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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7285034 | Toy play set A toy play set for use in a vehicle having a beverage cup holder includes a generally elongated body. At least a first longitudinal end is sized and shaped to fit at least partially into the cup holder sufficiently for the cup holder to support the body in a general... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264531 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the construction of a snow man/woman A building component for facilitating a construction of a snow man/woman. A spherically-shaped body is provided that has an outer surface and an interior, the interior substantially lighter than when the interior is filled with snow. An adhesion surface is provided ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252280 | Method and device for manufacturing pellets of hot-melt ink A method for manufacturing pellets of hot-melt ink which includes the steps of filling molten ink into a mold cavity defined by a first die and a second die of a mold, allowing the ink to cool down and solidify in the mold cavity, and heating at least one of the fir... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249686 | Food serving tray with draining compartments A hand-portable serving tray having a compartmented food carrier releasably engaged over a collector tray, the food carrier comprising a plurality of upstanding walls dividing a plurality of close-pack compartments. Within each compartment is at least one hole on a ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210307 | Refrigerator ice storage bin with lid A refrigerator having a freezer compartment having an ice maker disposed within the freezer compartment for forming ice pieces and an ice storage bin removably mounted to freezer compartment door below the ice maker having an open top receptacle for receiving ice pi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7163185 | System, method and article of manufacture for three dimensional bride and groom cake kit A baking system that allows the user to create a three-dimensional cake having the form of a bride and groom, or man and woman. The substantial part of the human forms is accomplished by a molding process using cake, candy or chocolate. Utilizing 2 piece pans; havin... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7093816 | Sealed container filled with water for making ice and package comprising same The sealed container filled with liquid is designed for making ice. It comprises a tray having a peripheral wall closed on one side by a base and defining on the other side an opening for extracting the ice. The container comprises a seal for sealing the tray, which... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7014162 | Ice cube tray with server cover An ice cube tray having a rigid support structure for easy handling and manipulation includes plural ice cube compartments, the ice cube compartments including deformable, flexible bottoms to enable ejection of ice cubes by application of a small force on each ice c... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008719 | Battery leakage containment system A leakage containment system for storage batteries supported on a rack. Plural, generally rectangular pans are interconnected to each other and are each provided with at least one end wall having a recessed portion so that excess liquid in one pan may spillover into... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997693 | Casting mold half and casting mold for producing contact lenses A casting mold half (5, 5a) for producing contact lenses comprises a mount (50) and an insert (51, 51a), which is arranged at one end of the mount (50) and can be connected to the mount (50) and which has a shaping su... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6872338 | Produce display device A one piece display stand for the point-of-sale display of produce, such as bananas, manufactured out of a closed cell foam material and of solid construction, with generally flat sides and bottom and a top surface having a number of concave troughs for holding the ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6830721 | Liquid dispensing closure A liquid dispensing closure for bottles and the like comprising a one-piece body having an end wall for covering the mouth of the bottle and a depending skirt for threading onto the neck of the bottle. A dispensing aperture in the end wall is surrounded by a spout t... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6776387 | Concrete test cylinder mold cap A method and apparatus for molding a reproducible uniform concrete test cylinder. Concrete is poured into a concrete test cylinder mold. A cap having at least one excretion hole is placed on the top portion of the concrete test cylinder mold. The cap is pressed agai... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6761347 | Shaped ice article and article for making same An article for forming a freezable substance includes a body having at least one cavity. The cavity has an open top, an open bottom and side walls therebetween. The top has a maximum width Wm, with Wm being less than or equal to 0.875 inches (22.23 mm). The width Wm... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6655174 | Method and apparatus for individual disposable packages for freezable substances and a container thereof An article for holding freezable substances includes an individual disposable package for holding the frozen substance and a container therefore. The package is comprised of a bottom portion and a top portion. The frozen substance is placed in the bottom ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6647743 | Method and apparatus for individual disposable packages for freezable substances and a container thereof An article for holding freezable substances includes an individual disposable package for holding the frozen substance and a container therefore. The package is comprised of a bottom portion and a top portion. The frozen substance is placed in the bottom ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6375149 | Mold for forming flat panel display spacers A hexagonal mold is formed by a unitary base and a unitary cover. Each of the base and the cover form three of the six surfaces of a hexagonal mold cavity when the cover is placed on top of the base. The hexagonal mold may be used to form field emission d... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6345802 | Shaped ice article and article for making same An article for forming a freezable substance includes a body having at least one cavity. The cavity has an open top, an open bottom and side walls therebetween. The top has a maximum width Wm, with Wm being less than or equal to 0.875 inches (22.23 mm). T... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6286807 | Mold for expanding moldings A mold for expanded moldings capable of efficiently forming small-sized products in high-yield includes a vessel-shaped lower mold and an upper mold covering the lower mold. A partition wall is disposed protrusively from the bottom surface of the upper mo... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6209849 | Ice cube tray There is disclosed herein an ice cube tray device particularly for use on moving vehicles, such as boats and the like, comprising a top member having a plurality of cap like members attached to the underside thereof. The device further includes a pluralit... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6196518 | Ice cube having a slidable cover A covered ice cube tray is provided for making, storing, and dispensing ice cubes. The cover is slidably mounted upon the tray and includes at least one leading edge that is shaped so that, as the cover is moved in relation to the tray, ice cubes are unco... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6168131 | Ice cube tray and dispenser An ice cube storage and dispensing unit having an ice cube tray tray with a plurality of ice cube compartments and a plurality of slits along one of the longitudinal edges. There is a cover is removably secured to the ice cube tray which creates a closed ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5851415 | Snow mold A decorative holiday figurine convertible by the consumer to a snow mold for molding snow into shapes conforming to the interior of the figurine. The figurine is manufactured so the consumer can remove portions of the figurine for loading snow and separat... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5632926 | Snowman mold A snowman mold having a snowman mold cavity defined within a base member, a torso member, and a head member that are integral relative to one another, with each of the members having doors opened for access to the mold cavity permitting ease of removal of... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5632924 | Muffin tray and process for baking muffins A muffin tray made from modified crystalline polyethylene terephthalate has a plurality of baking wells with heat-transfer inhibiting bottoms, and protruding circumferential ridges to accommodate differential thermal expansion while limiting related disto... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5593699 | Apparatus for manufacturing form-fitting insoles An apparatus for manufacturing form-fitting insoles, including two trays on the bottom of each of which a piece of load-deformable fibrous spongy material is placed; the material is impregnated with a foaming reagent preparation and is covered in its uppe... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5582389 | Disposable cooking utensil A cooking utensil has a base portion and a wall portion, wherein at least the wall portion is disposable after a single use. The wall portion includes a score line for irreversibly forming an opening in the wall portion. Tabs may be provided on either sid... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5578332 | Contact lens mould A mould for cast moulding a contact lens includes a first cup member having a male mould surface and a second cup member with a female mould surface. The two cup members form a piston and cylinder and are used in a pressure vessel so as to apply loading p... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5499575 | Food loaf shaping and texturizing rack A food loaf shaping and texturizing rack is provided which transforms a generally cylindrical large food loaf, stick or chub into a shape which approximates that of a natural food product, such as whole muscle meat when sliced. The rack also includes a la... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5398908 | Container for receipt of an edible good The closure lid is designed as mold on the container body. The volume enclosed by the closure lid and the container body equals at least approximately the volume of the product filled into the container. The edible good is placed in a flowable state into ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5397097 | Ice cube trays with integral lids An ice cube tray comprising a tray having an upper horizontal peripheral ledge and an upwardly extending vertical periphery terminating in an upper edge, a plurality of planar connectors in a grid pattern located in the plane of the upper ledge and a plur... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5393032 | Non-reusable, peel off covered ice tray There is provided an ice tray that includes a body and a laminated cover that has a plastic coat for securing together the body and the cover. The body includes a plurality of individual cavities for receiving liquid therein. Each wall of each cavity has ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5277874 | Mold apparatus for thermally processing a rimmed, sealed, food-filled, plastic container A process and apparatus for the commercial sterilization of thin-walled, high-profile plastic containers, which are hermetically sealed with an easy-peel aluminum foil/plastic-coated lid stock material. The apparatus is a rack of molds, each mold having a... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5251866 | Flexible coverstock semi-rigid foam void test mold A test mold assembly for evaluating the surface deformation tendency of a coverstock bonded to a reactive plastic formulation to voids in the formulation including a base adapted to support a coverstock and spaced side walls extending upwardly from the ba... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5252056 | Contact lens casting mould A contact lens casting mould includes two casting mould halves. A concave shaping surface (11) is constructed on a female part (1) and a convex shaping surface (21) on a male part (2). When joined together, the two casting mould halves (1 and 2) adhere by... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5196127 | Ice cube tray with cover A stackable, covered ice cube tray apparatus including a base member having four side walls, each side wall having a lower end and a top end, wherein said side walls and bottom wall form a basin for storage of a liquid. The apparatus further includes a co... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5188744 | Ice cube dispenser tray An ice cube dispenser tray capable of dispensing only a desired number of ice cubes into a glass or container without dropping of additional unwanted cubes from the tray, includes an elongate tray body having separate ice cube compartments aligned in succ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5160689 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing cosmetic products A multiple cavity mold for lipstick products includes a plurality of receptacles. Each receptacle has an inner cavity and an outer surface that is exposed such that a coolant, which is circulated about the receptacle, causes a cosmetic melt contained ther... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5071331 | Mold for foam products An improved mold for forming foam products is provided with replaceable mold inserts which can be inserted into a mold block. The mold inserts have a cavity in which the product is foamed. The mold inserts are formed from a stick resistant material. Cap m... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5044600 | Ice cube dispenser A device is provided to facilitate the dispensing of ice cubes from a flexible plastic ice cube tray having long edge lips. The device, of monolithic construction, has a small chamber for receiving and dispensing ice cubes from separate rows of the ice cu... | 09/03/1991 |
