Patent ID: 7311411

Claim:
A lighted item comprising a light-conducting portion including one or more indicia having at least one side edge portion, a light-transmissive portion, an edible engaged to the light-transmissive portion, and at least one light source positioned to emit light into the light-conducting portion such that the light-conducting portion conducts light emitted by the light source to the at least one side edge portion of the indicia thereby highlighting the indicia and such that the light-conducting portion conducts light emitted by the light source through the light-transmissive portion thereby highlighting said edible, whereby light emitted by the light source is channeled within a material thickness of the light-conducting portion generally at the at least one edge portion of the indicia, and the light-conducting portion having means for inhibiting light from inadvertently escaping out of the light-conducting portion thereby increasing the amount of available light that highlights the indicia, wherein the one or more indicia are integrally formed at a sufficient depth into the light-conducting portion for altering light emitted by the light source into the light-conducting portion.