Candle With Embedded Prize Revealed By Wax Consumption
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for candles that can conceal an embedded item, such as jewelry or a redeemable token, within their wax body, ensuring the item's presence, nature, or value remains unknown to the purchaser until the candle is partially or fully consumed, enhancing the surprise and anticipation of the recipient.
Innovation Solution
The method involves creating sets of items with varying values, embedding one item or a redeemable token within the candle wax, and using a container or pouch that becomes obscured by the wax, allowing the item's value or nature to be revealed only when the wax is burned or melted, along with a system for redeeming tokens via a server-based process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If an item is embedded within the candle body, then the item's presence, nature, or value is obscured from the purchaser, but the item must still be accessible or revealable after the candle is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The embedded item is segmented into two functional parts: a concealed portion (the item itself or its container) and a reveal mechanism (such as a floating indicator, rising bubble, or visible marker). The concealment portion is embedded within the wax body while the reveal portion remains accessible or becomes visible through the wax, allowing both information hiding and subsequent access.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary element is introduced between the embedded item and the external environment. This intermediary (such as a transparent container, a floating indicator, or a rise mechanism) allows the item to be concealed within the wax while still enabling its identification, retrieval, or verification after the candle is consumed.
2Loss of information
If the candle body is made opaque or translucent, then the embedded item is hidden, but the recipient cannot know the item's value before unwrapping
Solution Approach 1:
The reveal mechanism utilizes color changes or visual transformations that occur as the candle burns. Indicators may change color, become more visible, or transform in appearance as the wax melts, providing a dramatic reveal moment that accelerates the information disclosure process without compromising initial concealment.
Solution Approach 2:
The reveal mechanism exploits phase transitions of materials within the candle. As the wax melts (solid to liquid phase transition), embedded indicators may float to the surface, change position, or become visible through refraction changes, providing a rapid and dramatic reveal that reduces the time required for the recipient to discover the embedded item's value.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple items with varying values are distributed among candles, then the surprise element is enhanced, but the manufacturing and distribution complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A universal embedding system is designed that can accommodate multiple types of items (jewelry, tokens, redeemable vouchers, etc.) using the same basic concealment and reveal mechanisms. This standardized approach allows variety in the embedded items while maintaining consistent manufacturing processes, reducing overall system complexity despite the diversity of contents.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes parameter changes (such as different floating heights, color indicators, or rise mechanisms) to differentiate between items of varying values without requiring fundamentally different embedding structures. This allows multiple item types and values to be managed through variations in existing parameters rather than through complex specialized mechanisms for each item type.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This approach allows for a delightful surprise for the recipient as the item's value or nature is revealed, potentially exceeding the candle's purchase price, and enables a systematic redemption process for embedded tokens, enhancing the gift-giving experience.
Implementation Method 1
Candle bodies are typically made of an opaque or translucent material, such as wax
Implementation Method 2
A burning candle provides a warm, relaxing atmosphere, and candles are associated with love, romance, or special occasions. Candle bodies thus make an ideal container within which to hide an item... where the presence, nature, or value of the item is slowly revealed as the candle body is consumed
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AI summary
A candle with an embedded item and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a candle having an embedded item can include a prize and a redeemable code. The redeemable code can be associated with a value. The value can be used to select a prize based on the associated value. A method, system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for revealing a value associated with the prize and redeemable code is also disclosed.