Frozen confection holder and receptacle

• US 5,515,998 A
• Filed: 10/02/1995
• Issued: 05/14/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paul S. Wang
• Original Assignee: Paul S. Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Paul S.
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US08/538,275
• Time in Patent Office: 225 Days
• Field of Search: 220/710, 220/708, 220/719, 220/571, 220/574, 220/DIG. 6
• US Class Current: 220/710
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/44 characterised by shape, structure or physical form liquid products, solid products in the form of powders, flakes or granules for making liquid products A23G9/52
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/503 products with an inedible support, e.g. a stick
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/06 Plates with integral holders for spoons, glasses, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2266 Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/06 Drains

Abstract

A holder for a frozen confection, such as an ice cream stick, or the like, which serves to hold the frozen confection in an upright position. The holder includes a trough-like upper dish which is slotted to maintain the stick of the frozen confection in an upright position, and which is shaped to catch any drips from the frozen confection as it melts. The dish fits into the open end of a cylindrical base, and it is apertured so that the collected drips from the frozen confection flow into a reservoir which is formed in the upper end of the base. The drips are accumulated in the reservoir to produce a liquid. An upwardly inclined tubular member is fitted into the side of the base and extends into the reservoir to form a drinking straw. An intermediate circular handle is formed in the tubular member.

Claims

1. A holder for the stick of a frozen confection comprising:

a trough-like apertured dish having an intermediate slot therein for receiving the stick of the frozen confection so as to hold the frozen confection in an upright position above the dish;

a cylindrical-shaped base having an open top for receiving the dish with the dish closing the open top;

a pedestal formed at the lower end of the base for supporting the base in an upright position on a horizontal supporting surface;

a reservoir formed in the base for receiving liquid from the apertured dish; and

a tubular drinking straw extending through the side of the base and into the reservoir for removing liquid from the reservoir.

2. The holder defined in claim 1, in which the reservoir, is formed in the upper end of the base.

3. The holder defined in claim 1, in which the drinking straw is a tubular rigid member inclined upwardly and outwardly with respect to the base.

4. The holder defined in claim 3, in which the base, the reservoir and the drinking straw are formed of a plastic material.

5. The holder defined in claim 3, in which the drinking straw has an intermediate offset circular handle formed therein.