US 11,849,737 B2
Food-grade shaper and container for frozen confections
Carl A Rupp, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Snowie LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Snowie LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/827,577.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/822,745, filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315205 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A23G 9/22 (2006.01); A23G 9/04 (2006.01); A23G 9/50 (2006.01); B65D 85/60 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 9/221 (2013.01) [A23G 9/045 (2013.01); A23G 9/503 (2013.01); B65D 85/60 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a serving container comprising a cup portion and a shaping portion, wherein:
the cup portion comprises a lower sidewall defining a cup cavity for receiving a shaved ice confection;
the shaping portion comprises an upper sidewall defining a plurality of shaping regions; and
the shaping portion comprises a top rim defining a top-most portion of the serving container; and
a shaping lid configured to removably engage with the serving container, wherein the shaping lid comprises a bottom rim comprising a plurality of shaping regions that correspond with the plurality of shaping regions of the upper sidewall of the shaping portion of the serving container and the bottom rim having a shape corresponding with the top rim of the serving container;
wherein the shaping lid comprises a plurality of surface reliefs disposed on an ice-shaping surface of the shaping lid, and wherein the plurality of surface reliefs of the shaping lid and the shaping portion of the serving container together are configured to imprint a continuous and integrated shape on the shaved ice confection.