ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,039, issued on June 16.

"Mold for preparing ice hockey" was invented by Xiaojun Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold for preparing ice hockey is disclosed, including a lower mold having a hemispherical structure; an upper mold fitted with the lower mold, and the upper mold being in a snap-fit connection with the lower mold; and a water injection column, fixedly provided on an end face of the upper mold away from the lower mold. Herein the water injection column is opened with a water injection hole, and an outer wall of the water injection column is provided with an air hole connected to the upper mold. By open...