ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,136, issued on April 29, was assigned to EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & Co. KGAA (Nabburg, Germany).
"Ice-making device" was invented by Manfredi Signorino (Wackersdorf, Germany), Benjamin Schemela (Schwarzenbach, Germany) and Georg SpieBl (Altendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an ice-making device, in particular for a household appliance, comprising a receiving device for receiving at least one moulding element which is suitable and intended for moulding a piece of ice, wherein the at least one moulding element is designed in one piece and consists of an elastic material, wherein the at least one moulding ele...