Air tight gas circulating container

A container comprising:

• (a) a housing made as a single piece from a clear material, said housing having a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment, each of said first storage compartment and said second storage compartment having a cavity defined by base and a plurality of walls, each of said plurality of walls having a top and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the plurality of walls and the base of the first storage compartment are imperforate, wherein said plurality of walls of the first storage compartment includes a first end wall and said plurality of walls of the second storage compartment includes a second end wall, wherein the first end wall and the second end wall are adjacent each other, wherein each of the plurality of walls and the base of the first storage compartment have a plurality of parallel ridges defining a plurality of concave valleys open to the cavity the first storage compartment, wherein the plurality of parallel ridges and the plurality of concave valleys of the base and at least one of the plurality of walls defining the cavity of said first storage compartments ire aligned to form a plurality of uninterrupted flow channels extending across the base and up at least one of the plurality of imperforate walls of the first storage compartment, said plurality of uninterrupted flow channels being open to the cavity of the first storage compartment, said housing further comprising a rim extending from the tops of each of the plurality of walls of each of the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment, said rim having an uninterrupted top surface and including a peripheral rim portion and further including a bridge extending between the tops of the first and second end walls holding said first storage compartment and said second storage compartment together;
• (b) a lid made of a single piece of clear plastic material and having a first imperforate plate adapted to cover the first storage compartment and a second plate adapted to cover the second storage compartment, an attachment member comprising a peripheral rim portion engagement section and a bridge engagement section, said peripheral rim portion engagement section comprising a peripheral channel adapted to receive and form an air tight seal with the peripheral rim portion of the housing thus sealing at least the cavity of the first storage compartment from the exterior of the housing, and wherein said bridge engagement section joins the first and second plates together and includes a bridge receiving channel adapted to receive and form an air tight seal with the bridge of the housing thus sealing the cavities of the first and second storage compartments from each other, said lid further comprising a first media compartment recessed in said first plate, said media compartment including a trough comprising a platform and an upstanding wall surrounding the platform and extending upwardly from the platform, said platform and upstanding wall of the first media compartment adapted to support and contain a payload comprising a reaction medium, said first media compartment including at least one gas flow opening allowing gas to flow between the first media compartment and the first storage compartment, and wherein the at least one gas flow opening is positioned relative to the location of the payload placed in the trough such that the payload does not block the at least one gas flow opening;
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• (c) a cover for sealing and covering the open top of the media compartment.