US 12,066,236 B2
Ice shaping device
William L. Henderson, Maplewood, NJ (US); and Jimmy Chu, Park Ridge, NJ (US)
Assigned to E. & J. Gallo Winery, Modesto, CA (US)
Filed by E. & J. Gallo Winery, Modesto, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/416,651.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/674,272, filed on May 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0353415 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. F25C 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 5/14 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice-shaping device, comprising:
a lower chamber comprising:
a plurality of outer walls defining a hollow interior in the lower chamber, wherein the plurality of outer walls comprises a top wall defining:
a lower semi-spherical cavity;
a drain hole at a bottom of the lower semi-spherical cavity that allows melted ice water to drain; and
a hole separated laterally from and outside of the lower semi-spherical cavity and providing access to the hollow interior in the lower chamber; and
a plurality of guideposts,
wherein the hollow interior in the lower chamber extends to each wall from the plurality of outer walls; and
an upper chamber comprising:
a plurality of exterior walls defining a hollow interior the upper chamber,
wherein the plurality of exterior walls comprises a bottom wall defining:
an upper semi-spherical cavity; and
a plurality of openings that align with and fit on the plurality of guideposts of the lower chamber, and
wherein the plurality of exterior walls further comprises an upper wall defining a hole providing access to the hollow interior in the upper chamber, wherein the hollow interior in the upper chamber extends to each wall from the plurality of exterior walls, wherein each guidepost from the plurality of guideposts has a length greater than or equal to a diameter of the lower semi-spherical cavity and the upper semi-spherical cavity, wherein the bottom wall in the upper semi-spherical cavity is continuous, and wherein the top wall in the lower semi-spherical cavity is continuous other than the drain hole.