ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,253, issued on June 10.
"Trophy-shaped pickleball candle holder and candle" was invented by Stan Brown (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) and Ruth Brown (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The moving, candelabra-like, multi-arm lighted display is for enhanced viewer entertainment and excitement during festive/celebratory occasions, which first has the appearance of a trophy, but after a user lights a centrally-located candle wick, or other ignitable material accessed through the open top of the trophy, small candles hidden within the trophy with elongated wicks initially positioned in close association with the ignitable materia...