Candle wick clip, candle and method

A candle wick clip assembly for candles to be used with a display having a supporting surface, said wick clip comprising:

• a) a base having a top and bottom surface;
• b) a wick receiving member disposed adjacent the top surface of the base;
• c) a generally open skirt extending downwardly from the base and adapted to maintain the base in a predetermined spaced relationship relative to a supporting surface in use, wherein said skirt comprises a plurality of downwardly extending legs and a plurality of flow passages;
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• d) a wick having a top and bottom end, said bottom end of the wick penetrating the base, and being securely and non-movably attached to said assembly by said wick receiving member such that its bottom end is located at a point above the supporting surface in use sufficient to leave an unused residuary pool of molten candle fuel on top of the supporting surface as the wick is cut off from the fuel in use.

A method for making a wick clip for a candle to be used with a candle display having a supporting surface, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a base;
• b) providing a wick receiving member on the base;
• c) bending said base along a plurality of equidistant bend lines whereby a plurality of downwardly extending legs and flow passages are formed such that the base and wick receiving member will be spaced from a supporting surface in use by said legs;
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• d) non-movably attaching a wick to said wick receiving member such that a bottom end of the wick is located at a point above the supporting surface in use sufficient to leave an unused residuary pool of molten candle fuel on top of the supporting surface as the wick is cut off from the fuel in use.

A method for making a candle with an improved supported wick comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a candle having upper and lower ends;
• b) providing a wick passage running between the upper and lower ends of the candle;
• c) providing a wick clip base;
• d) providing a wick receiving member on the base;
• e) providing a wick, said wick having top and bottom ends and being longer than the wick passage;
• f) non-movably attaching said wick to the wick receiving member adjacent its bottom end;
• g) bending said base along a plurality of equidistant bend lines to form a plurality of flow passages and downwardly extending legs having distal ends;
• h) inserting said top end of the wick into the wick passage;
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• I) passing said top end of the wick through the wick passage until the distal ends of the downwardly extending legs are generally coplanar with the lower end of the candle.