IP Library Granted Patent US 12663151
Granted Patent B2
US 12663151 · App. 18/388,234 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Customizable candle device

Inventor: Garry Dumas (Somerville, MA)
F21V35/003
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Patent No.
US 12663151
App. No.
18/388,234
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A customizable candle device for interconnecting a plurality of scented candles to produce a custom aroma includes a plurality of containers that are positionable together to form a shape. Each of the plurality of containers comprises a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall thereby defining an interior chamber. The perimeter wall has a top edge defining an opening into the interior chamber. The perimeter wall of each of the plurality of containers is couplable together whereby the plurality of containers is positionable together to form the shape. A candle is positioned within the interior chamber of each of the plurality of containers. A connector removably couples the plurality of containers together. A cover may be included which is positionable over the top edge of each of the plurality of containers and which selectively uncovers each of the plurality of containers.

Claims (52)

1 . A customizable candle device comprising:

a plurality of containers being positionable together to form a shape, each of the plurality of containers comprising:

a bottom wall;

a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall thereby defining an interior chamber, the perimeter wall having a top edge defining an opening into the interior chamber;

the perimeter wall of each of the plurality of containers being couplable together whereby the plurality of containers is positionable together to form the shape;

a candle being positioned within the interior chamber of each of the plurality of containers; and

a connector removably coupling the plurality of containers together.

2 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , the candle further comprising an upper side, a lower side, and a peripheral side being attached to and extending between the upper side and the lower side.

3 . The customizable candle device of claim 2 , the upper side and the lower side being triangular.

4 . The customizable candle device of claim 2 , further comprising a wick extending upwardly from the upper side of the candle within the interior chamber of each of the plurality of containers.

5 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , the candle having a scent.

6 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , the connector further comprising:

a first magnetically active material being attached to the perimeter wall of a first one of the plurality of containers;

a second magnetically active material being attached to the perimeter wall of a second one of the plurality of containers;

the second magnetically active material being aligned with the first magnetically active material when the first one of the plurality of containers is coupled to the second one of the plurality of containers; and

the first and second magnetically active materials being magnetically attracted to each other and removably coupling the first one of the plurality of containers with the second one of the plurality of containers, the first magnetically active material contacting and being magnetically retained in contact with the second magnetically active material when the first one of the plurality of containers is coupled to the second one of the plurality of containers.

7 . The customizable candle device of claim 6 , the perimeter wall further comprising a pair of angled faces, wherein each of the pair of angled faces has a wedge shape, wherein the first magnetically active material is attached to a first face of the pair of angled faces and the second magnetically active material is attached to a second face of the pair of angled faces whereby the first face of the first one of the plurality of containers is magnetically couplable to the second face of the second one of the plurality of containers.

8 . The customizable candle device of claim 6 , the first magnetically active material comprising a first magnet, the second magnetically active material comprising a second magnet, the first magnet and the second magnet having complementary polarity such that the first and second magnets are magnetically attracted to each other.

9 . The customizable candle device of claim 6 , the first magnetically active material comprising a magnet, the second magnetically active material comprising a metallic material, the metallic material being magnetically attracted to the magnet such that the metallic material is magnetically retained by the magnet.

10 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , the perimeter wall further comprising a pair of angled faces forming a wedge shape and the connector further comprising a sleeve being configured to receive at least two of the plurality of containers when the pair of angled faces of the perimeter walls of each of the plurality of containers are positioned adjacent to each other, whereby the plurality of containers are positionable together within the sleeve to form the shape.

11 . The customizable candle device of claim 10 , further comprising a divider being coupled to and positioned within the sleeve whereby the divider forms a plurality of inner areas within the sleeve, each of the plurality of inner areas being the wedge shape whereby each of the plurality of inner areas is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of containers.

12 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , the perimeter wall further comprising a pair of angled faces attached to a curved face extending therebetween, the curved face being convexly arcuate between a first face of the pair of angled faces and a second face of the pair of angled faces, wherein each of the pair of angled faces has a rectangular shape and wherein the pair of angled faces are angled together opposite the curved face whereby the perimeter wall forms a wedge shape.

13 . The customizable candle device of claim 12 , the connector further comprising:

a latch having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being positioned on the perimeter wall of a first one of the plurality of containers, the second portion being positioned on the perimeter wall of a second one of the plurality of containers; and

the first portion aligning and being engageable with the second portion when the first one of the plurality of containers is positioned adjacent to a second one of the plurality of containers thereby holding the first one and the second one of the plurality of containers together.

14 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , the connector further comprising:

a tongue being attached to and extending outwardly from a first face of a pair of angled faces; and

a second face of the pair of angled faces having a groove formed therein, the groove being complementary to the tongue such that the groove is configured to receive the tongue thereby coupling the first face of the pair of angled faces of a first one of the plurality of containers with the second face of the pair of angled faces of a second one of the plurality of containers.

15 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , further comprising a cover being positionable over the top edge of each of the plurality of containers, the cover selectively uncovering each of the plurality of containers thereby exposing the candle within the interior chamber of an uncovered one of the plurality of containers.

16 . The customizable candle device of claim 15 , the cover further comprising:

a plurality of lids being pivotably coupled together, each of the plurality of lids being positionable over a corresponding one of the plurality of containers, wherein each of the plurality of lids pivots upwardly thereby exposing the upper side of the candle within the corresponding one of the plurality of containers, each of the plurality of lids comprising a magnetically active lid material;

a rod extending upwardly from a midsection between the plurality of lids;

a magnetically active rod material being coupled to the rod opposite the midsection, the magnetically active rod material being contactable by each of the plurality of lids when each of the plurality of lids is pivoted upward to selectively uncover the uncovered one of the plurality of containers thereby exposing the candle; and

the magnetically active lid material being attachable to the magnetically active rod material thereby releasably coupling each of the plurality of lids to the rod when each of the plurality of lids is pivoted upward.

17 . The customizable candle device of claim 16 , the magnetically active lid material further comprising a metal and the magnetically active rod material further comprising a magnet being attached to the rod opposite the midsection, each of the plurality of lids contacting and being magnetically retained in contact with the magnet when each of the plurality of lids is pivoted upward.

18 . The customizable candle device of claim 1 , further comprising a base plate having a plurality of raised edges extending upwardly from the base plate thereby forming respective sections, each of the respective sections being configured to receive a one of the plurality of containers, the plurality of containers being positionable within the respective sections to form the shape.

19 . A customizable candle device comprising:

a plurality of containers being positionable together to form a shape, each of the plurality of containers comprising:

a bottom wall;

a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall thereby defining an interior chamber, the perimeter wall having a top edge defining an opening into the interior chamber;

the perimeter wall of each of the plurality of containers being couplable together whereby the plurality of containers is positionable together to form the shape;

a candle being positioned within the interior chamber of each of the plurality of containers, the candle comprising an upper side, a lower side, and a peripheral side being attached to and extending between the upper side and the lower side, the candle having a scent;

a wick extending upwardly from the upper side of the candle within the interior chamber of each of the plurality of containers, the opening permitting access to the wick;

a connector removably coupling the plurality of containers together when the plurality of containers are positioned together to form the shape, the connector comprising:

a sleeve being configured to receive at least two of the plurality of containers when the pair of angled faces of the perimeter walls of each of the plurality of containers are positioned adjacent to each other, whereby the plurality of containers are positionable together within the sleeve to form the shape;

a divider being coupled to and positioned within the sleeve whereby the divider forms a plurality of inner areas within the sleeve, each of the plurality of inner areas being a wedge shape whereby each of the plurality of inner areas is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of containers;

a cover being positionable over the top edge of each of the plurality of containers, the cover selectively uncovering the opening each of the plurality of containers thereby exposing the candle within the interior chamber of an uncovered one of the plurality of containers, the cover comprising:

a plurality of lids being pivotably coupled together, each of the plurality of lids being positionable over a corresponding one of the plurality of containers, wherein each of the plurality of lids pivots upwardly thereby exposing the upper side of the candle within the corresponding one of the plurality of containers thereby forming the uncovered one of the plurality of containers, each of the plurality of lids comprising a magnetically active lid material;

a rod extending upwardly from a midsection between the plurality of lids;

a magnetically active rod material being coupled to the rod opposite the midsection, the magnetically active rod material being contactable by each of the plurality of lids when each of the plurality of lids is pivoted upward to selectively uncover the uncovered one of the plurality of containers thereby exposing the candle;

the magnetically active lid material being attachable to the magnetically active rod material thereby releasably coupling each of the plurality of lids to the rod when each of the plurality of lids is pivoted upward; and

wherein the magnetically active lid material comprises a metal and wherein the magnetically active rod material comprises a magnet being attached to the rod opposite the midsection, each of the plurality of lids contacting and being magnetically retained in contact with the magnet when each of the plurality of lids is pivoted upward.