Patent ID: 7476000
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: A23G,F21L,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to retain an edible food item, comprising: a. an upper illumination cover having an exterior surface with ribs thereon and an elongated interior chamber and a bottom illumination cover having an exterior surface with ribs thereon and an elongated interior chamber, the upper and lower illumination covers fitted together so that their respective interior chambers are aligned and their respective ribs are aligned; b. a hand handle upper cover having an interior chamber and a hand handle bottom cover having an interior chamber, the upper and bottom handle covers fitted together so that their respective interior chambers are aligned, a battery retained within the aligned interior chambers and surrounded on opposite ends by an anode battery slice and a cathode battery slice and covered by a battery cover on one of the handle covers, the handle covers connected to the upper and lower illumination covers; c. a circuit board retained within the interior chambers of the upper and lower illumination covers and electrically connected to the anode battery slice and cathode battery slice, resistance means and an integrated circuit also connected to the circuit board and a multiplicity of LEDs electrically connected to the circuit board; d. activation means connected to said battery which when activated enables the LEDs to emit illumination through the upper illumination cover and bottom illumination cover; and e. an edible food item retained on the upper and bottom illumination covers by their respective ribs so that the illumination from the LEDs directly projects through the upper and lower illumination covers and directly projects into and through the edible food item.