CONTAINER ADAPTER LIDS
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for an adapter lid of a container. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a planar wall extending along a horizontal plane, the planar wall being configured to attach to a gasket and extend along a rim of a container, where the planar wall includes an opening to provide a passage for the object to enter a cavity of the container. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include an opening wall configured to circumscribe the opening and extend from the horizontal plane to form a spout, where the adapter lid is configured to attach to the rim of the container in a normal orientation and attach to the rim of the container in a reverse orientation.
1 . A container system, comprising:
a container comprising a body with a cavity to hold an object and a first opening to receive the object;
a gasket configured to attach to a rim of the first opening of the container to form a first seal between the rim and an adapter lid;
the adapter lid comprising:
a planar wall extending along a horizontal plane, the planar wall being configured to attach to the gasket and extend along the rim of the first opening, wherein the planar wall comprises a second opening to provide a passage for the object to enter the cavity of the container;
an opening wall configured to circumscribe the second opening and extend perpendicularly from the horizontal plane to form a spout, wherein the adapter lid is configured to:
attach to the rim of the container in a normal orientation such that:
the opening wall extends upwardly and away from the cavity; and
the adapter lid is operable to receive an adapter at a top of the opening wall; and
attach to the rim of the container in a reverse orientation such that:
the opening wall extends downwardly and into the cavity; and
the adapter lid is operable to receive the adapter at a bottom of the opening wall; and
a container band shaped to attach the gasket and the adapter lid to the rim of the container.
2 . The container system of claim 1 , wherein the container is a mason jar.
3 . The container system of claim 1 , wherein the opening wall tapers inward from a bottom of the opening wall to a top of the opening wall such that a first diameter of the opening wall at the bottom of the opening wall is greater than a second diameter of the opening wall at the top of the opening wall.
4 . The container system of claim 3 , wherein the adapter lid is configured to receive an adapter at the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall wherein a third diameter of a portion of the adapter inserted into the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall is greater than the second diameter.
5 . The container system of claim 4 , wherein the adapter is operable to form an airtight seal with the top of the opening wall as the adapter is inserted into the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall.
6 . The container system of claim 1 , wherein an outer circumference of the planar wall slopes upward at an angle to an inner circumference of the planar wall circumscribing the second opening.
7 . The container system of claim 6 , wherein when the adapter lid is in the normal orientation, the slope of the planar wall is configured to direct liquid on a top surface of the planar wall away from the opening wall.
8 . The container system of claim 6 , wherein when the adapter lid is in the reverse orientation, the slope of the planar wall is configured to direct liquid on the top surface of the planar wall toward the opening wall.
9 . The container system of claim 1 , wherein the gasket is integrated onto an outer circumference of the planar wall.
10 . The container system of claim 1 , wherein the gasket is operable to be positioned below a bottom surface of the planar wall when the adapter lid is in the normal orientation.
11 . The container system of claim 1 , wherein the gasket is operable to be positioned on or above a top surface of the planar wall when the adapter lid is in the reverse orientation.
12 . The container system of claim 1 , wherein the second opening is offset from a center of the planar wall such that the opening wall is offset from the center of the planar wall.
13 . An adapter lid, comprising:
a planar wall extending along a horizontal plane, the planar wall being configured to attach to a gasket and extend along a rim of a container, wherein the planar wall comprises an opening to provide a passage for an object to enter a cavity of the container; and
an opening wall configured to circumscribe the opening and extend from the horizontal plane to form a spout, wherein the adapter lid is configured to:
attach to the rim of the container in a normal orientation such that:
the opening wall extends upwardly and away from the cavity; and
the adapter lid is operable to receive an adapter at a top of the opening wall; and
attach to the rim of the container in a reverse orientation such that:
the opening wall extends downwardly and into the cavity; and
the adapter lid is operable to receive that adapter at a bottom of the opening wall.
14 . The adapter id of claim 13 , wherein the container is a mason jar.
15 . The adapter lid of claim 13 , wherein the adapter is at least one of a bottle stopper, a liquid pourer, a wine pourer, a wine aerator, a stopper, a fermentation spout, a one-way valve, a metered pour adapter, or a vacuum seal attachment.
16 . The adapter lid of claim 13 , wherein:
the opening wall tapers inward from the bottom of the opening wall to the top of the opening wall such that a first diameter of the opening wall at the bottom of the opening wall is greater than a second diameter of the opening wall at the top of the opening wall; and
the adapter lid is configured to receive the adapter at the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall wherein:
a third diameter of a portion of the adapter inserted into the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall is greater than the second diameter; and
the adapter is operable to form an airtight seal with the top of the opening wall as the adapter is inserted into the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall.
17 . An adapter lid, comprising:
a planar wall extending along a horizontal plane, the planar wall being configured to attach to a gasket and extend along a rim of a container, wherein the planar wall comprises an opening to provide a passage for an object to enter a cavity of the container; and
an opening wall configured to:
circumscribe the opening; and
extend from the horizontal plane to form a spout, wherein:
the opening wall tapers inward from a bottom of the opening wall to a top of the opening wall such that a first diameter of the opening wall at the bottom of the opening wall is greater than a second diameter of the opening wall at the top of the opening wall; and
the adapter lid is configured to receive an adapter at the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall wherein:
a third diameter of a portion of the adapter inserted into the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall is greater than the second diameter; and
the adapter operable to form an airtight seal with the top of the opening wall as the adapter is inserted into the top of the opening wall or the bottom of the opening wall.
18 . The adapter lid of claim 17 , wherein the container is a mason jar.
19 . The adapter lid of claim 17 , wherein the adapter lid is configured to:
attach to the rim of the container in a normal orientation such that:
the opening wall extends upwardly and away from the cavity; and
the adapter lid is operable to receive the adapter at the top of the opening wall; and
attach to the rim of the container in a reverse orientation such that:
the opening wall extends downwardly and into the cavity; and
the adapter lid is operable to receive the adapter at the bottom of the opening wall.
20 . The adapter lid of claim 17 , wherein the opening wall extends upward from the planar wall at an angle.