Mold for ingestible substances

Claim 2

A reusable molding kit for foodstuffs and the like of the type that are introduced in the mold as a moldable material and formed to a molded shape-retaining solid said molding kit being fabricated from plastic materials and comprising: a central mold portion contoured from a larger end opening at one end thereof to a smaller base opening at the other end thereof, said larger opening being provided for removal of the shape-retaining solid from the mold and, a multiple-seal closure having a depressed portion, a peripheral edge, and dual sealing means, the first sealing means being proximate the peripheral edge of said multiple seal closure and being adapted to engage said large end opening in a moisturetight sealing relation and the second sealing means being proximate the circumference of said depressed portion and being adapted to engage said smaller end opening in a moisture-tight sealing relation when disengaged with said larger end opening.

Claim 3

A molding kit as set forth in claim 1 further comprising an opening in said multiple-seal closure to permit filling of the mold when the closure is engaged with said large end opening.

Claim 4

A molding kit as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a substantially flat reusable plastic closure adapted for engagement with said large end opening when said multiple seal closure is engaged in a sealing relation with said small end opening.

Claim 5

A mold as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a small end closure for said small end opening when said multiple-seal closure is in a sealing relation with said large end opening.

Claim 6

The molding kit of claim 1 wherein said depressed portion is circular, cup shaped and centrally located.

Claim 7

A reusable molding kit for ice and foodstuffs of the type that are introduced as a moldable material and formed to a molded shape-retaining solid, said molding kit being fabricated from plastic material and comprising: a central mold portion contoured from a larger opening at one end thereof to a smaller base opening at the other end thereof, said larger opening being provided for the removal of the shape-retaining product from the mold and being defined by an upstanding peripheral rim, said smaller base opening being defined by a downwardly extending peripheral rim that is adapted to maintain said central mold portion in a stable resting position enabling its being filled through the larger opening with water or a foodstuff of the type that can be formed as said molded shape-retaining solid that conforms to the contours of said central mold portion, a multiple-seal closure having a dual sealing capability and comprising a disk-shaped sealing wall having substantially flat inner and outer surfaces, and a peripheral edge, a centrally located circular hole passing from said outer surface to said inner surface, and a ridge upstanding from said outer surface that is attached to the periphery of said centrally located hole, said multiple-seal closure further having a depressed Cup-shaped central portion inwardly directed from said disk-shaped sealing wall, said cup-shaped central portion having a base peripheral edge and terminating in a hemispherical end wall, a connecting wall joining said ridge and said base peripheral edge forming a central U-shaped groove opening on the inner surface of said disk-shaped sealing wall for sealing engagement with said downwardly extending peripheral rim of said smaller base opening, said disk-shaped sealing wall further having a peripheral U-shaped groove opening on the inner surface of said wall proximate the peripheral edge of said disk-shaped wall for sealing engagement with said peripheral rim of said larger opening when said central U-shaped groove is disengaged from said downwardly extending peripheral rim, and an intermediate opening through said disk-shaped wall between said central U-shaped groove and said peripheral U-shaped groove, a substantially flat plastic closure for engagement with said upstanding peripheral rim in a moisture-tight sealing relationship when said multiple seal closure is engaged with said downwardly extending peripheral rim; and, a base seal for said smaller base opening having a U-shaped peripheral groove adapted to engage with said smaller base opening downwardly extending peripheral rim in a moisture-tight sealing relationship when said dual seal closure is engaged with said larger end opening, said seal having a central wall configured to form a design on the molded product.

Claim 8

A reusable molding kit for ice and foodstuffs of the type that are introduced as a moldable material and formed to a molded shape-retaining solid, said molding kit being fabricated from plastic material and comprising: a central mold portion contoured from a larger opening at one end thereof to a smaller base opening at the other end thereof, said larger opening being provided for the removal of the shape-retaining product from the mold and being defined by an upstanding peripheral rim, said smaller base opening being defined by a downwardly extending peripheral rim that is adapted to maintain said central mold portion in a stable resting position enabling its being filled through the larger opening with water or a foodstuff of the type that can be formed as said molded shape-retaining solid that conforms to the contours of said central mold portion, a multiple-seal closure having a dual sealing capability and comprising a disk-shaped sealing wall having substantially flat inner and outer surfaces, and a peripheral edge, a centrally located circular hole passing from said outer surface to said inner surface, and a ridge upstanding from said outer surface that is attached to the periphery of said centrally located hole, said multiple-seal closure further having a depressed Cup-shaped central portion inwardly directed from said disk-shaped sealing wall, said cup-shaped central portion having a base peripheral edge and terminating in a hemispherical end wall, a connecting wall joining said ridge and said base peripheral edge forming a central U-shaped groove opening on the inner surface of said disk-shaped sealing wall for sealing engagement with said downwardly extending peripheral rim of said smaller base opening, said disk-shaped sealing wall further having a peripheral U-shaped groove opening on the inner surface of said wall proximate the peripheral edge of said disk-shaped wall for sealing engagement with said peripheral rim of said larger opening when said central U-shaped groove is disengaged from said downwardly extending peripheral rim, and an intermediate opening through said disk-shaped wall between said central U-shaped groove and said peripheral U-shaped groove, a substantially flat plastic closure for engagement with said upstanding peripheral rim in a moisture-tight sealing relationship when said multiple seal closure is engaged with said downwardly extending peripheral rim; and, a base seal for said smaller base opening having a U-shaped peripheral groove adapted to engage with said smaller base opening downwardly extending peripheral rim in a moisture-tight sealing relationship when said dual seal closure is engaged with said larger end opening, said seal having a central wall configured to form a design on the molded product.