Attachment for liquid carrying container

Claim 1

An attachment for use in combination with a liquid carrying container, which container includes an annular brim carrier proximate the top of an upright continuous sidewall, said brim having an inner peripheral surface with a bottom edge, an outer peripheral surface with a bottom edge and a gutter having inner and outer opposed sidewalls intermediate said peripheral surfaces, said attachment comprising: (a) a body member including i. a continuous annular ledge extending over said gutter and having an inner edge defining an opening therethrough, an outer edge, and top and bottom surfaces, ii. engagement means depending from bottom surface of said ledge for detachably securing the body member to the brim of said container, iii. a pouring spout having a top surface and extending radially outward from said ledge and having an outer edge, said spout having an axis of symmetry, iv. a rim upstanding from the top surface of said ledge and pouring spout proximate the outer edges thereof and having a terminal edge, v. a brush wiping bar formed integral with the ledge of said body and substantially perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the pouring spout, and vi. a liquid straining element detachably securable to said brush wiping bar and having a plurality of apertures therethrough for passage of liquid through the opening in said ledge to said pouring spout; and (b) a closure member including i. a panel having top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral edge, and ii. a continuous skirt projecting from the bottom surface of said panel proximate the peripheral edge thereof, and detachably engagable with the rim of said body member for sealingly closing the container; and (c) hinge means including i. a first end affixed to said body member, and ii. a second end affixed to said closure member.