Patent ID: 7699603

Claim:
A candle assembly, comprising: a support base comprising a melting plate upon which a meltable solid fuel rests and a capillary pedestal located on the melting plate, the capillary pedestal comprising a wall extending upwardly from the melting plate; and control unit comprising at least one electrical component to control at least one of a sound emitting system or a light emitting system; wherein the capillary pedestal cooperatively engages a base portion of a wick holder, the base portion comprising a down-turned skirt extending downwardly adjacent an entire height of the wall of the capillary pedestal to define a space between the down-turned skirt and the wall of the capillary pedestal to allow capillary flow of melted fuel upwardly through the space along the wall of the capillary pedestal from the melting plate to a wick retained over the capillary pedestal by the wick holder.