF THE APERTURE AND TO EXTEND INTERIORLY OF THE CONTAINER WHEN THE SEALING MEMBER IS DISPOSED IN CLOSURE RELATION TO THE APERTURE, THE SEALING MEMBER DEFINING A SIPPING PORT THERETHROUGH WITHIN THE RECESS, A FLEXIBLE SIPPING STRAW EXTENDING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER THROUGH THE SIPPING PORT TO AN EXTERIOR END, AND A CLOSURE MEMBER REMOVABLY AND SNUGLY MATING WITH THE SEALING MEMBER IN THE RECESS FOR CLOSING THE RECESS, THE EXTERIOR END OF THE STRAW BEING STORED IN THE RECESS BETWEEN THE SEALING MEMBER AND THE CLOSURE MEMBER.