US1842401A

US1842401A - Illuminated favor

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Publication number: US1842401A
Application number: US452576A
Authority: US
Inventors: Marcia C Hamblet
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-05-15
Filing date: 1930-05-15
Publication date: 1932-01-26
Anticipated expiration: 1949-01-26

Description

Jan. 26, 1932. M. c. HAMBLET ILLUMINATED FAVOR Fileduay 15,V 1930 SW1 /JJ j ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 26, 1932 PATENT Nol-"r'lcla AMARCIA c. HAMBLET, or NORTH PLArNrIELD, NEW JERSEY f ILLUMINA'rim FAvon lApplicatlin led `May` 15, 1,930.` Serial N'o. 452,576.

V My invention relates to favors or novelties 'of thetype employed for decorative effects on wedding or banquet tableseither asf individual presentsfor the guests or as i i 5 so-called Jack-Horner pies, or grab bags from which the guests withdraw their individual presents. The invention comprises the inclusion within suchfavorsor novelties of small readily removable drycells provided Withelectric lights which, when lighted, add to the decorative effect of the whole either by Venhancing the illusion created by the favor, or by illuminating transparent portions of the favor, or by beautifying portions thereof by reflected light.

` The use of electric lighting for decorative effects has heretofore been confined to f`1xtures Where the conducting wires could be elflciently concealed. For this reason it has not heretofore been feasible to provide means for lighting portable articles used for table decorationor the like. According to the invention, the electrically lighted portable favors are so constructed as to permit the ready removal and replacement of the dry cell and i to conceal the same effectively. Preferably the supporting means for the dry cell are made adjustable` and may be integral with, or an extension of, the framework of the favor. For a better understanding of the invention, reference maybe had to the accompanying drawings of which:

Fig. l represents an imitation candle with the electric `light adapted to illuminate ma- `-'I terial simulating the candle flame;

Fig. 2 represents a type of Jack-Horner pie in which the electric light is arranged to illuminate the translucent head of a iigure; and y il Fig. 3 represents a table decoration in which a plurality of lights enhance the beauty of the object by reflection from material simulating feathers of a fan.

In Fig. l, the favor comprises a stiff base 45 l of card-board or similar material upon which is mounted a decoration such as the imitation leaves 2. The leaves 2 are` made from paper or other suitable material and are given stiffness by a wire 3 which may be fastened along the under edge of each leaf or formed into a frame work upon which the leaves are constructed. The wire 3, adjacent the center of the base l, is coiled into a spiral l to `form an adjustable support for a dry l cell 5. A tube 6 of eard-board suitably cov- E:

ered to represent a candle has a bore sulcient to receive the cell 5 and coil 4 and is of suf- -ficent length to conceal the same when placed in the vertical position shown. A translucent material 7, such as cellophane, is twisted into a shape to simulate a candle flame and is fastened tothe upper end of the tube 6. A small `bulb 8', when screwed into a socket on the upper end of the dry cell 5 in the usual manner, illuminates the material 7 and gives the f whole the effect of a lighted candle. The favor is lighted by removal of the tube 6 and manipulation of the bulb. The exact height atwhich the light is desired may be adjusted l by compression or lextension of the coil 4. The `particular decoration upon the base 1 may,"of course, take various forms. The

lighted favor makes acharming table or window sill decoration, and being independent of any conducting wires lends itself to being 9 thelcostume of the figure. Thewire 9 between the leg portionsof the ligure is twisted into a coil ll concealed by the material 10 and serving as a support for adry cell l2. A tube 13 carries the head lll` and ruffled collar 15 of the ligurefand serves to retain the dry cell in place in the same manner as does the tube 6 in Fig. l. If desired, additional stabilization of the figure and dry cell may be insured by` forming the wire 9 at the neck of theligure into a loop of sufficient f diameter to permit the insertion therein of the tubel. The head 14 is of china or other translucent material in order to give a pleas ing effect when the bulb 16 carried by the cell l2 is lighted. In the particular device illuslil) 2 i i i Y trated in Fig. 2, the material is formed into large pockets 17 the upper edges of which are supported by loops in the framework 9. Individual favors or presents are inserted in the pockets 17 and may be withdrawn therefrom by means of streamers 18.

In Fig. 8, a particularly attractive table decoration is illustrated in which dry cell lighted bulbs are employed for reiiected rather than direct lighting. The device comprises a plurality of imitation feathers 19 preferably constructed of shredded cellophane and preferably of contrasting but pleasing colors, mounted on a base 2O to simulate a fan. A small pocket 21 is formed in front of the lower portion of each imitation feather to receive therein a dry cell 22 and bulb 23. The top of each pocket 21 extends above the bulb 23 therein sufficiently to conceal the same but to permit ready accessibility thereto for lighting the bulb or for removing the bulb and cell. The light from the bulbs 23 falls upon the shredded fan material and is reliected therefrom in all directions to give a very beautiful effect. If desired the pockets 21 may be made sufficiently large to accommodate individual favors or additional pockets for this purpose could be provided. If preferred each cellY and bulb could be incorporated within an individual favor and the same inserted in the pockets to be removed by streamers.

The specific embodiments of the invention above described are but a few of the many decorative devices to which the invention may be applied. The invention is not concerned with the particular design of favor nor in its broadest aspects with the actual construction thereof, except that the construction is such as to permit the inclusion and concealment of a bulb and battery therefor, and to utilize the lighting of the bulb to enhance the decorative effect of the whole. The invention, however, in a narrower sense, is directed to the preferred type of constructions disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2 wherein the supporting structure for the favor is utilized to give an adjustable concealed support for the battery and wherein a tubular element which may form part of the decorative design is utilized to maintain the battery upon the support and to conceal the same. 4

The term favor as used herein and in t-he appended claims is intended broadly to include any decorative or fanciful device of the general type disclosed herein, Whether intended as a gift, table decoration or other novelty. For example, imitation animals, having their eyes illuminated by a concealed battery removably mounted within the body of the animal, would be included within the term favor as used herein.

The following is claimed:

1. A table decoration simulating a lighted candle comprising in combination a flat base, a coiled wire mounted upon said base, a dry cell supported by said coiled wire, a tubular element simulating a candle and carrying material at one end simulating a flame mounted over said cell and said coiled wire,

and a bulb on said cell adapted to be lighted thereby and to illuminate the material carried at the end of said element.

2. A favor comprising a framework of wire with decorative material mounted thereon, said framework including a coil concealed by said material, a dry cell and bulb carried thereby adapted to be supported by said coil1 rand a tubular element carrying at one end MARCIA C. HAMBLET.