Synthetic Fluid Impervious Gasket

A synthetic, fluid impervious gasket for releasably, and fluid sealably, coupling together a fluid delivery assembly, and a fluid receiving assembly, comprising:

• an annular-shaped main body fabricated from a synthetic, polymeric, closed-cell, resilient, and fluid impervious material, and which further defines, at least in part, a medial fluid passageway extending therethrough, and wherein the medial fluid passageway is defined, at least in part, by a longitudinal line of reference, and wherein the annular-shaped main body further has a first, substantially planar surface which releasably, and fluid sealably, mates with a fluid receiving assembly, and a second, concavely shaped surface which releasably, and fluid sealably, mates with a fluid delivering assembly;
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• a flexible funnel fabricated from the synthetic, polymeric, closed-cell, resilient, and fluid impervious material, and wherein the flexible funnel is frustum shaped, and further has a first end that is made integral with the annular-shaped main body at a location which is near the first, substantially planar surface, and is further oriented in substantially coaxial alignment with the longitudinal line of reference, and wherein the flexible funnel further defines, at least in part, a portion of the medial fluid passageway, and wherein the flexible funnel is positioned in a fluid delivering relationship relative to the fluid receiving assembly, and wherein the flexible funnel is selectively moveable between a first and a second operational position so as to allow the annular-shaped main body to fluid sealably, cooperate with the fluid receiving assembly, and wherein the flexible funnel when located in the first operational position is, at least in part, telescopingly positioned within the annular-shaped main body, and when located in the second operational position, depends outwardly relative to the first, substantially planar surface of the annular-shaped main body.