Attachment for a liquid container

Claim 1

In combination with a liquid container having an access opening, an annular channeled lid anchoring rim surrounding said access opening and mounted within said liquid container, said anchoring rim normally cooperating with a lid to close said container, an attachment connectable with said rim upon removal of said lid, said attachment comprising: an elongated housing having at the inner end an inner opening and at the outer end an outer opening, an attaching ring mounted upon said housing about said inner opening, said attaching ring connectable in a tight fitting manner with said anchoring rim, a second anchoring rim mounted upon said housing about said outer opening, said lid being connectable in a tight fitting manner with said second anchoring rim; side opening means provided in the side walls of said housing for pouring the liquid from said liquid container; said side opening means includes a spout extending outwardly from the side wall of said housing; said side opening means being closeable by closing means; said closing means comprises an enlarged cap screw threadingly attached to said spout and a smaller sized cap screw threadingly connected to said large sized cap; and an annular inwardly extending flange attached to said housing and located within said housing adjacent said inner opening, said flange being slightly inclined in a downwardly depending manner from the horizontal and being thin in cross-section, said annular inwardly extending flange functioning to cause any liquid within said housing to be drained back into said liquid container.