Patent ID: 6824014
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A23G,B44C,B65D,B67D,F25C,F25D

Abstract:
A combination ice sculpture mold and water cooler container which comprises:a hollow plastic container having a top and a bottom and sidewalls and having a neck at its top, said neck having a dispensing orifice, said sidewalls having a top region, a middle region and a bottom region; said hollow plastic container having a three dimensional sculpture mold formed out of at least one of its sidewalls in said middle region whereby said top and said bottom of said sidewalls are substantially flat, said sculpture mold depicting a recognizable unique three dimensional form of a physical object, said physical object having a recognizable top and a recognizable bottom, said physical object being inverted relative to said hollow plastic container such that the physical object top is biased toward the bottom of said container and such that the physical object bottom is biased toward the top of said container; wherein said container may be filled with a liquid and be stored and shipped upright with its bottom facing earth and the sculpture upside down, and subsequently inverted and placed in a water dispenser for liquid dispensing, thereby displaying said physical object in its upright position; alternatively, wherein said container may be filled with liquid, frozen, and cut open to produce a molded, frozen sculpture; and alternatively, wherein said container may be filled with liquid, frozen and used as an enclosed molded frozen sculpture and subsequently used for one of liquid dispensing and molded frozen sculpturing.