Patent for Birthday Cake Spit Shields

Patent for Birthday Cake Spit Shields

Blowing out the candles on a birthday cake is a grand tradition to celebrate the passage of life and hopes for its future. But it's also somewhat unsanitary. It's done with the breath of the celebrant and therefore contaminates the cake with the blower's germs.In 2014, Brian Donnelly of East Northport, NY received a patent for a series of shields that cover different sized cakes with perforated shields that allow for the passage of candles while…

Birthday Cake Germ Shield

How many birthday parties have you attended where your anxiety about germs being sprayed on the cake prevented your full enjoyment of the celebration? If only there were a kind of "sneeze shield" for the dessert... But wait, there is! Full patent here.