US Patent 11679972 Funnel

There is provided a funnel having a body forming a conduit for a flowable material. The body has an inlet to receive the flowable material and an outlet to output the flowable material. The flowable material is to move from the inlet to the outlet along an axis of material movement. The body has a stem portion proximate the outlet, the stem portion for being at least partially received into a corresponding inlet of a receptacle for transferring the flowable material into the receptacle. The funnel also has one or more fins positioned in the stem portion, which fins extend from an outer surface of the body laterally to the axis of material movement. The one or more fins are to abut against an inner surface of the corresponding inlet of the receptacle when the stem portion is at least partially received in the corresponding inlet of the receptacle.