Jar-Concealing Skirt

Abstract

The present invention discloses a novel, extended length, skirt for a jar or container. The skirt has one or more at least partly opaque walls that extend down and encompass and cover all or most the jar wall when fitted over the jar, so that the contents of the jar may be partly or fully concealed from view. The skirt may also incorporate a lid for sealingly closing and opening the jar. The skirt wall may be cylindrical for covering a jar with a cylindrical wall, or it may take any number of shapes and sizes that correspond to shape and size of the jar.

1 . A skirt for covering and opening and closing a jar having a cavity for accommodating a substance to be stored therein, the skirt comprising:
 a. an at least partially opaque skirt wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, and   b. a skirt top portion integral with one end of the skirt wall and having outer and inner surfaces, and defining a lid for the jar,   
       wherein the skirt is adapted to receive the jar such that when the jar is seated in the skirt, the lid of the skirt top portion is adapted to cooperatively engage the jar to open and close the jar, and the skirt wall covers a majority of the jar. 
     
     
         2 . The skirt of  claim 1 , wherein the jar includes an open neck, and the lid is adapted to cooperatively engage the open neck to open and close the jar. 
     
     
         3 . The skirt of  claim 1 , wherein the jar has a jar wall and a bottom, and the skirt wall has substantially the same shape as the jar wall. 
     
     
         4 . The skirt of  claim 3 , wherein the skirt wall and the jar wall are cylindrical. 
     
     
         5 . The skirt of  claim 3 , wherein where the skirt wall and jar wall are not cylindrical. 
     
     
         6 . The skirt of  claim 1 , wherein when the lid of the skirt engages the jar in a closed position, the skirt conceals all of the jar. 
     
     
         7 . The skirt of  claim 2 , wherein the lid includes threads for screwing onto corresponding threads disposed on an outer surface of the neck of the jar. 
     
     
         8 . The skirt of  claim 2 , wherein the lid of the skirt top portion and the neck of the jar have a shape that is different from the skirt wall. 
     
     
         9 . The skirt of  claim 1 , wherein the lid is integral with the inner surface of the skirt top. 
     
     
         10 . The skirt of  claim 1 , wherein the lid is not integral with the inner surface of the skirt top. 
     
     
         11 . The skirt of  claim 1 , wherein the skirt top is at least partially opaque. 
     
     
         12 . The skirt of  claim 11 , wherein the outer surface of the skirt includes a closable window through which the contents of the jar may be viewed. 
     
     
         13 . The skirt of  claim 1 , wherein the skirt wall outer surface is adapted to contain artwork. 
     
     
         14 . A skirt for inserting therein and covering a jar and a lid for the jar, the skirt comprising:
 a. an at least partly opaque skirt wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, and   b. a skirt top portion integral with the skirt wall and having an inner surface adapted to engage the jar lid and forcibly cause the lid to close and open the jar,   wherein when the jar and lid are inserted in the skirt, the skirt wall covers a majority of the jar.   
     
     
         15 . The skirt of  claim 12 , wherein when the jar and lid are inserted in the skirt, the skirt wall covers substantially all of the jar. 
     
     
         16 . The skirt of  claim 12 , wherein when the jar and lid are inserted in the skirt, the skirt wall conceals all of the jar. 
     
     
         17 . The skirt of  claim 12 , wherein when the inner surface of the skirt top portion separates the jar lid from the jar, the jar lid remains in the skirt top portion of the skirt. 
     
     
         18 . A method of concealing the contents of a container having a container wall and of closing an open end of the container, comprising:
 c. providing a skirt-lid assembly having a skirt wall portion that defines an inner space that substantially takes the shape of the outer dimensions of the container wall;   d. inserting the open end of the container in the skirt-lid assembly so that the skirt wall portion substantially conceals the contents of the container; and   e. securely closing the open end of the container to a lid closure mechanism in the inner space of the assembly.