Abstract: A funnel with spill guard for preventing the contents of a liquid container from overflowing. The inventive device includes a funnel member having an open end, a tapered body, a neck, a threaded nipple within the neck, and an extended tube extending from the neck and the threaded nipple. The extended tube extends into the container thereby creating an air pocket of equal height that preferably has a volume sufficient to receive the entire contents of the funnel member. The air pocket is sealed within the container between the liquid level and the threaded nipple until the user loosens the threaded nipple to allow the air within the air pocket to escape. The extended tube preferably includes a filter member for catching debris within the fluid.

Abstract: A molded nipple connection system for permanently molding a metal nipple within a plastic container that is not susceptible to expansion/contraction forces incurred by the plastic container. The inventive device includes a metal nipple having a threaded end or a cincture surrounded end, a lumen, an immersion end positioned within the plastic during molding, and a plurality of openings adjacent the immersion end. The plurality of openings allow the liquefied plastic during molding to project through the exterior surface of the metal nipple into the lumen of the metal nipple where it is joined with liquefied plastic within the lumen of the metal nipple. After hardening of the plastic, the mold is removed and the metal nipple is captured within the plastic container because of the plastic-securing loop created through the plurality of openings. The plurality of openings are preferably slots, however they may comprise various other well-known shapes.