US 12,250,954 B2
Ice block form
Carl Rupp, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Gregg Gehring, West Valley City, UT (US)
Assigned to Snowie LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Snowie LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,495.
Application 17/660,495 is a continuation of application No. 16/033,145, filed on Jul. 11, 2018, granted, now 11,311,025, issued on Apr. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/531,311, filed on Jul. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394995 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23G 9/22 (2006.01); A23G 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 9/083 (2013.01) [A23G 9/221 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an ice block form comprising:
a generally planar base,
a plurality of sidewalls and rising from the generally planar base to define an open top,
at least one expansion joint formed as a gap between two members of the plurality of sidewalls, the at least one expansion joint extending from the generally planar base to the open top and allowing flexible movement between the two members of the plurality of sidewalls, and
a plurality of flanges, wherein each flange is disposed at an upper end of each sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls; and
a planar member comprising a first and second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a plurality of elevation structures and the second surface comprises a plurality of alignment structures;
wherein the planar member is configured to reside on the plurality of flanges of the ice block form and the plurality of alignment structures extend into the opening of the ice block form such that the planar member retains its position on the ice block form.