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US 6,634,513 B1Granted
Stacking candle holder modules
AssigneeDesign Ideas, Ltd.
InventorsChristopher Hardy, Jason Walsh
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Abstract
Two illustrative candle holding modules, each of which have a plurality of openings for receiving candles therein for display and a plurality of projections which individually fit into a selected opening in other similar modules. The combination allows the building of an innumerable variety of three dimensional arrays of candles. One module includes a linear array of candle receiving cells with an equal number of projections beneath them, each cell and its associated projection being structurally related to allow combining a plurality of such modules together in a variety of arrangements. A second module includes a square array of identically sized and shaped cells and projections to interfit with other first or second type modules.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- at least two candle holding modules each including
- a housing further including
- a bottom wall;
- an outer wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and said bottom wall and said outer wall defining an internal volume;
- and
- at least one divider wall for dividing said internal volume into at least two cells, each cell having an upwardly extending opening, and each of said cells being sized to receive a candle;
- wherein said candle holding modules are vertically stackable forming a lower candle holding module and an upper candle holding module, said upper candle holding module being offset from said lower candle holding module such that at least a portion of said bottom wall of said upper candle holding module rests atop said opening of at least one cell of said lower candle holding module forming a covered cell and at least one remaining cell of the lower candle holding module, and at least another portion of said bottom wall of said upper candle holding module is spaced from said opening of said at least one remaining cell of said lower candle holding module forming an uncovered cell of the lower candle holding module.
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A candle holder array comprising:
- first and second housings, each including
- a bottom wall;
- a plurality of walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and forming a top peripheral
- edge, said bottom wall and said plurality of walls defining an internal volume;
- at least one divider wall for dividing said internal volume into a plurality of candle holding cells;
- and
- a plurality of projections extending downwardly from said bottom wall, each of said projections being located beneath one of said cells;
- wherein said first housing is stacked atop said second housing, at least a portion of said bottom wall of said first housing rests atop at least a portion of said top peripheral edge of said second housing, one of said plurality of projections of said first housing is vertically aligned with and located substantially within one of said cells of said second housing, and wherein no part of any of said plurality of cells of said first housing is located within any one of said plurality of cells of said second housing.
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A candle holder array comprising:
- first and second housings, each including:
- a bottom wall;
- a plurality of walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and forming a top peripheral edge, said bottom wall and said plurality of walls defining an internal volume;
- at least one divider wall for dividing said internal volume into a plurality of candle holding cells, the distance between said bottom wall and said top peripheral edge defining a cell height;
- and
- a plurality of projections extending downwardly from said bottom wall, each of said projections being located beneath a respective one of said cells;
- wherein said first housing is stacked atop said second housing and one of said plurality of projections of said first housing is vertically aligned with and located substantially within one of said cells of said second housing, the overall height of said first and second stacked housings is no less than the sum of said cell height of said first housing and said cell height of said second housing.
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A candle holder array comprising:
- first, second and third housings, each including:
- a bottom wall;
- a plurality of side walls and a plurality of end walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and forming a top peripheral edge, said bottom wall and said plurality of side walls defining an internal volume;
- at least one divider wall for dividing said internal volume into a plurality of candle holding cells;
- and
- a plurality of projections extending downwardly from said bottom wall, each of said projections being located beneath a respective one of said cells;
- wherein said first housing is stacked atop said second and third housings, one of said side walls of said second housing is parallel to and in contact with one of said side walls of said third housing, said side walls of said first housing are oriented perpendicular with respect to said side walls of said second housing and said side walls of said third housing, one of said plurality of projections of said first housing is located within one of said plurality of cells of said second housing, and a different one of said plurality of projections of said first housing is located within one of said plurality of cells of said third housing.
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An arrangement comprising:
- at least two candle holding modules each including
- a housing further including
- a bottom wall;
- an outer wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and said bottom wall and said outer wall defining an internal volume;
- and
- at least one divider wall for dividing said internal volume into at least two linearly aligned cells, each cell having an upwardly extending opening;
- wherein said candle holding modules are vertically stackable forming a lower candle holding module and an upper candle holding module, said upper candle holding module being offset from said lower candle holding module such that at least a portion of said bottom wall of said upper candle holding module rests atop said opening of at least one cell of said lower candle holding module forming a covered cell and at least one remaining cell of the lower candle holding module, and at least another portion of said bottom wall of said upper candle holding module is spaced from said opening of said at least one remaining cell of said lower candle holding module forming an uncovered cell of the lower candle holding module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.