US4886239A
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Ice cube maker
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-09-16
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Granted: 1989-12-12
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Expires: 2007-09-16
Abstract
Abstract This ice cube maker is an ice cube molding cup or container with closed sides and bottom, and open top closed by a hinged cover on which is a flat, flexible handle. The cover is secured in place by quickly engageable and disengageable catch members. Lateral quick attachment and detachment members permit a multiplicity of cups to be arranged in a planar array. Cups of different sizes and shapes may be laterally attached in the planar array. The cups may have internal partitions defining chambers to make more than one ice cube in each cup.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephanie J. Stimmel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 19:13
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25C; F25C1/00; F25C1/22; F25C1/24; F25C1/243
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
An ice cube molding container, comprising: an inverted, truncated pyramidal shaped body having closed opposing side walls, closed bottom wall, and an open top; a cover hinged to one of said side walls to close said open top; catch means disengageably holding said cover closed in leakproof abutment with said open top; handle means on said cover to facilitate opening said cover; said body having a conical internal cavity for forming a conical ice cube therein; and quick attachment and detachment means on said side walls to enable quick mutual lateral attachment of a multiplicity of said ice molding containers to each other to form a planar array, and to enable individual quick detachment of each of said containers from said array.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
An ice cube molding container, comprising: an inverted, truncated pyramidal shaped body having closed opposing side walls, closed bottom wall, and an open top; a cover hinged to one of said side walls to close said open top; catch means disengageably holding said cover closed in leakproof abutment with said open top; handle means on said cover to facilitate opening said cover; said body having a conical internal cavity for forming a conical ice cube therein; and quick attachment and detachment means on said side walls to enable quick mutual lateral attachment of a multiplicity of said ice molding containers to each other to form a planar array, and to enable individual quick detachment of each of said containers from said array.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
An ice cube molding container as defined in claim 1, wherein said handle means is a flat member bonded at one end to said cover and free at another end thereof for lifting with respect to said cover.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
An ice cube molding container as defined in claim 1, wherein each catch means are mutually engaging elements on said cover and at least one other one of said side walls.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
An ice cube molding container as defined in claim 1, wherein said quick attachment means comprises two plugs each located on an adjacent one of said side walls, and two sockets each located on an adjacent other one of said side walls of said body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
An ice cube molding container as defined in claim 4, wherein said plugs and sockets are non-circular in vertical section so that mutually attached containers are held nonrotatably in said array.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
An ice cube molding container as defined in claim 1, further comprising a partition in said cavity dividing said cavity into two chambers for molding two conical ice cubes in said two chambers respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
An ice cube molding container as defined in claim 6, wherein said partition is centrally located between said opposing side walls.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
An ice cube molding container as defned in claim 6, wherein said partition is diagonally located between said opposing side walls.
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