US 9,611,446 B2Granted

Method for manufacturing a candle having an item embedded within

AssigneeDiamond Candles, LLC

InventorsDavid Anthony Cayton, Justin Winter

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Abstract

A candle with an embedded item and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a candle having an embedded item can include providing a first set of items of a first value and a second set of items of a second value different from the first value, combining the two sets to create a third set, and distributing the items of the third set among a set of candles, one item per candle, where the presence, nature, or value of the item within the candle is obscured. The method can further include selling the candles for a first price, wherein, the presence of the embedded item, the nature of the embedded item, the value of the embedded item, or the value of the embedded item relative to the first price is not known to the purchaser. The embedded item can comprise an object redeemable for a prize.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A method for manufacturing a candle having an item embedded within, comprising:

providing a first set of items, each item having a first value;
providing a second set of items, each item having a second value different from the first value;
combining the first and second sets of items to create a third set of items;
distributing the items of the third set among a set of candles by:
providing one or more enclosures, each enclosure forms a periphery of each candle of the set of candles;
providing wax that forms a body of each candle of the set of candles;
providing one or more wicks embedded in the wax of each candle of the set of candles;
providing one or more containers, each container embedding an item of the first set of items and embedded within the wax that forms the body of each candle of the set of candles, wherein each container is attached to the inside of each enclosure that forms the periphery of each candle of the set of candles such that the presence of each container is visible through each enclosure but a nature of the embedded item from the third set or a value of the embedded item from the third set, is not discernable while the item from the third set is embedded in each candle of the set of candles.

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Facts

Application: 15/080,334Filed 24 Mar 2016 · continuation
Priority: 14 Feb 2012
Published: US 2016/0040097 A121 Jul 2016
Granted: 4 Apr 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

F23D 3/18
Wick burners: details of wick burners
B29C 39/10
For making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles: incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. casting around inserts or for…
B29C 70/70
By incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or layers , e.g. foam blocks: completely encapsulating inserts
C11C 5/008
Candles: candles characterised by their form; Composite candles, e.g. candles containing zones of different composition, inclusions, or the like

Family

Application61/598,662Us provisional application · filed 14 Feb 2012
Application13/554,519Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Jul 2012
Application14/184,217Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 19 Feb 2014
Application14/455,103Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Aug 2014
US 2016/0208196 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Jul 2016
US 8,899,973 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application14/455,103Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 8,758,008 B2Parent of this continuation
Application14/184,217Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0209945 A1Published application
US 2014/0170579 A1Published application
US 2016/0040097 A1Published application
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