Liquid funnel and container piercing blade combination

Claim 1

A piercing and pouring device for a cylindrical side wall container having dispensing material therein and having a cover, comprising: a hollow body portion having an open top, a bottom and an interior wall surface and being dimensioned to telescopically receive therein said container; a pouring spout depending from said bottom and terminating in a pouring opening, said spout being in flow communication with said body portion; a container piercing blade carrying element which is circular in shape; means for releasably securing said blade carrying element within said body portion; and a piercing blade on said blade carrying element and having a piercing point upwardly extending from said carrying element toward said open top, said securing means including a protrusion on said interior wall surface, said protrusion having a flat bottom surface, said blade carrying element having an opening on its other periphery, said opening dimensioned to have said protrusion pass therethrough, and said blade carrying element having a groove on its outer periphery in communication with said opening, said blade carrying element being inserted within the interior of said hollow body portion with said opening in registry with said protrusion, said blade carrying element being lowered beneath said protrusion and rotated so as to have said flat bottom surface engage said groove and wherein said securing means includes said blade carrying element having a plurality of said openings and respective grooves and said interior wall surface carrying a plurality of said protrusions, each dimensioned to cooperate with a respective one of said openings, the bottom surfaces of said protrusions being co-planar, wherein one of said openings and one of said protrusions are dimensioned so as to cooperate only with each other so as to secure said blade carrying element in a selected position within said body portion and wherein a horizontal ledge projects outwardly from said interior wall surface so as to engage the bottom of said blade carrying element when it is in said selected position, said body portion further including a pair of spaced upper and lower indented rings circumferentially extending about its exterior surface for adding structural stability to said body portion, each of said indented rings having an interior annular surface which projects inwardly from said interior wall surface, said interior annular surface of said lower ring being disposed between said bottom surfaces of said protrusions and said horizontal ledge whereby said interior annular surface of said lower indented ring engages the underside of said blade carrying element when said blade carrying element is in said selected position.