Patent ID: 7556236

Claim:
An ice cube handling device comprised of an ice cube tray and decorative flag wherein the ice cube tray includes a top portion, a bottom portion and sidewalls and wherein the top portion of the tray is configured and shaped so as to form a plurality of compartments therein which are open at a superior terminus only and capable of containing water therewithin, the compartments including, at a central point of a most inferior portion thereof, a flag staff retaining collar having a central bore therewithin which said bore is continuous with an opening located at a superior terminus of the collar; and the decorative flag includes a banner and a staff wherein the staff is shaped and configured as a tapered rod having a diameter, a length, a superior and an inferior terminus, wherein the diameter of said staff is greatest adjacent the superior terminus thereof and most diminutive adjacent the inferior terminus thereof, the banner being affixed to said staff at a portion of the staff adjacent to the superior terminus thereof, wherein an inferior portion of the staff adjacent the inferior terminus thereof and the central bore of the retaining collar are especially shaped and configured so as to enable said inferior portion of the staff to enter and firmly engage the central bore of the collar thereby affixing the decorative flag centrally within said compartment in such a manner that the banner and a portion of the staff extend beyond the superior terminus of said compartments and ice which is formed therein.