Lid assembly for a container

A lid assembly for a container, comprising:

• a housing including a closure, circumferentially spaced first vents, and circumferentially spaced second vents, the housing defining a receiving area and a gas flow pathway, the gas flow pathway extending between the first vents, allowing gas transfer between the receiving area and the gas flow pathway, and the second vents, allowing gas transfer between the gas flow pathway and an atmosphere;
• an extensible and collapsible bellows coupled to the housing, the bellows including an open distal end open to the receiving area and the first vent and configured to fit over the container, and adjustable between an extended position, extended outward of the receiving area to the open distal end, and a collapsed position, compressed in the receiving area between the first vent and the open distal end;
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• the closure movable rotatably into and out of a closed position closing the first vents concurrently.

A lid assembly for a container, comprising:

• a housing including a closure, a first vent, and a second vent, the housing defining a receiving area and a gas flow pathway, the gas flow pathway extending between the first vent, allowing gas transfer between the receiving area and the gas flow pathway, and the second vent, allowing gas transfer between the gas flow pathway and an atmosphere;
• an extensible and collapsible bellows coupled to the housing, the bellows including an open distal end open to the receiving area and the first vent and configured to fit over the container, and adjustable between an extended position, extended outward of the receiving area to the open distal end, and a collapsed position, compressed in the receiving area between the first vent and the open distal end;
• the closure movable into and out of a closed position closing the first vent;
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• the gas flow pathway including a radial component extending radially outward to a circumferential component, the first vent allowing gas transfer between the receiving area and the radial component and the second vent allowing gas transfer between the circumferential component and the atmosphere.

A lid assembly for a container, comprising:

• a housing including a closure, circumferentially spaced first vents, and circumferentially spaced second vents, the housing defining a receiving area and a gas flow pathway, the gas flow pathway extending between the first vents, allowing gas transfer between the receiving area and the gas flow pathway, and the second vents, allowing gas transfer between the gas flow pathway and an atmosphere;
• an extensible and collapsible bellows coupled to the housing, the bellows including an open distal end open to the receiving area and the first vent and configured to fit over the container, and adjustable between an extended position, extended outward of the receiving area to the open distal end, and a collapsed position, compressed in the receiving area between the first vent and the open distal end;
• the closure movable into and out of a closed position closing the first vents concurrently;
• and
• the gas flow pathway including a radial component extending radially outward to a circumferential component, the first vents allowing gas transfer between the receiving area and the radial component and the second vents allowing gas transfer between the circumferential component and the atmosphere.