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US 5,690,484 AGranted
Candle wick holder
AssigneeS. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorsStephen B. Leonard, D. James Musiel
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Abstract
A wick holder is disclosed, along with blanks for forming it, candles that incorporate it, and methods for making it. The wick holder has platforms for supporting the bottom of the wick and side peripheral guides. It also has leg panels to center the wick in the candle.
Claims17
A foldable blank for use in forming a candle wick holder, comprising an elongated sheet of foldable material, the sheet having an upper surface and a downward surface, with:
- a first leg panel;
- a first wick support panel connected to the first leg panel and having a downwardly bendable platform panel and an upwardly bendable wick guide panel;
- a second wick support panel connected to the first wick support panel at an opposite end of the first wick support panel from the first leg panel, the second support panel also having an upwardly bendable wick guide panel;
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- a second leg panel connected to the second wick support panel at an opposite end of the second wick support panel from the first wick support panel.
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A method of manufacturing a combined wick holder and wick, comprising:
- (a) obtaining a blank that is a elongated sheet of foldable material having an upper surface and a downward surface with:
- a first leg panel;
- a first wick support panel connected to the first leg panel and having a downwardly bendable platform panel and an upwardly bendable wick guide panel;
- a second wick support panel connected to the first wick support panel at an opposite end of the first wick support panel from the first leg panel, the second wick support panel also having a downwardly bendable platform panel and an upwardly bendable wick guide panel;
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- a second leg panel connected to the second wick support panel at an opposite end of the second wick support panel from the first wick support panel;
- (b) folding the blank to a first immediate position;
- (c) inserting a wick between the first and second support panels;
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- (d) thereafter continuing to fold the blank to form a holder and to retain the wick in a holder, the holder comprising:
- a first holder leg;
- a first holder wick support connected to the first holder leg and having a radially inwardly directed holder platform and a radially outwardly directed holder wick guide higher on the first holder wick support than the holder platform;
- a second holder wick support connected to the first holder wick support at an opposite end of the first holder wick support from the first holder leg, the second holder wick support also having a radially inwardly directed holder platform and a radially outwardly directed holder wick guide higher on the second holder wick support than the holder platform;
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- a second holder leg connected to the second holder wick support at an opposite end of the second holder wick support from the first holder wick support.
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A foldable blank for use in forming a candle wick holder, comprising an elongated sheet of foldable material, the sheet having an upper surface and a downwold surface, with:
- a first leg panel;
- a first wick support panel connected to the first leg panel and having a downwardly bendable platform panel and an upwardly bendable wick guide panel;
- a second wick support panel connected to the first wick support panel at an opposite end of the first wick support panel from the first leg panel, the second wick support panel also having a downwardly bendable platform panel and an upwardly bendable wick guide panel;
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- a second leg panel connected to the second wick support panel at an opposite end of the second wick support panel from the first wick support panel:
- wherein at least one of the first and second support panels have at least three cut-outs. with a panel portion being between a first and a second of the cut-outs and guide panel being between the second and a third of the cut-outs.
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A candle wick holder, comprising:
- a first leg panel;
- a first wick support panel connected to the first leg panel and having a radially inwardly directed platform panel and a radially outwardly directed wick guide panel higher on the first wick support panel than the platform;
- a second wick support panel connected to the first wick support panel at an opposite end of the first wick support panel from the first leg panel, the second wick support panel also having a radially inwardly directed platform and a radially outwardly directed wick guide higher on the second wick support panel than the platform;
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- a second leg panel connected to the second wick support panel at an opposite end of the second wick support panel from the first wick support panel;
- wherein at least one of the first and second support panels have at least three cut-outs, with a platform being between a first and a second of the cut-out and a guide being between the second and a third of the cut-outs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.