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US 6,237,646 B1Granted
Ice cream cone holder and drip collector device
OwnerDavid L. Rodmaninventor
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An ice cream cone holder and drip collector device (10, 100, 200) includes a sleeve (12, 14) having an open upper end (16). A drip catcher (18, 28) is attached to the sleeve (12, 14) and includes an inner wall (20) that extends downwardly from the periphery of the open upper end (16) of the sleeve (12, 14). An outer wall (22) can be separated from the inner wall (20) by a spacer wall (24), the inner wall (20), outer wall (22), and spacer wall (24) forming the drip catcher (18). Because the drip catcher (18) attaches to the sleeve (12) at the open upper end (16) of the sleeve (12) and the drip catcher (18) provides no surface that is parallel to the vertical plane, a plurality of devices (10) can be intimately stacked one on top of the other and packaged in high density. Alternatively, the same result can be accomplished by a foldable skirt (34) attached to a sleeve (32) which is moveable from a first position wherein the skirt (34) conforms to the shape of the sleeve (32) to a second position wherein the skirt (34) extends outwardly from the sleeve (32) to form the drip collector (38).
A device for holding an ice cream cone and capable of collecting drips from the ice cream comprising a sleeve having a lower end and an open upper end and shaped for receiving at least a portion of the cone, and a drip catcher including a wall connected to said sleeve, an outer wall extending around said wall, and a spacer wall between said wall and said outer wall, said drip catcher having no surfaces parallel to the vertical plane such that a plurality of the devices may be intimately stacked on and nested within each other.
A device for holding an ice cream cone and capable of collecting drips from the ice cream comprising a sleeve having a lower end and an open upper end and shaped for receiving at least a portion of the cone, and a drip catcher including a wall connected to said sleeve, said drip catcher and said sleeve having no surfaces parallel to a longitudinal axis of the device such that a plurality of the devices may be intimately stacked on and nested within each other, and wherein said wall of said drip catcher defines a boundary of an annular trough about the cone and isolated from the cone such that said drip catcher will retain melted ice cream in such a manner that the melted ice cream is not in contact with the cone when said longitudinal axis is vertical.
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