Patent ID: 7074452

Claim:
An apparatus for molding and dispensing a frozen beverage comprising: a body cavity having an inner surface for molding a frozen beverage during a freezing process, having an open end for dispensing the frozen beverage, and having a bottom end; a threaded rod axially arranged within the body cavity and vertically extended from the bottom end toward the open end wherein the threaded rod is rotatably engaged with the bottom end in a maimer that prevents leakage from the body cavity of the frozen beverage while the frozen beverage is in at least one of poured liquid form and melted form; a rotatable base in fixed connection with the threaded rod to facilitate rotation of the threaded rod and rotatably coupled to the body cavity; a moveable support wherein the support is engaged with the threaded rod such that the support moves the frozen beverage at least one of upward and downward within the body cavity upon rotation of the threaded rod; a retention element for restricting upward movement of the moveable support; an attachable cap detachably mounted to and complementarily received at the open end of the body cavity, the attachable cap having an internal part wherein the internal part is inserted into the open end of the body cavity to provide a tight seal and move upwards along the inner surface of the body cavity in response to an expansion of the frozen beverage within the body cavity and whereby the frozen beverage in unfrozen form is retained within the body cavity.