Receptacle and closure lid therefor

Claim 1

A CLOSURE LID FOR A CONTAINER HAVING A BEADED LIP, SAID LID BEING CONSTITUTED OF ONE PIECE OF RELATIVELY THIN PLASTIC MATERIAL COMPRISING A TOP AND AN INTEGRAL CONTINOUS PERIPHERAL SKIRT OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS WITH SAID TOP, SAID LID BEING FORMED WITH AN ANNULAR INTERNAL RECESS AT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID TOP AND SKIRT FOR RECEIVING SAID BEADED CONTAINER LIP, SAID SKIRT BEING DEFORMED INWARDLY IMMEDIATELY BELOW SAID ANNULAR INTERNAL RECESS TO FORM A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING LOCKING BEAD SEGMENTS FOR LOCKING ENGAGEMENT EXTENDING SAID BEADED CONTAINER LIP, SAID BEAD SEGMENTS EXTENDING OVER THE MAJOR CIRCUMFERENTIAL PORTION OF SAID SKIRT, SAID SKIRT FURTHER BEING DEFORMED OUTWARDLY BETWEEN SAID BEAD SEGMENTS TO FORM INTERNAL DEPRESSIONS DEFINING PERMANENTLY OPEN CHANNELS WHICH EXTEND CONTINUOUSLY UP FROM BETWEEN ADJACENT BEAD SEGMENTS AND RADIALLY INWARDLY ACROSS SAID ANNULAR INTERNAL RECESS TO OVERLIE SAID CONTAINER LIP ALONG THE TOP OF SAID LID, THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF SAID CHANNELS PROVIDING CONTINUOUS VENTING OF THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER AT SUBSTANTIALLY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE WHILE PREVENTING THE ESCAPE OF LIVE BAIT FROM SAID CONTAINER.