Patent ID: 8668492

Claim:
A candle comprising: A container; A first body of meltable wax within the container; A free standing portable candlewick assembly resting on top of the first body of meltable wax, the free standing portable candlewick assembly comprising: A metal candlewick tab having a hole in its center; A wick comprising a cotton flat braid having a first end and a second end; Wherein the first end of the wick is situated in the hole of the candlewick tab and a first segment of the wick extends upward and away from the candlewick tab to a top portion of the wick, the first to portion being intermediate the first and second end of the wick, and wherein a second segment of the wick intermediate the top portion of the wick and the second end of the wick extends downward and back to the candlewick tab and winds around the first segment of the wick to form a wound wick assembly, the wound wick assembly having a smallest cross-sectional dimension at the top portion of the wick, the cross-sectional dimension progressively increasing until it reaches a maximum cross-sectional dimension at the candlewick tab; and a section body of meltable wax surrounding the wick and from which the top portion of the protrudes.