Abstract: The present invention relates generally to packaging containers. The packaging containers include a vessel and a cover, and may be used in the food and beverage industry. In one aspect, the invention relates to packaging containers in which beverage ingredients may be stored, and from which a beverage may be prepared by adding a liquid to the ingredients may be consumed. The invention provides, in one aspect, a packaging container including a vessel defining a vessel base wall and an upstanding vessel side wall structure extending upwardly from the vessel base wall, defining an inner zone capable of retaining liquid, a cover defining a cover base wall and a cover side wall structure extending upwardly from the cover base wall configured to rest within the vessel side wall structure, whereby a void is defined between the vessel and the cover, and a circumferential seal adapted to seal the cover to an outer surface of the vessel below the vessel rim formation.

Abstract: A pet tether including a ground fixation device; a base attached to a ground fixation device, the base being disposed above the ground, a coupling on the base, the coupling being disposed above the ground, a leash bracket, the leash bracket having a leash attachment and the leash bracket having a handle, the handle being constructed to couple and uncouple with the coupling, a housing attached to the leash bracket; and a light mounted in the housing.

Abstract: A pet tether including a ground fixation device; a base attached to a ground fixation device, the base being disposed above the ground, a coupling on the base, the coupling being disposed above the ground, a leash bracket, the leash bracket having a leash attachment and the leash bracket having a handle, the handle being constructed to couple and uncouple with the coupling, a housing attached to the leash bracket; and a light mounted in the housing.

Abstract: An in situ air sparging/soil vapor extraction apparatus includes first, second and third concentrically arranged pipes disposed in a single bore hole. The first pipe extends a first length through the bore hole to discharge pressurized gas from a second end. The second pipe surrounds the first pipe and extends a second distance, less than the first length of the first pipe, through the bore hole to discharge pressurized gas from the second end of the second pipe at a different level in the soil then the pressurized gas discharged from the second end of the first pipe. The third pipe surrounds the second pipe and is connected to a low pressure source to extract substantially all of the air discharged through the second ends of the first and second pipes and the contaminants entrained in the air from the soil and groundwater.