ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,259, issued on April 14.

"Ice restraining device" was invented by Antonino Diecidue (Newton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible ice restraining device for restraining ice cubes within a container is disclosed. The ice restraining device comprises a central finger grip portion comprising a pair of finger ports configured to receive fingers of a user to facilitate manipulation of the ice restraining device relative to the container. The ice restraining device comprises a plurality of securing arms extending radially outward from the central finger grip portion, and configured to flex when in engagement with an interior of ...