Ice Tray Assembly

Abstract

An ice tray assembly is described. The assembly has an ice tray with one or more ice object mold regions, and a filter configured to engage with the ice tray so that the ice object mold regions can be filled with filtered water. An ice tray assembly comprising: an ice tray having one or more ice object mold regions; and a filter configured to engage with the ice tray so that the ice object mold regions can be filled with filtered water.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An ice tray assembly comprising:
 an ice tray having one or more ice object mold regions; and   a filter configured to engage with the ice tray so that the ice object mold regions can be filled with filtered water.   
     
     
         2 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a water reservoir configured to contain water and engage with the ice tray so that water can flow from the water reservoir through the filter, thereby filling the ice tray with filtered water. 
     
     
         3 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the water reservoir snaps onto or slideably engages with the ice tray. 
     
     
         4 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the filter snaps onto or slideably engages with the ice tray. 
     
     
         5 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , wherein each ice object mold region has a portion configured to allow a user to manually deform the portion and thereby facilitate release of an ice object from the ice object mold region. 
     
     
         6 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the ice object mold region comprises an imprint, thereby enabling a design to be formed into the ice object. 
     
     
         7 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the ice object mold region is removable from the ice tray. 
     
     
         8 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising an ice tray cover configured to engage with the ice tray and cover the ice object mold region. 
     
     
         9 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 2 , further comprising an ice tray cover configured to engage with the water reservoir and cover the water reservoir. 
     
     
         10 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the water reservoir is made of a see-through material. 
     
     
         11 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the water reservoir comprises a mechanism to prevent overfill. 
     
     
         12 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the filter is an activated carbon filter. 
     
     
         13 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the filter is a component of a filter cartridge, the filter cartridge configured to be removably engaged with the ice tray. 
     
     
         14 . The ice tray assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the filter comprises an additive for adding flavor to the filtered water.