Patent Application
20220287487
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The present invention relates to the field of cake covers.
Cakes are a form of sweet baked good that are made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, such as fruit or chocolate. Oftentimes, they are layered with intermittent icing. The stacking and decoration of a cake requires great skill and artisanship. As a consequence, a cake chef needs to protect the cake once it is assembled and fully decorated.
Cale chefs typically a dome as a protective cover for the storage or transport of the cake. These covers are usually transparent to allow for the display of the cake. This shield protects the cake from germs and unwanted touching by persons wanting to taste the cake's icing.
As a “Birthday Cake”, it is a common tradition to have a number of candles on the cake that correspond to the age of the person celebrating the birthday. Once lit, the candles are blown out by the person celebrating the birthday. Usually, the protective cover must be removed before the candles can be put on the cake. At this time, the cake loses its protection and its vulnerable to impact or spittle coming from the mouth of the person blowing out the candles.
One attempt to solve this dilemma involves placing the candles over the protective shield itself, such as the item sold as the “Top It Cake Shield”, which is available for sale.
However, the candles are not actually on the cake. During a birthday celebration, people prefer the candles to be physically on the cake. Likewise, putting the candles on the protective lid increases the risk of fire.
The foregoing prior art does not describe the present invention.
The current invention provides numerous advantages over the prior art. This includes a mechanism to both protect the cake and allow for the installment of candles directly onto the cake.
There is a need for a novel cake protector that is easy to use, convenient, and light weight, but is fully protective of the cake. This transparent shield can protects the candles and its presence reassures the guests that the birthday cake is protected from germs and viruses.
CLAIMS
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, the objects and advantages thereof, reference is now made to the ensuing descriptions taken in connection with the accompanying drawings briefly described as follows.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, the objects and advantages thereof, reference is now made to the ensuing descriptions taken in connection with the accompanying drawings briefly described as follows.
The present invention is a shield for the protection of a birthday cake, cupcake, pie, pastry, and the like. This shield protects the cake from contaminants and airborne germs carried by human spittle. This is a real concern in the age of COVID-19 whereby people want to celebrate traditions like birthday parties, but also feel protected from the spread of airborne viruses.
The invention comprises a cover or shield that is placed over a cake. This shield has four support legs which are placed directly onto the cake. In a preferred embodiment, these support legs are between two and three inches in height, thus allowing the shield to be two and three inches above the cake. This also protects the cake so the shield does not smear the cake's designs or artwork.
In a preferred embodiment, these support legs are spaced equally apart along the outside circumference of the shield and perpendicular to the axis of the shield. This allows for the legs to support the cake with as minimal touching the cake to protect its designs.
In a preferred embodiment, the shield has multiple circular holes in it to allow for the upright positioning of the candles. In one embodiment, the shield has three circular holes positioned in the middle of the cake cover. In another embodiment, the shield has between ten and twenty circular holes for the placement of upright candles.
Another embodiment of the cake protector features a separate cover for single number holes or regular size candle holes.
In a preferred embodiment, the invention is made of glass or a clear, rigid plastic. This allows for the shield to be easily be washed and reused for subsequent birthday celebrations.
A non-limiting example of such plastic includes polystyrene made by injection-molding. This plastic is available in color, reasonably priced, and easily formed by plastic processors.
In a preferred embodiment, the shield is a rounded disk-shaped, square-shaped, or rectangular-shaped. In a preferred embodiment, the shape of the shield corresponds with the shape of the cake that it protects.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention and their advantages may be understood by referring to
Embodiments of the invention are discussed below with reference to the Figures. However, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the detailed description given herein with respect to these figures is for explanatory purposes as the invention extends beyond these limited embodiments. For example, it should be appreciated that those skilled in the art will, in light of the teachings of the present invention, recognize a multiplicity of alternate and suitable approaches, depending upon the needs of the particular application, to implement the functionality of any given detail described herein, beyond the particular implementation choices in the following embodiments described and shown. That is, there are numerous modifications and variations of the invention that are too numerous to be listed but that all fit within the scope of the invention. Also, singular words should be read as plural and vice versa and masculine as feminine and vice versa, where appropriate, and alternative embodiments do not necessarily imply that the two are mutually exclusive.
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Reference is made to the figures of the invention included herein. A detailed description of the figures follows below.
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The foregoing description comprises illustrative embodiments of the present invention.
As will be appreciated, the foregoing objects and examples are exemplary and embodiments need not meet all or any of the foregoing objects, and need not include all or any of the exemplary features described herein. Additional aspects and embodiments within the scope of the claims will be devised by those having skill in the art based on the teachings set forth herein.
While the invention has been described in connection with what are considered to be exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
