Patent ID: 6550187
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A47F,E04H,G09F

Abstract:
A structure for the sale of ice-cream, the structure comprising:a housing having a first configuration in which the housing is shaped substantially as a geometric cone having a substantially circular bottom, a substantially pointed top, and a uniformly inclined exterior surface between the substantially circular bottom and the substantially pointed top, and a second configuration in which the housing deviates from the geometric cone shape; the housing includes a frusto-conical base section with the substantially circular bottom and an interior space, an intermediate section, and an upper section with the substantially pointed top; the base section contains a freezer for ice-cream; and the intermediate section comprising a plurality of wing members that are pivotally mounted to a lower end of the upper section so as to be moveable between a first position when the housing is in its first configuration and a second position when the housing is in its second configuration, the wing members are arcuate in an end plan view, and at the first position the wing members are contiguous with each other and combine together to form a frusto-conical portion of the exterior surface, and at the second position the wing members project from the housing and are substantially not contiguous with each other to permit access to the interior space of the base section.