Apparatus for making frozen comestibles

Abstract

An apparatus for making frozen comestibles including a base having a plurality of apertures formed within said first side thereof, and a plurality of molds attached to or formed integrally with the base. Each of the molds includes a receiving surface and an opening aligned with a corresponding one of the apertures of the base. Each of the molds is moveable between a first position, in which a substantial portion of at least one mold is positioned within the interior portion of the base and said receiving surface forms a molding cavity that is adapted to receive a comestible to be frozen, and a second position, in which a substantial portion of the mold extends outwardly from the first side of the base and the receiving surface of the mold is exposed externally.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for making frozen comestibles, comprising:
 a base having a first side, a second side opposite said first side, an interior portion intermediate said first and second sides, and at least one aperture formed within said first side; and   at least one mold attached to said base, said at least one mold including a receiving surface and an opening aligned with said at least one aperture of said base,   wherein said at least one mold is moveable between a first position, in which a substantial portion of said at least one mold is positioned within said interior portion of said base and said receiving surface forms a molding cavity that is adapted to receive a comestible to be frozen, and a second position, in which a substantial portion of said at least one mold extends outwardly from said first side of said base and said receiving surface of said at least one mold is exposed externally at said first side of said base.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one mold is adapted to move from said first position to said second position when a frozen comestible is removed from said at least one mold. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein said at least one mold includes a plurality of molds, and said at least one aperture of said base includes a plurality of apertures, each of said openings of said plurality of molds is aligned with a corresponding one of said plurality of apertures of said base. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising a plate attached to said base for securing the plurality of molds to an underside of the first side of the base. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein said base includes a plurality of lips, each of which extends from said underside of said first side of said base and surrounds a corresponding one of said plurality of apertures of said base, wherein each of said plurality of molds includes a collar having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite said upper surface, and a lip extending from said upper surface, and wherein said plate includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposite said upper surface of said plate, and a plurality of standoffs each of which extends from said upper surface of said plate, said lip of said collar of each of said plurality of molds bears on said underside of said first side of said base, each of said plurality of lips of said base bears on said upper surface of said collar of a corresponding one of said plurality of molds, and each of said standoffs of said plate bears on said bottom surface of said collar of a corresponding one of said plurality of molds. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said underside of said base includes a plurality of bosses extending therefrom, and said plate includes a plurality of holes each of which extends from said upper surface of said plate to said lower surface of said plate, wherein each of said plurality of holes of said plate aligns with a corresponding one of said plurality of bosses of said base, each of said aligned plurality of holes of said plate and said plurality of bosses of said base is adapted to receive a fastener for securing said plate to said base. 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus for making frozen comestibles, comprising:
 a base having a first side, a second side opposite said first side, an interior portion intermediate said first and second sides, and at least one aperture formed within said first side; and   at least one mold formed integrally with said base, said at least one mold including a receiving surface and an opening aligned with said at least one aperture of said base,   wherein said at least one mold is moveable between a first position, in which a substantial portion of said at least one mold is positioned within said interior portion of said base and said receiving surface forms a molding cavity that is adapted to receive a comestible to be frozen, and a second position, in which a substantial portion of said at least one mold extends outwardly from said first side of said base and said receiving surface of said at least one mold is exposed externally at said first side of said base.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein said at least one mold includes a plurality of molds, and said at least one aperture of said base includes a plurality of apertures, each of said openings of said plurality of molds is aligned with a corresponding one of said plurality of apertures of said base.