Candle assembly with light emitting system

• US 20070020573A1
• Filed: 07/12/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chris Kubicek, Cory Nelson, Jose Porchia, Mary Adams, Paul Furner, Rene Beland, William Kissner
• Original Assignee: Chris Kubicek, Cory Nelson, Jose Porchia, Mary Adams, Paul Furner, Rene Beland, William Kissner
• Inventors: Porchia, Jose, Kubicek, Chris, Nelson, Cory, Beland, Rene, Kissner, William, Furner, Paul, Adams, Mary
• Application Number:
  US11/485,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20070020573A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 431/289
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 19/00 Lighting devices or systems employing combinations of electric and non-electric light sources; Replacing or exchanging electric light sources with non-electric light sources or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 35/00 Candle holders
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 3/16 using candles

Abstract

A candle assembly includes a support base with a melting plate upon which a meltable solid fuel rests and a wick holder to hold a wick and engage the meltable solid fuel. The candle assembly further includes a control unit having at least one electrical component to control a light emitting system.

Claims

1. A candle assembly, comprising:

a support base comprising an upwardly projecting capillary lobe, wherein the capillary lobe is disposed within a recessed base portion of a wick holder, and wherein a capillary space is defined between the capillary lobe and the recessed base portion to allow capillary flow of melted fuel to a wick from the support base;

a light emitting system; and

a control unit to control the light emitting system.

2. The candle assembly of claim 1, wherein the capillary space is defined between a downwardly extending skirt of the recessed base portion and a wall of the capillary lobe.

3. The candle assembly of claim 1 further comprising a diffuser.

4. The candle assembly of claim 3, wherein the diffuser comprises a surface geometric feature that enables securement of the diffuser to the support base.

5. The candle assembly of claim 3, wherein the support base is secured to the control unit by the diffuser.

6. The candle assembly of claim 3, wherein the diffuser is positioned to interact with the light emitting system to at least one of diffuse, disperse, or scatter light emitted from the light emitting system.

7. The candle assembly of claim 1, wherein the light emitting system comprises a multi-color LED.

8. The candle assembly of claim 7, wherein the light emitting system comprises a tri-color LED.

9. A candle assembly, comprising:

a support base comprising an upwardly projecting capillary lobe, wherein the capillary lobe is disposed within a recessed base portion of a wick holder, and wherein a capillary space is defined between the capillary lobe and the recessed base portion to allow capillary flow of melted fuel to a wick from the support base;

a light emitting device; and

a control unit to control the light emitting device, the control unit comprising a power source, a battery reversal protection device, a digital processing unit, and a control mechanism.

10. The candle assembly of claim 9, wherein the power source comprises at least one of a battery or an electrical cord.

11. The candle assembly of claim 9, wherein the battery reversal protection device protects the control unit from damage if the battery is inserted into a battery holder in reverse orientation.

12. The candle assembly of claim 9, wherein the digital processing unit comprises at least one of a PWM generator, a lamp driver, a pattern storage capacity, or a program storage capacity.

13. The candle assembly of claim 9, wherein the control unit produces a light show.

14. The candle assembly of claim 13, wherein the control mechanism allows a user to initiate, select, end, or pause the light show.

15. The candle assembly of claim 13, wherein the light show comprises an emission of a first color for a first period of time and an emission of a second color for a second period of time.

16. The candle assembly of claim 9, wherein the light emitting device comprises a tri-color LED.

17. A candle assembly, comprising:

a support base comprising an upwardly projecting capillary lobe, wherein the capillary lobe is disposed within a recessed base portion of a wick holder, and wherein a capillary space is defined between the capillary lobe and the recessed base portion to allow capillary flow of melted fuel to a wick from the support base;

a diffuser comprising a surface geometric feature that enables securement of the diffuser to the support base; and

a control unit comprising a battery, a battery reversal protection device, a digital processing unit, a control mechanism, and a tri-color LED,

wherein activation of the control mechanism at least one of initiates, selects, ends, or pauses a light show encoded by the digital processing unit and emitted from the tri-color LED.

18. The candle assembly of claim 17, wherein the diffuser is secured to the control unit by a flange.

19. The candle assembly of claim 17, wherein the support base is secured to the diffuser by an adhesive.

20. The candle assembly of claim 17, wherein the light show comprises an emission of a first color for a first period of time and an emission of a second color for a second period of time.

21. The candle assembly of claim 17, wherein the digital processing unit encodes a plurality of different light shows.

22. The candle assembly of claim 17, wherein the light show comprises at least one of a repeated cycle or a random pattern.