Patents Assigned to Thomas P. Madden
  • Patent number: 4226355
    Abstract: An ice cream holder for insertion in an ice cream cone comprising a thin-wall member of generally funnel shape and open at each of its ends. The member has a first relatively narrow lower portion which extends down into the cone and fits snugly therein and an upper portion flaring outwardly from the lower portion forming a relatively wide open-mouth receptacle at the top of the cone for receiving ice cream therein. The outwardly flaring portion of the member forming the receptacle is inclined inwardly and downwardly from the periphery thereof toward the lower portion of the member in the cone whereby melting ice cream is funneled down into the cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Thomas P. Madden
    Inventor: Fred H. Helfrich, Jr.