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A funnel kit used to transfer liquids such as ketchup, shampoo, oil, etc., from one bottle to another bottle. It functions like a funnel but its structure and material composition (plastic/rubber) allows it to hold both bottles so that they would stay in place. Usually, the top bottle has very littl

A funnel kit used to transfer liquids such as ketchup, shampoo, oil, etc., from one bottle to another bottle. It functions like a funnel but its structure and material composition (plastic/rubber) allows it to hold both bottles so that they would stay in place. Usually, the top bottle has very little liquid and the bottom bottle is almost full. The weight of the fuller bottom bottle would insure that the system would not topple over. This saves the unused liquid instead of throwing it out. Combining several similar devices allows for the transfer of viscous liquid from a smaller bottle to a bigger bottle and vice-versa.

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1. A funnel kit, said funnel kit comprising: a first funnel, said first funnel defining opposed first funnel first and second ends and a first funnel passageway extending therebetween, said first funnel also defining a first funnel first end section extending from said first funnel first end, a long

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A funnel kit, said funnel kit comprising: a first funnel, said first funnel defining opposed first funnel first and second ends and a first funnel passageway extending therebetween, said first funnel also defining a first funnel first end section extending from said first funnel first end, a longitudinally opposed first funnel second end section extending from said first funnel second end, and a first funnel middle section extending between said first funnel first and second end sections, said first funnel passageway being of smaller transversal cross-sectional area at said first funnel second end than at said first funnel first end; anda second funnel, said second funnel defining opposed second funnel first and second ends and a second funnel passageway extending therebetween, said second funnel also defining a second funnel first end section extending from said second funnel first end, a longitudinally opposed second funnel second end section extending from said second funnel second end, and a second funnel middle section extending between said second funnel first and second end sections, said second funnel passageway being of smaller transversal cross-sectional area at said second funnel second end than at said second funnel first end;said first and second funnels being configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein, in said first configuration, said second funnel is inserted in said first funnel such that said second funnel first and second end sections are respectively inside said first funnel first and second end sections; andin said second configuration, said first funnel is partially inserted in said second funnel such that said first funnel second end section is in said second funnel first end section and said first funnel first end section protrudes from said second funnel. 2. The funnel kit as defined in claim 1, wherein in said first configuration, said first and second funnels are spaced apart from each other, said funnel kit further comprising at least one additional funnel positioned between said first and second funnels in said first configuration. 3. The funnel kit as defined in claim 1, wherein said first and second funnels are resiliently deformable. 4. The funnel kit as defined in claim 3, wherein said first and second funnels are made of rubber. 5. The funnel kit as defined in claim 1, wherein said first and second funnel first and second end sections are substantially frusto-conical and taper in a direction leading from respectively said first and second funnel first ends towards respectively said first and second funnel second ends. 6. The funnel kit as defined in claim 5, wherein said first and second funnel middle sections are substantially frusto-conical and taper in a direction leading respectively from said first and second funnel first ends towards respectively said first and second funnel second ends, said first and second funnel middle sections tapering with a larger angle with a longitudinal axis of said first and second funnels than said first and second funnel first and second end sections. 7. The funnel kit as defined in claim 1, wherein in said second configuration, said first funnel second end section is snugly fitted in said second funnel first end section. 8. The funnel kit as defined in claim 1, comprising a plurality of funnels, each of said funnels being hollow and defining a funnel passageway, each of said funnels including a funnel first end section, an opposed funnel second end section and a funnel middle section extending therebetween, said plurality of funnels including said first and second funnels, said plurality of funnels including a largest funnel, said plurality of funnels being configurable to a compact configuration in which said funnels from said plurality of funnels are positioned one inside the other so that said plurality of funnels except said largest funnel are all inserted in said largest funnel. 9. The funnel kit as defined in claim 8, wherein said funnels from said plurality of funnels are snugly fitted to each other in said compact configuration. 10. The funnel kit as defined in claim 8, wherein said funnels from said plurality of funnels are resiliently deformable. 11. The funnel kit as defined in claim 10, wherein said funnels from said plurality of funnels are made of rubber. 12. The funnel kit as defined in claim 8, wherein said funnel first and second end sections of all of said funnels from said plurality of funnels are substantially frusto-conical. 13. The funnel kit as defined in claim 12, wherein said funnel middle sections of all of said funnels from said plurality of funnels are substantially frusto-conical. 14. The funnel kit as defined in claim 13, wherein said funnel middle sections of all of said funnels from said plurality of funnels are shorter than said funnel first and second end sections of all of said funnels from said plurality of funnels. 15. The funnel kit as defined in claim 14, wherein said funnel first and second end sections have an aperture of about 14.25 degrees. 16. A funnel kit as defined in claim 13, wherein said funnel middle sections are about 0.2 inches in length and said funnel first and second end sections are about 0.6 inches in length. 17. The funnel kit as defined in claim 16, wherein said funnel middle section has an aperture of about 60 degrees. 18. The funnel kit as defined in claim 8, wherein all of said funnels from said plurality of funnels are similarly shaped. 19. The funnel kit as defined in claim 18, wherein all of said funnels from said plurality of funnels each include a funnel peripheral wall surrounding said funnel passageway and having a peripheral wall thickness, said funnel peripheral walls each having an outer dimension at each longitudinal position therealong that differs by an integer multiple of twice said peripheral wall thickness from an outer dimension of all the other ones of said funnel peripheral walls at a corresponding longitudinal position therealong. 20. The funnel kit as defined in claim 19, wherein said funnel peripheral walls each have an outer dimension at each longitudinal position therealong in said funnel first end section that differs by an integer multiple of twice said peripheral wall thickness from an outer dimension at a corresponding longitudinal position in said funnel second end section.