ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,685, issued on March 24.

"Magnetic ice cube system" was invented by Nicholas Naret (Irwin, Pa.) and Joe Aiello (Irwin, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic ice cube system for cooling a beverage with an ice cube while securing the ice cube at the bottom of the beverage glass includes a container having a base wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the base wall to define an interior space. The container holds a liquid within the interior space. A figurine is positionable within the interior space of the container. The figurine cools the liquid when the figurine is a temperature that is lower than a temperature o...