Patent ID: 7765828

Claim:
A refrigerated appliance comprising: a cabinet including at least one refrigerated compartment; a refrigeration system in communication with the at least one refrigerated compartment for lowering the at least one refrigerated compartment to below freezing temperatures; a door mounted for movement relative to the cabinet for providing selective access to the at least one refrigerated compartment; and an automatic icemaker including an ice mold producing truncated, crescent-shaped ice cubes in the at least one refrigerated compartment, wherein the ice mold includes at least one mold cavity defined, at least in part, by a bottom wall having: a first inner surface portion having a first end portion that slopes gradually, in a concave manner, to a second end portion; and a second inner surface portion which is abruptly re-directed upwardly from the second end portion to a level of the first end portion forming a truncated, crescent-shaped cavity; and wherein the mold has a more narrow ice making footprint than a crescent-shaped mold.