Combustion – Candle – e.g. – taper – etc. – Having structure additional to wax and wick
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-22
2001-10-09
Lazarus, Ira S. (Department: 3743)
Combustion
Candle, e.g., taper, etc.
Having structure additional to wax and wick
C431S126000, C362S161000, C044S275000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06299435
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to decorative candles, and in particular to and in particular to a decorative candle display including a transparent container with a transparent combustible gelatinous liner disposed on the interior wall of the container, shaped generally opaque structures disposed against the gelatinous liner and fabricated of an opaque combustible wax material plus a transparent combustible gelatinous material, and a wicked and opaque combustible filler material disposed within the container interiorly from the liner.
Candles have become very popular for decorative purposes, and as such are produced in different styles, shapes, and colors, with one particular decorative presentment found in candle displays incorporating transparent containers in which candle products are housed for viewing. Such candle products typically are formed of an opaque wax material such as paraffin or of a transparent gelatin material such as a mineral oil gel, with a pigment and/or a fragrance optionally included within either material. Additionally, as shown in Applicant's U.S. Pat. No. 6,033,210, issued Mar. 7, 2000, a candle display is provided where transparent combustible gelatinous shaped structures are situated directly against an interior wall of a transparent container which is filled with an opaque combustible filler material that maintains the shaped structures against the interior wall for external visibility.
While the above-described display that includes opaque filler material plus discrete gelatinous structures permits some visual appreciability of gel, the gel presence at the container wall is restricted, and any interaction of glistening gel surface with opaque filler surface along with gel structures does not occur. Consequently, a primary object of the present invention is to provide a decorative candle display wherein a gelatinous liner is coated on the interior of a transparent container such that the opaque filler glistens.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a decorative candle display wherein shaped generally opaque structures fabricated of an opaque combustible wax material and a transparent combustible gelatinous material are disposed and retained against the gelatinous liner through adhesive interaction of interfacing gelatinous materials.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a decorative candle display as defined above wherein gelatinous material appearance is further enhanced through incorporation of glitter particulate disbursed throughout the gelatinous liner.
These and other objects of the present invention will become apparent throughout the description thereof which now follows.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a decorative candle display first including a transparent container with an open top and 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.
The candle display is formed by first heating a transparent combustible gelatinous material to its melting temperature, coating the melted gelatinous material onto entire interior surfaces of entire walls of a transparent container, and thereafter permitting the gelatinous material to cool and solidify as a gelatinous liner on the surface. Next, at least one shaped, generally opaque structure fabricated of an opaque, preferably pigmented, combustible wax material and a transparent combustible gelatinous material is disposed on the gelatinous liner. Finally, an opaque combustible filler material with or without pigment and/or fragrance is heated to its melting temperature, which is less than the melting temperature of the gelatinous material, and poured into the container interiorly of the gelatinous liner and surrounding a previously placed wick. The filler material then cools and solidifies, and construction of the candle display is thus completed.
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Asbury Frank
Freeman Faith
Cocks Josiah C.
Lazarus Ira S.
Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker
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