US 12,102,244 B2
Ice mold for making ice straws
Bradley Shelowitz, Long Beach, NY (US); and Christopher Smith, Ronkonkoma, NY (US)
Filed by Bradley Shelowitz, Long Beach, NY (US); and Christopher Smith, Ronkonkoma, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/448,227.
Application 18/448,227 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/160,759, filed on Jan. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/371,438, filed on Aug. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049897 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A23G 9/00 (2006.01); A47G 21/18 (2006.01); B29C 33/00 (2006.01); F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 1/08 (2006.01); F25C 1/22 (2018.01); F25C 1/25 (2018.01)
CPC A47G 21/187 (2013.01) [F25C 1/08 (2013.01); F25C 1/22 (2013.01); A47G 2400/105 (2013.01); F25C 1/25 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mold for forming a straw-shaped ice structure, the mold comprising:
an outer tube having an opened top end, and an opened bottom end;
an inner tube configured to extend centrally through the outer tube, the inner tube having an opened top end, and an opened bottom end;
a top cap configured to be coupled to the opened top end of the outer tube, the top cap defining a channel therethrough configured for receipt of the inner tube; and
a bottom cap configured to be coupled to the opened bottom end of the outer tube, the bottom cap defining a channel therethrough configured for receipt of the inner tube, wherein the outer and inner tubes and the top and bottom caps are configured to collectively define a closed elongated channel therebetween configured to hold a freezable substance therein, wherein the top and bottom caps are configured to prevent the freezable substance from exiting the closed elongated channel via the top and bottom ends of the outer tube when the mold is oriented perpendicular to the direction of gravity, wherein the bottom cap includes:
a body portion; and
a diaphragm extending radially inward from the body portion and into engagement with the inner tube, the diaphragm forming a fluid-tight seal with the inner tube and configured to permit venting of at least one of air or the freezable substance from the closed elongated channel during insertion of the bottom cap into the bottom end of the outer tube.