Ice mold

Claim 1

A FREEZINNG DEVICE FOR USE IN REFRIGERATORS COMPRISING: (A) A TRAY HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL WALLS FORMING THE BOTTOM, UPSTANDING SIDES AND ENDS OF COMPARTMENTS THEREIN FOR RECEIVING WATER TO BE FROZEN INTO ICE PIECES. (B) SAID SIDE WALLS EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID TRAY TO A POINT ADJACENT THE TOP OF END WALLS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE IN A DIRECTION UPWARDLY THEREWITH, (C) EACH END WALL OF SAID COMPARTMENTS BEING CONTINUOUSLY ROUNDED FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID TRAY TO THE TOP THEREOF, (D) RIDGE MEANS INCLUDING OPPOSED SIDES RAISED FROM THE BOTTOM WALL OF EACH COMPARTMENT INTERMEDIATE ENDS THEREOF AND TERMINATED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BELOW THE TOP OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE SIDE AND END WALLS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS. (E) SAID RIDGE MEANS PROJECTING INTO THE COMPARTMENTS WITH OPPOSED SIDES THEREOF FACING THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID ROUNDED COMPARTMENT END WALLS, (F) A SELECTED ICE PIECE IN SAID TRAY BEING ADAPTED TO HAVE A DOWNWARD FORCE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE TOP OF ONE END THEREOF FOR ROTATING SAME WITHIN ITS COMPARTMENT, FOR SLIDING THE ICE PIECE HORIZONTALLY ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE COMPARTMENT TO GLIDE SAID ONE END THEREOF OVER AND PAST SAID RAISED RIDGE AND FOR SHIFTING A PORTION OF THE OTHER END OF SAID ICE PIECE UPWARDLY AND LATERALLY BEYOND THE END OF SAID COMPARTMENT OPPOSITE ITS END TO WHICH FORCE IS APPLIED TO THE ICE PIECE INTO A TILTED POSITION THEREIN, AND (G) THE SIDE OF SAID RAISED RIDGE MEANS FACING SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID COMPARTMENT COOPERATING THEREWITH TO IMPINGE SAID ONE END OF THE ICE PIECE AGAINST THE RIDGE MEANS WHEN THE FORCE IS RELEASED FROM SAID SHIFTED ICE PIECE FOR ANCHORING SAME IN SAID TITLED POSITION WITHIN THE COMPARTMENT WITH SAID PORTION OF THE OTHER END OF THE ICE PIECE EXPOSED ABOVE WALLS OF SAID COMPARTMENT.