Candle Type Patents (Class 362/161)
  • Patent number: 6461014
    Abstract: An ornamental device with thermal cycle of flame includes a heating section, and an exhibition section. The heating section has a base frame with an open top, the base frame providing a combustion room with an air aperture, the combustion room holding a combustible at a proper distance between the combustible and the open top. The exhibition section is an enclosed exhibiting container astride the base frame, containing a fluid medium of proper level to form an air chamber, and one or more exhibits being provided in the fluid medium. Once the combustible is lit, the flame heats up the fluid medium in the exhibiting container to a temperature of circulation. The fluid medium may generate a thermal cycle and circulate in the exhibiting container such that the exhibits may move with the circulating fluid medium and generate an effect of dynamic exhibition of tumbling upward and downward or floating and submerging alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: Yung Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 6435694
    Abstract: A new and improved candle with a novel structure and novel decorative features. The candle has a composite structure, including an outer portion and an inner portion. The outer portion in a preferred embodiment is made of a gel composition. In preferred embodiments, the outer portion may be set in an outer receptacle or stand alone. The outer portion of the candle has a recess into which the inner portion is positioned. The inner portion typically contains at least one wick. In a preferred embodiment, the inner portion may be contained in an inner receptacle, which is then placed into the recess in the outer portion of the candle. In a preferred embodiment, the inner receptacle is clear, and, even more preferably, is concealed by the outer portion. In another preferred embodiment, the inner receptacle or the inner portions, or both, are replaceable. The inner portion may be formed from wax or gel or other suitable candle body material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Aromatic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bell, Stuart A. Zlotnik
  • Patent number: 6428311
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a candle device for burning a candle without a cotton wick. The candle device is directly placed on a candle without a cotton wick so that the candle can be lighted and burned successfully. The candle device comprises a heater, a lighting wick, and a float bowl. The heater is a hollow tube with a small tube of a smaller diameter shrinking from the lower section thereof. A fixing structure is formed near the bottom end of the small tube. The lighting wick is arranged in the small tube of the heater and extends to the upper opening of the tube. The float bowl is fixedly installed on the periphery of the bottom end of the small tube of the heater via the fixing structure. The present invention has the advantages of no candle drops, wax saving, complete burning, and no black smoke. Moreover, the candle device of the present invention can be used repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventor: Jose Luis S. J. Bernardo
  • Publication number: 20020093834
    Abstract: A light-effect producing candle for illuminating and generating altering light-effect includes a light-generating means located inside a transparent candle. The light-generating means includes a plurality of light-generating devices of different colors. An optical fiber is provided to receive and transmit photo signal generated by a lighted wick, and to activate the light-generating devices to produce flickering light which may emanate through the candle for producing flickering and altering light effect around the candle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Chun-Chien Yu, Lap-Yan Ting, Jerry Chen, Chun-Lang Chen, Yu-Ching Hsiao, Wen-Shen Yang
  • Publication number: 20020085376
    Abstract: The invention is related to a candle holder for various candle diameters, whereby the candle (4) is clamped between at east two clamping surfaces or clamping edges (1, 2, 3; 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a; 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b) which are movable in respect to each other and are in general moved towards each other by means of a spring. In case of the known candle holders the candle is extinguished when the melting zone of the burning candle approches or reaches the clamping surfaces. The characteristic of the candle holder is that there is under the clamping surfaces (1, 2, 3; 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a; 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b) a candle chamber (6) which has an opening at the upper side, which opening is partly or completely closed when the clamping surfaces move towards each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Theodorus Gerhardus Potma
  • Patent number: 6397562
    Abstract: Process for producing a candle surrounded by a container in which a prefabricated candle blank which does not completely fill the interior of the container is inserted and fixed in the container. An intermediate space between the candle blank and the inside wall of the container is then filled with liquid candle material and the container which has been filled in this way is allowed to cool. In order to be able to fix the inserted candle blank stationary in the container, before insertion into the container, the candle blank is heated on its bottom and its bottom which has become sticky in this way is located on the bottom of the container. The candle blank is immediately fixed in its position by releasing the heat of the heated bottom to the container bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Spezialmaschinenbau Herrhammer GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Herrhammer
  • Publication number: 20020064042
    Abstract: A small light which is made to resemble a flame source and which is meant to be carried into concerts and the like for the purpose of display at appropriate times so that the concertgoer can express his or her approval. Since the light is not a flame source, the safety of all the concertgoers is greatly improved and yet the aesthetics of the concert experience are preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventor: Gina Lynn Leslie
  • Patent number: 6375455
    Abstract: The invention relates to an indefinitely reusable composite construction candle having a substantially permanent cylindrical outer shell which is preferably made of wax within which is positioned a cylindrical insulating sleeve which is attached to the outer shell and which preferably provides thermal insulation between the outer shell and heat from the candle flame. A removable insert is placed within both the sleeve and outer shell which contains a wick and wax, or other combustible material, which is consumed during the candle burning operation. When the combustible material in the insert is depleted, the insert is replaced with another similar insert enabling the rest of the composite construction candle to remain unaltered. The invention provides for the ability to adjust both the height of the removable insert and the relative position of the insert with respect to the outer shell. The candle presents to the casual viewer the impression of a traditional candle of monolithic construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Inventors: Sue C. Frandsen, Lawrence J. Murphy, Sherrilyn K. Rose
  • Patent number: 6371756
    Abstract: A wax candle (10) positioned below a wax reservoir (30), which is held in position above candle (10) by a wax reservoir support (20). While burning, the heat emitted from the flame of candle (10) causes the wax contained in reservoir (30) to slowly and continuous melt. This melted wax drips down from reservoir (30) into candle (10) and replenishes the wax used for combustion on the wick of candle (10). The rate of this replenishment and the flame size of candle (10) are self regulating, and in direct relationship with each other during cycle outlined below: An increase in flame size causes a subsequent increase in replenishment. An increase in replenishment causes a subsequent decrease in flame size. A decrease in flame size causes a subsequent decrease in replenishment. A decrease in replenishment causes a subsequent increase in flame size. And the cycle begins again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventor: Todd Toohey
  • Patent number: 6347879
    Abstract: A votive cap converter kit for converting a votive candle cup into an oil burning candle. The votive cap converter kit includes an elongate tubular sheath with a wick extending through the sheath such that an upper end of the wick outwardly extends from a top end of the sheath and a lower end of the wick outwardly extends from a bottom end of the sheath. A support plate is also included with a wick hole therethrough through which the sheath may be inserted. The support plate is designed for insertion into a container has lamp oil fluid therein such that the bottom end of the sheath is submerged in the lamp oil fluid and the support plate and the top end of the sheath are positioned in the container above the lamp oil fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Inventor: Heidi A. Prado
  • Publication number: 20010043469
    Abstract: A decorated luminary product includes either a candle or a candle holder containing the candle. A decorative web of a heat-shrinkable polymer web is heat shrunk to conform to a shape of the one of the candle and the candle holder. The web is decorated with a thermochromic ink or pigmentation to cooperate with heat emitted by burning the candle to provide a visible change in the ink or pigmentation, so as to provide a pleasing visual effect when the candle is burned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: M. Scott Carpenter, Kara L. Kotary
  • Publication number: 20010040800
    Abstract: A decorated luminary product includes either a candle (or other light source) or a holder for containing the candle (or other light source), having a mirror film adhered thereto to provide a pleasing visual effect. A decorative web of a polymeric mirror film web is preferably heat shrunk to conform to the shape of the candle or the holder. The mirror film is located to cooperate with light emitted by a candle or other light source to augment the visual effect created when the candle is lit, by providing birefringent effects, changes in coloration in accordance with changes in viewing angle, and variations in both reflectivity of ambient light and transmission of light from the candle or other light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: M. Scott Carpenter, Jose Porchia, Frederick H. Martin
  • Patent number: 6315433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting fixture that functionally provides a mold for creating a light diffuser from ice, a stand upon which to display the created light diffuser (including a shaped-surface support element to stabilize the light diffuser as it de-solidifies), a collection element to collect and contain the melted light diffuser material, and a support and containing system for a light source that, in use, is surrounded by the light diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Inventor: Christopher Cavello
  • Patent number: 6299435
    Abstract: A decorative candle display including a transparent container with an interior wall surface having disposed thereon a transparent combustible gelatinous liner. Situated on the liner is at least one shaped generally opaque structure fabricated of an opaque combustible wax material and a transparent combustible gelatinous material. An opaque combustible filler material is disposed within the container interiorly from the liner and visible therethrough, and a wick extends exteriorly from the filler material. Glitter particulate can be included in the liner to enhance glisten, while pigment and/or fragrance can be incorporated within the gelatinous and/or filler materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventors: Faith Freeman, Frank Asbury
  • Patent number: 6273710
    Abstract: A prayer candle device includes a tubular body having a chamber provided therein, a consumable lighting element refillably disposed in the chamber including a wick mounted in the consumable lighting element, a holding means mounted in the chamber of the tubular body for holding the consumable lighting element in position, and an adjusting means for maintaining a burning end of the wick of the consumable lighting element at an upper position. In such arrangement, the prayer candle device is capable of avoiding the malfunction of the operation caused by the burned consumable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: Cindy Zou
  • Patent number: 6270341
    Abstract: A decorative candle holder for supporting a spring-loaded candle sleeve in an upright position. The holder comprises a shell forming a cavity therethrough, a base, an upper aperture, a lower aperture and feet. The lower aperture and the cavity are dimensioned for receiving the candle sleeve. In the preferred form, the upper aperture has a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the sleeve such that the tip of the sleeve rest within the upper aperture but does not extend therethrough. The bottom of the sleeve is frictionally secured within the lower aperture by preferably a flexible ring that is slidably engaged with the sleeve and is of sufficient thickness to snugly fit radially between the bottom of the sleeve and the walls of the lower aperture. Preferably, feet are attached to the bottom of the holder to further assist in supporting the holder in an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Garcia Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Pete F. Garcia
  • Patent number: 6264345
    Abstract: A one-piece, drip preventing follower of transparent glass has an annular shoulder sitting on an upper shoulder of the candle formed with a central, wick receiving opening with a lip from which extends an outwardly and upwardly flaring portion providing a melted wax receiving bowl. A skirt depends from the annular shoulder spaced from and longer than the candle body for telescopically receiving a candlestick providing guided descent of the follower. The annular lip has an upwardly inclined, flat or convex, annular optical face providing an optical aperture aligned to receive, light refracted through the melted wax from the candle flame for transmission by total internal reflection down the entire length of the skirt, the lower end of which is coated with a suitably fluorescent material, providing a pleasing bright ring of light, both decorative and an additional source of illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Candle Machine Co
    Inventor: Giora Griffel
  • Patent number: 6261088
    Abstract: A flame cover device for use with mechanical candle holders, especially for use with candle holders in which the candle is spring-driven to the top of a tube as the candle is consumed. The apparatus may be removably disposed upon the top portion of the tube of the mechanical candle holder, where it remains motionless while the candle is burned by combustion, yet provides protection from and to the burning flame. A base of the device is engaged with the tube of the mechanical candle holder, with vents in the base providing adequate ventilation to the flame. A transparent shell extends up from the base to provide flame protection. A ring damper is provided for covering the vents in the base to assist the flame in windy conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Chace Candles, Inc.
    Inventor: William Robertson Butler
  • Patent number: 6241513
    Abstract: A polycarbonate thermoplastic plastic candle cup for a tea-light candle is disclosed having raised designs on the interior surface of the cup to increase the surface area on which non-liquid wax adheres, thus providing an improved insulating layer of non-liquid wax between the plastic and the candle flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventor: John A. Jeneral
  • Patent number: 6234786
    Abstract: Candle holder for a plurality of candles arranged separately from each other. Each candle comprises a cup-shaped container with a wick and wax. The candles (10, 11, 12) are arranged substantially vertically one underneath the other at such a distance that the respectively lower candle thermally influences the candle arranged above it such that its wax is melted. Said candle holder consists of a slide-in system, that can be set up to the desired distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Volker Wagner
  • Patent number: 6220855
    Abstract: A candle stand and wax recycling assembly for capturing, retaining, and forming wax run-off from a first candle as the first candle burns during use. The candle stand and wax recycling assembly includes a platform assembly adapted for supporting a first candle, a receptacle coupled beneath said platform assembly adapted for receiving melted wax, a wick member, and a wick holding assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Steven K. Asheim
  • Patent number: 6210153
    Abstract: A decorative candle display including a transparent container with an interior wall surface having disposed thereon a transparent combustible gelatinous liner. Situated on the liner is at least one shaped generally opaque structure fabricated of an opaque combustible wax material and a transparent combustible gelatinous material. An opaque combustible filler material is disposed within the container interiorly from the liner and visible therethrough, and a wick extends exteriorly from the filler material. Glitter particulate can be included in the liner to enhance glisten, while pigment and/or fragrance can be incorporated within the gelatinous and/or filler materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Primal Elements, Inc
    Inventors: Faith Freeman, Frank Asbury
  • Patent number: 6206540
    Abstract: A candelabra for securely supporting a candle in an upright position includes a lower support platform and an upper support platform mounted above said lower support platform. The upper support platform includes a plurality of apertures for receiving a candlestick. The lower support platform includes a plurality of indentions each aligned with a corresponding aperture on the upper support platform. A candle may be securely supported in an upright position by inserting the lower end of the candlestick through the aperture on the upper support platform and subsequently into the indention on the lower support platform. The upper and lower support platforms are connected with removably attached brace members allowing the device to be easily disassembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Inventor: Jon A. Vogel
  • Patent number: 6171101
    Abstract: A decorative candle display including a non-opaque container of a defined geometrical shape and volume, and a heat-meltable, non-opaque candle placeable within this container. The candle has a defined geometrical shape which can be substantially complimentary to the shape of the container. Within the non-opaque gel of the candle are a plurality of image-producing gaseous cells and a conventional ignitable wick extending substantially there through with an exposed end for lighting. The density of the gel and the volume of the container are cooperatively correlated such that the volume of the container accommodates a sufficient quantity of water in which the candle will float upon introduction of this sufficient water quantity into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventors: Scott H. Freeman, Frank H. Asbury
  • Patent number: 6152728
    Abstract: A fragrance dispensing device has a candle follower with an annular shoulder portion for sitting on a shoulder of the candle to descend under gravity during consumption thereof maintaining the reservoir at a constant distance from the candle flame throughout burning. The candle follower can be formed at an upper end with a bowl having inner and outer walls forming inner and outer compartments receiving melted wax and volatile fragrance, respectively. The inner wall portion can be annular, extending substantially concentrically within the outer wall or, in another embodiment, there are two, semicircular, inner wall portions formed on diametrically opposite sides of the outer wall portion defining therewith respective fragrance oil containing compartments. In other examples, the reservoir is supported above the candle flame by vertically sliding rods or sleeves carried by the candle follower or is an annular dish seated on the upper edge of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: The Candle Machine Co.
    Inventor: Giora Griffel
  • Patent number: 6059564
    Abstract: A wax body made of a translucent wax forms a candle holder. A glass holder is embedded in the wax body to receive a candle. The candle is either formed within the glass holder or is is formed separately as a replacement candle for the glass holder. A decorative paper is secured to the wax body exterior. A translucent wax layer covers the exterior of the decorative paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Archipelago, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew T. Morris
  • Patent number: 6036477
    Abstract: A composite candle including an exterior shell of candle wax having at least one circular and/or specially-shaped inner core region in which a wick is positioned. When the wick is ignited, provision is made for consuming only that wax contained in the inner core region so as to create a core-sized cavity of a size to subsequently receive a candle core replacement adapted for insertion into the cavity. The exterior shell is not melted by the heat of the candle flame, and candle core replacements may therefore be employed indefinitely. Also included is a method of making composite candles in which one or more cavity-defining inserts are installed within a shell, and candle wax is then poured within the insert(s) and the region(s) between the insert(s) and an exterior surface-defining mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Sue C. Frandsen
  • Patent number: 6033210
    Abstract: A decorative candle comprising a container that defines an interior chamber. Disposed within the interior chamber is a candle core sized relative to the container such that a cavity is formed between the candle core and the container. At least one component is disposed within the cavity in abutting contact with the candle core and the container. The component is encapsulated by a mixture that has a melting point lower than the candle core and the component such that neither the candle core nor the component melt when the molten mixture is poured within the cavity. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the candle core is a paraffin wax candle core and the mixture is a paraffin/petrolatum mixture. Furthermore, the component may be a gelatinous component formed from a mineral oil gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventor: Scott Freeman
  • Patent number: 6030093
    Abstract: A multiple candle lantern designed to be used with a plurality of tube candles. The candle lantern includes an upper cover that selectively attaches to a lower base and a heat shield disposed over the top opening of the upper cover. The lower base has a plurality of tube candle recessed spaces formed thereon which hold a tube candle in a longitudinally aligned position thereon. Each tube candle includes a candle longitudinally aligned inside a metal outer tube. A spring is disposed between the lower base and the candle which keeps the candle's wick extending from the upper hole formed on the tube as the candle burns. Formed on the sides of the upper cover near the lower edge are a plurality of air delivery slots which deliver ventilation air directly into the candle lantern and against the sides of the tube candles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventor: Gregory L. Draper
  • Patent number: 5980241
    Abstract: The invention has a container (50) for a fuel (W) with at least a partial cover (55) in which there is a non-combustible wick (52) in a wick holder (100). Above the container (50) near the wick holder there is at least one roller or upright body (RK) or in the container (50) there is a disc of solid fuel (W) around the wick holder (100), whereby the fuel of the roller and upright body (RK) or of the disc is melted by the flame and cover heat and collected by the container (50) and/or by the wick holder (100) as supplementary fuel. The wick holder (100) is suspended in an aperture (56) of the container cover (55), so that the wick holder (100) is not in direct heat-tansmitting contact with the container base (50b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Hans-Ludwig Schirneker
  • Patent number: 5980061
    Abstract: A primary outer shell includes, in its most preferred embodiment, a base and a wall which includes at least one embedded foreign object and defines openings into an inner cavity containing a burnable candle member which causes the outer shell to glow and cast shadows without melting. The outer shell is constructed according to a unique molding method which includes at least partially immersing a swollen distensible mold, such as a water-filled balloon, into a reservoir of molding material, such as wax, to allow the molding material to form a molded shell around the distensible mold. After the distensible mold with the attached molded shell is removed from the reservoir of molding material, it is placed upon a flat surface to form a flat bottom into the molded shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Creighton Cutts
  • Patent number: 5951278
    Abstract: A candle holder apparatus includes a translucent outer shell which includes a bottom outer shell portion and a top outer shell portion and includes a translucent inner shell which includes a bottom inner shell portion and a top inner shell portion. The inner shell defines a candle-reception chamber. A bridge is connected between the outer shell and the inner shell and provides a hollow wall space between the outer shell and the inner shell. The top outer shell portion, the top inner shell portion, and the bridge define an access opening to the candle-reception chamber. A quantity of translucent marbles are located in the hollow wall space. The inner shell is nested inside the outer shell. The outer shell is spaced from the inner shell by a substantially constant separation distance. The outer shell can be made from heat resistant tempered glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventors: April Diane Young, Scot Thomas Clark
  • Patent number: 5918963
    Abstract: A combined plate and candle display is provided having a base, a candle and a decorative plate. The base includes a top and bottom surface, as well as a front end and a back end. A recess is located on the top surface of the base adjacent to the front end and has a depth less than the thickness of the base. A support cavity is located on the top surface of the base adjacent to the back end and has a depth less than the thickness of the base. A support post is secured in a support cavity and rises from the top surface. A groove is located on the top surface of the base and has a depth less than the thickness of the base. The plate is situated on the base so that its back face rests against the support post and the edge of the plate is positioned in the groove. The candle is situated in the recess, in front of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Franklin Mint Company
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Churchville, Allen Edward Darrone
  • Patent number: 5882104
    Abstract: A two-in-one candle holder toy surprise having a candle holder portion with a bottom surface affixable to a toy surprise portion. The candle holder toy surprise has a candle holder mode when in its upright position and a toy mode in its inverted position. The candle holder portion functions as a base for the toy surprise when in the toy surprise mode. The toy surprise portion has a flat extending longitudinal surface and acts as an anchor for the candle holder portion when in the candle holding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: Carlos P. Oliver
  • Patent number: 5879153
    Abstract: A novelty candle includes an exterior meltable body made of wax which has a first predetermined configuration, such as a human hand, and in interior body formed of a generally non-meltable material, such as a stone-like material, is embedded within the hand. The interior body, in the form of skeletal components of a human hand is smaller than but otherwise substantially corresponds to the shape of the hand. One or more wicks are used to gradually burn and/or melt away the outer wax shell or layer to gradually expose the skeletal components. A surface coloration coating may be used on the wax shell to simulate the skin of a hand, and the wax may be given a color, such as red, to simulate blood when the outer shell melts and drips on the portion of the hand that remains. A candle is also described in the form of a coffin made of wax which gradually exposes a skeleton when the wicks of the candle are lit and the coffin melts away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Easter Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventor: Brigitte Slejertin
  • Patent number: 5879152
    Abstract: A candle holder includes a drip preventing and stabilizing cap member of transparent glass descending on the candle throughout consumption with an annular shoulder portion, a central, wick receiving aperture with a lip for melted wax and a depending skirt; a stand with a socket-less candlestick having a shallow, concave candle supporting surface receiving melted wax and receivable in the skirt to provide a wax seal; and vertical metal guide rods. In one example, the guide rods depend from a metal annulus sitting on a outwardly flared lower portion of the skirt and slide in sockets on the stand ensuring vertical descent of the cap. Alternatively, the guide rods are anchored in the foot of the stand and the sockets are in the metal annulus. In a different version, pairs of metal guide rods are anchored in opposite sides of the foot of the stand defining vertical sockets slidingly receiving rods which extend outwardly from the annulus and carry weighty knobs at free ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Inventor: Giora Griffel
  • Patent number: 5860725
    Abstract: This invention discloses a lamp shade assembly including a lamp shade, a plurality of vanes attached to the lamp shade, a pivot about which the lamp shade rotates, and a candle assembly located below said plurality of vanes, the candle assembly comprising a plurality of wicks with substantially different burning lives, the candle assembly when burning causing warmed air to rise and impinge upon the plurality of vanes, thereby causing rotation of the lamp shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Inventors: Eliezer Zer, Tzvi Klebanow
  • Patent number: 5803587
    Abstract: A candle lantern equally suitable for indoor and outdoor use, and which further doubles as a decorative candle holder, comprising a body made from a tube of translucent material, for example glass or plastic, and two interchangeable candle-holding cups/heat shields mounted in the upper and lower ends of the tube, respectively, by set screws extending through holes in the tube. A base comprising a set of wire legs is preferably provided at the lower end of the tube, secured to the tube by the lower set of set screws, while a retractable bail handle and optional rain shield are provided in the upper end of the tube and secured to the upper set screw structure. In a preferred form the candle-holding cups include both blind apertures for receiving the set screws against the outer surface of the cup, and a set of holes for allowing the set screws through the cup to engage undersized candles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Inventor: Chin S. Chen
  • Patent number: 5791774
    Abstract: An outdoor illumination device of the type used for holiday decoration by aligning a plurality of such illumination devices in a linear array includes a body having walls forming a cavity therein with a base formed at one end thereof and an access opening formed at an opposite end thereof with the body being configured for emission of at least some light when illumination occurs within the cavity, and an assembly for supporting the candle forming the base, and an assembly for supporting an electric lamp socket formed in the base with the candle support assembly and the electric lamp support assembly being juxtaposed and configured for non-simultaneous accommodation of a candle and an electric lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: Roger D. Briles
  • Patent number: 5697694
    Abstract: A primary outer shell includes, in its most preferred embodiment, a base and a wall which includes at least one embedded foreign object and defines openings into an inner cavity containing a burnable candle member which causes the outer shell to glow and cast shadows without melting. The outer shell is constructed according to a unique molding method which includes at least partially immersing a swollen distensible mold, such as a water-filled balloon, into a reservoir of molding material, such as wax, to allow the molding material to form a molded shell around the distensible mold. After the distensible mold with the attached molded shell is removed from the reservoir of molding material, it is placed upon a flat surface to form a flat bottom into the molded shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Inventor: Creighton Cutts
  • Patent number: 5651669
    Abstract: A luminaria kit which includes a luminaria bag, ballast, a candle, and a container having an interior volume for holding the ballast to stabilize the container. The container has a flat bottom for positioning the bag, with the container inside, on a surface. The container has a top having at least a portion thereof in a plane generally parallel to the surface on which the container is placed. A port is located on the container for sealingly adding ballast thereto. The candle is mounted to the container by inserting it into a candle mount that is located on the portion of the top. The mount includes a plurality of concentric circular rings extending into the interior of the container to form a plurality of ring like steps having a progressively smaller diameters as the steps extend further therein. In a preferred embodiment, the candle mount includes at least three ring like steps, each having the same general depth into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: J. H. Specialties, Inc.
    Inventor: John J. Henry
  • Patent number: 5613760
    Abstract: A functional, commemorative, handcrafted candle lit lantern made in many colors and enlosed in glass panels, the front panel being elevatable, a dripless candle seated on a pedestal, wherein the candle can be raised through a roof of the lantern to be snuffed out or lit, a brass plate on the front side of the base of the lantern having an inscription descriptive of the lantern thereon, the front panel having an etching depicting a pictorial scene that corresponds with the inscription and a laminated card having an anecdote commensurate with the inscription associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Inventor: Rosemary M. Dunn
  • Patent number: 5600209
    Abstract: Apparatus for simulating a candle flame in which the current through the filament of a bulb is varied from a first value to a second value and back to the first value during spaced periods that vary from a period of maximum duration to a period of minimum duration that produces no observable flicker in an apparently random manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Inventor: Raymond F. St. Louis
  • Patent number: 5547371
    Abstract: A collection of components which may be assembled into a variety of home, garden and patio-type torch configurations includes a torch portion having a fuel canister and a wick element, a vertical support or pole portion, and a base portion. The apparatus is preferably constructed from standard copper plumbing pipe and associated copper fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: M. Fred Rose
  • Patent number: 5376708
    Abstract: A biodegradable plastic material based on cellulose esters and possibly biodegradable carboxylic acid esters, glycol esters or glycol ethers as softener, composed of from about 50 to about 90 weight percent cellulose ester, from about 5 to about 40 weight percent softener, from about 5 to about 30 weight percent polyester and from about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent AQ-nylon. The biodegradable plastic material may also contain organic acids and/or acid esters and/or ethers different from the softener, and other additives, such as flame inhibitors, and is distinguished by excellent biodegradability, injection molding and blow molding characteristics. Also disclosed are articles made of the material of the invention and methods of making such articles. It is preferably molded into thin sheets and transparent plastic articles, preferably into enclosures/containers for oil lamps, eternal flame oil candles, composition lights, other cemetery light designs, votive lights and thin sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Battelle Institute e.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Best, Klaus Wollmann, Alexander Ach
  • Patent number: 5264995
    Abstract: A non-electric candle lamp generally comprising a base member defining an upper surface including a recess and an elongate slot formed therein. Releasably engaged to the upper surface of the base member is a diffuser member which defines front and back surfaces and a lower edge portion which is receivable into the slot. Received into the recess of the base member is a candle cup including a candle disposed therein. The slot is formed in the upper surface of the base member in a manner wherein the diffuser member is angled toward the candle cup when the lower edge portion is received into the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Joan Baker Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan B. McKee
  • Patent number: 5262929
    Abstract: An illusionary light apparatus is provided which consists of an enclosure with at least a portion fabricated out of a one-way mirror glass and a light source is carried within the enclosure. When illumination is emitted from the light source and contacts the one-way mirror glass of the enclosure an optical illusion is created showing many light sources succeeding each other, theoretically forever, into the space beyond the light source, provided that the illumination surrounding the enclosure is less than the illumination emitted by the light source within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Inventor: Michael F. Lenhart
  • Patent number: 5178451
    Abstract: A hollow plastic container for holding water and a candle for use in a luminaria comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, four side walls extending between the bottom wall and the top wall, and a candle securing member for securing the candle in an upright position in the container, the candle securing member including a well formed in the bottom wall into which the candle is inserted, the top wall having an opening above and aligned with the well to permit the candle to be inserted into the well, to permit the candle to extend from the container, and to permit insertion of water into the container. In use, the flame of the candle is automatically extinguished when the candle burns down to the point where the water held in the container contacts the flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: JH Specialties Inc.
    Inventor: John J. Henry
  • Patent number: 5154600
    Abstract: An illumination kit includes at least one candle member, wherein the candle member is formed with a plurality of circumferential luminescent bands circumferentially mounted to a side wall of the candle, with the candle mounted to a base permitting its transport and repositioning. The kit further includes a flashlight and radio receiver mounted relative to the base for use during emergency conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Inventor: Paul J. Sylvestre
  • Patent number: RE37168
    Abstract: Apparatus for simulating a candle flame in which the current through the filament of a bulb is varied from a first value to a second value and back to the first value during spaced periods that vary from a period of maximum duration to a period of minimum duration that produces no observable flicker in an apparently random manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: Raymond F. St. Louis