Combustion – Candle – e.g. – taper – etc. – Having structure additional to wax and wick
Reexamination Certificate
1998-11-25
2001-01-09
Price, Carl D. (Department: 3743)
Combustion
Candle, e.g., taper, etc.
Having structure additional to wax and wick
C431S289000, C044S531000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06171103
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to candle decorating kits and methods, that is, kits containing specially shaped candles which can be used to make a variety of candle arrangements, assemblages or tableau.
Decorative candles are produced which have widely varying and imaginative shapes. Individual candles having a triangular, square or cylindrical cross-sections, as well as candles molded into a vast variety of symbolic and artistic forms, are well-known.
Candles often are clustered together in groups to form a decorative assemblage or array. However, the grouping usually is selected at random by the individual decorator, and the candles are purchased separately for assembly into a decorative array.
One problem with this approach is that the packaging and time needed to gather the candles for such arrays can be wasteful in terms of time and money so that the most effective decoration using such candles can be relatively costly and time consuming.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome or alleviate the foregoing problems, and to provide a candle decorating kit in which the candles are predesigned as a group and packaged in a compact, efficient and relatively low cost container so that decorative arrays can be composed from the contents of the kit quickly, easily and at a relatively modest cost.
In accordance with the present invention, the foregoing objects are met by the provision of a candle decorating kit and method which preferably includes a plurality of candles fitted into a container in an arrangement in which they form a geometric solid of a shape different from that of at least some of the candles in the container.
For example, a kit is provided in which candles with triangular and other cross-sections are assembled together in a container to form a rectangular prismatic solid, such as a rectangular parallelpiped, preferably a cube. This combination provides the maximum in packaging efficiency and, unexpectedly, provides added versatility in decoration. The added versatility comes from the fact that the geometric solid formed by the candle array in the package is one option for use of the candles in a decorating scheme, in addition to using the triangular candles in other arrays.
Also, a candle having one side wall with a re-entrant curved surface is matched with another candle of having the mirror image of that surface so that when fitted or “nested” together the candles again form a rectangular parallelpiped, such as a cube.
Similarly, the candles in the kit can form a cylinder or an octagon, or a hexagon or an ellipsoid or other geometric solid, such as a heart, pyramid, and can include a truncated pyramid, truncated cone, hemisphere, etc.
Another feature of the invention is that the candles have flat tops with recessed wicks in order to permit the stable stacking of the candles atop one another, if desired, either for decorative effect or packaging in the kit.
The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention are set forth in or will be apparent from the following descriptions and drawings.
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Cocks Josiah C.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Neff Gregor N.
Price Carl D.
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