Snap-on cover for draining liquids from food containers

Claim 1

FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPRIGHT OPEN TOP CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER CONTAINING FOOD PARTICLES OF A PREDETERMINED SIZE IMMERSED IN LIQUID, SAID CONTAINER HAVING AN ANNULAR BEAD EXTENDING AROUND THE OPENING TOP THEREOF, A COVER FORMED OF FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING LIMITED ELASTICITY, SAID COVER COMPRISING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CIRCULAR BODY AND AN ANNULAR FLANGE SURROUNDING AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONNECTED TO THE BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THERETHROUGH WHICH ARE SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF SAID FOOD PARTICLES BUT SUFFICIENTLY LARGE FOR PASSAGE OF THE LIQUID THERETHROUGH, SAID FLANGE HAVING A LOWER FLANGE PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BODY AND ADAPTED TO SURROUND AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE THE BEAD TO HOLD THE COVER OVER THE TOP OF THE CONTAINER, SAID FLANGE HAVING AN ANNULAR UPPER FLANGE PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BODY, SAID FLANGE PORTIONS BEING COAXIAL AND SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN DIAMETER, SAID ANNULAR UPPER FLANGE PORTION FORMING THREE UPRIGHT LEGS WHICH ARE EQUALLY SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND THE BODY AND WHICH EXTEND EQUIDISTANT FROM THE BODY.