Patent ID: 7829131

Claim:
A method of molding and shipping a food product comprising the steps of: introducing a liquid food product into a mold, said mold having a mold cavity defined by a side wall and a bottom wall, the bottom wall having a bottom wall portion which is movable from a non-inverted position to an inverted position in which the bottom wall portion is positioned in the mold cavity, said bottom wall portion being in the non-inverted position when the liquid food product is introduced, allowing the food product to solidify to form a molded solid food product, pushing said bottom wall portion of said mold into said inverted position in said mold cavity and pushing the molded solid food product away from the bottom wall, retaining the molded food product in the mold cavity with said bottom wall portion in said inverted position, applying a lid to said mold to cover said mold cavity either before or after said pushing step to enclose said molded solid food product within said mold cavity, and shipping the molded food product in the mold cavity with said bottom wall portion in said inverted position.