Patent Application
20230200574
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The disclosure relates to covering devices and more particularly pertains to a new covering device for protecting a cake from airborne pathogens. The device includes a cover with a plurality of candle openings that can be positioned over a cake. The device includes a plurality of closures, each being disposed on the cover, for closing each of the candle openings. The device includes a plurality of candle holders that is each insertable through a respective one of the candle openings. Each of the candle holders has a receiver for insertably receiving a candle. In no instance does the prior art disclose a cover which has a plurality of candle openings and a plurality of candle holders, each being insertable through a respective candle opening, which can insertably receive a candle.
The prior art relates to covering devices including a variety of cake covers that each at least has a plurality of candle wells for insertably receiving candles. The prior art discloses a cake cover device that includes a cover that is positionable over a cake and which has a plurality of candle openings for insertably receiving candles and a lid that is positionable over the cover when candle are removed from the cover.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cover that is positionable over a cake. The cover is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to protect the cake from airborne pathogens. The cover has a plurality of candle openings each extending through the cover. A plurality of candle holders is provided and each of the candle holders has a receiver to insertably receive a candle. Each of the candle holders is insertable through a respective one of the candle openings having the receiver being spaced above the cover. In this way each of the candle holders can support the candle in a vertical orientation thereby facilitating the candle to be blown out by a user in the convention of blowing out birthday candles.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The plurality of candle openings 16 includes a set of first candle openings 30 and a set of second candle openings 32. Each of the first candle openings 30 has a bounding edge 34 that is continuously arcuate such that each of the first candle openings 30 has a circular shape. Each of the second candle openings 32 has a bounding edge 36 which has a pair of curved portions 38 that is disposed on opposing ends of a pair of elongate portions 40 such that each of the second candle openings 32 has an ovoid shape. In this way the second candle openings 32 can accommodate a numerical candle that is commonly employed to indicate the age of a person celebrating a birthday. Furthermore, each of the second candle openings 32 is surrounded by the first candle openings 30.
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A plurality of candle holders 44 is provided and each of the candle holders 44 has a receiver 45 to insertably receive a candle 46. Each of the candle holders 44 is insertable through a respective one of the candle openings 16 having the receiver 45 being spaced above the cover 12. In this way each of the candle holders 44 can support the candle 46 in a vertical orientation thereby facilitating the candle 46 to be blown out by a user in the convention of blowing out birthday candles. Each of the candle holders 44 comprises a stem 48 that has a lower end 50, an upper end 52 and an outer surface 54 extending between the upper end 52 and the lower end 50, and the stem 48 is elongated between the upper end 52 and the lower end 50.
The outer surface 54 flares outwardly adjacent to the upper end 52 to define an upper portion 56 of the stem 48 that has a diameter which is greater than a diameter of a lower portion 58 of the stem 48. The upper end 52 is associated with the upper portion 56 and the lower end 50 is associated with the lower portion 58. The upper end 52 has a well 59 extending into the upper portion 56 of the stem 48 such that the upper portion 56 of the stem 48 defines the receiver 45. The lower end 50 tapers to a point to penetrate the cake 14 when the stem 48 is inserted through a respective one of the candle openings 16. The closure 46 which is aligned with the candle 46 opening through which the stem 48 is extended is urged into the open position when the stem 48 is extended through the candle 46 opening.
A pair of handles 60 is provided and each of the handles 60 extends laterally away from the outer surface 54 of the stem 48. Each of the handles 60 is positioned on the lower portion 58 at a point that is located adjacent to the upper portion 56. Furthermore, each of the handles 60 extends away from the stem 48 in opposite directions from each other. Each of the handles 60 has a distal end 62 with respect to the outer surface 54 and a ball 64 is disposed on the distal end 62 of each of the handles 60. Each of the handles 60 abuts the top surface 22 of the top wall 18 when the stem 48 is inserted through the respective candle 46 opening for inhibiting the candle 46 holder from passing through the cover 12.
The perimeter wall 20 of the cover 12 is continuously arcuate about a center point of the top wall 18 such that the perimeter wall 20 defines a circular shape. In an alternative embodiment 66 as is most clearly shown in
In use, the cover 12 is positioned over the cake 14 and a desired number of the candle holders 44 is extended through chosen candle openings 16 in the cover 12 to penetrate the cake 14. A plurality of candles 46 is each inserted into the receiver 45 in a respective candle holder 44 such that the candles 46 are vertically oriented. Each of the candles 46 is lit to facilitate a person celebrating their birthday to blow out the candles 46 in the convention of birthday celebrations. The cover 12 and each of the closures 42 inhibits airborne pathogens, such as bacteria or viruses that may be exhaled by the person blowing out the candles 46, from contacting the cake 14. In this way individuals that eat the cake 14 are protected from coming into contact with the airborne pathogens when the cake 14 is eaten. The cover 12 is removed from the cake 14 when the candles 46 are blown out to facilitate the cake 14 to be eaten.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
