Patent ID: 7213508

Claim:
A mold for making an egg-shaped food product, said mold comprising: (a) first and second mold segments cooperating when joined to form a plurality of interior mold cavities adapted for receiving a liquid foodstuff; (b) said first and second mold segments defining a plurality of thermal transit holes passing in registration through said first and second mold segments, and located adjacent to said interior mold cavities for promoting movement of heat between said interior mold cavities and an environment within which said mold is placed; (c) an injection port formed in one of said first and second mold segments, and communicating with said interior mold cavity for introducing the liquid foodstuff into said interior mold cavities; (d) means for joining the first and second mold segments to seal said interior mold cavity; and (e) wherein the first mold segment includes an inner portion having a surface raised in relation to an outer portion and extending in a perimeter surrounding the plurality of cavities, and the second mold segment includes an inner portion having a surface recessed in relation to an outer portion and extending in a perimeter surrounding the plurality of cavities for receiving the raised inner surface of the first segment in complementary engagement whereby the raised surface of the first mold segment and the recessed surface of the second mold segment cooperate to facilitate proper alignment of the first and second mold segments and to form a single continuous perimeter of complementary engagement surrounding the plurality of cavities for preventing leakage of the liquid foodstuff from the plurality of cavities.