Beverage cooling system
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsRohit Ravindran Thali, Shawn J. Booth
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Abstract
The present invention provides an easy and convenient way of cooling or chilling beverage containers. An ice mold is filled with water. The water is froze in the ice mold to form a block of ice having at least one beverage recess formed therein. The block of ice is removed from the ice mold and placed in the basin of the sink such that the block of ice is closely supported by the basin of the sink and beverage containers can be received in the beverage recesses in the block of ice.
Claims16
A beverage cooling system comprising:
- a sink having a basin;
- and
- an ice mold having mold walls with at least one projection extending therefrom, the mold walls defining a volume for freezing water into a block of ice, the block of ice having at least one beverage recess formed therein by the at least one projection;
- wherein, when the block of ice formed by the ice mold is received in the basin of the sink, the at least one beverage recess in the block of ice is configured to support at least one beverage container;
- and
- wherein the ice mold is a flexible ice mold and there is at least one release hole formed in the flexible ice mold to assist in deforming the flexible ice mold when removing the block of ice formed therein.
A method of cooling a beverage using a beverage cooling kit comprising:
- providing a sink having a basin, an ice mold, water, and at least one beverage container;
- wherein the ice mold is a flexible ice mold and there is at least one release hole formed in the flexible ice mold to assist in deforming the flexible ice mold when removing the block of ice formed therein;
- filling the ice mold with the water;
- freezing the water in the ice mold to form a block of ice having at least one beverage recess therein;
- removing the block of ice from the ice mold;
- and
- placing the block of ice in the basin of the sink such that the block of ice is closely supported by the basin of the sink and such that at least one beverage container can be received in the beverage recess in the block of ice.
A beverage cooling system for use with a sink having a basin, the system comprising:
- an ice mold having mold walls and at least one projection, the mold walls defining a volume for freezing water into a block of ice, the block of ice having at least one beverage recess formed therein by the at least one projection;
- wherein the block of ice formed by the ice mold is configured to be received in the basin of the sink, and the at least one beverage recess in the block of ice is configured to support at least one beverage container;
- and
- wherein the ice mold is a flexible ice mold and there is at least one release hole formed in the flexible ice mold to assist in deforming the flexible ice mold when removing the block of ice formed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.