Ice cube tray and lifter
AssigneeMark Levie
InventorMark Levie
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Abstract
A combination ice cube tray and ice cube lifter includes a tray having a plurality of openings and a lifting device. The tray has one or more recesses, each of which has a bottom wall and side walls that extend upwardly from and contiguously around the bottom wall for forming one or more ice cubes therein. The lifting device has a base portion and a top member. The base portion includes one or more cradles configured to seat within the one or more recesses of the tray to seat against the bottom wall of each of the one or more recesses of the tray. Each of the one or more cradles is coupled to an upstanding member. The top member couples to the upstanding members. A method for lifting ice cubes from a tray is also disclosed.
Claims19
A combination ice cube tray and ice cube lifter, comprising:
- a tray having one or more recesses, each of which has a bottom wall and side walls that extend upwardly from and contiguously around the bottom wall for forming one or more ice cubes therein;
- and
- a lifting device having
- a base portion that includes one or more cradles configured to seat within the one or more recesses of the tray to seat against the bottom wall of each of the one or more recesses of the tray, with each of the one or more cradles being coupled to an upstanding member;
- and
- a top member that couples to the upstanding members.
A method for lifting ice cubes from a tray comprising:
- providing a tray having a plurality of recesses, each of which has a bottom wall and upstanding side walls for forming an ice cube in each recess;
- providing a lifting device having a plurality of cradles for seating against the bottom wall of each of the plurality of recesses and an upstanding member coupled to each cradle, said upstanding members being joined together at the top end thereof and forming a handle;
- positioning the lifting device in the recesses such that the cradles fit snugly within each recess;
- filling the recesses with a fluid;
- freezing the fluid in the trays;
- raising the lifting device out of the tray utilizing the handle to remove the ice cubes that are formed on each cradle.
An ice cube lifting device for use with an ice cube tray having a plurality of recesses comprising:
- a plurality of cradles configured to seat within a plurality of recesses of an ice cube tray, each cradle being configured to fit snugly within a recess of an ice cube tray;
- a plurality of upstanding wall portions, with a wall portion coupled to each cradle;
- and
- a top member that couples the upstanding wall portions together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.