ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,672, issued on March 24.

"Appliance for making and collecting ice having varied characteristics" was invented by Josh Cartellone (Delaware, Ohio), Daniel Guenther (Pewaukee, Wis.) and Emily Cartellone (Delaware, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein provide for an apparatus for making ice. The apparatus includes a refrigeration system configured to provide chilled coolant to two or more evaporators. The two or more evaporators are configured to produce ice having a first set of characteristics and to produce ice having a second set of characteristics. The characteristics of the first set of characteristics...