US1274122A

US1274122A - Shade-holder.

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Publication number: US1274122A
Application number: US20260217A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert Widstand
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-11-17
Filing date: 1917-11-17
Publication date: 1918-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 1935-07-30

Description

'H WIDSTRAND.

SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11. m1.

Patented Jul so, ma

2 SHEETS-SHEET I wi f nmeo Gnome/11 H. WIDSTRAND.

SHADE HOLDER.

APPL lCATION FILED NOV. 17. 1911.

1 ,274, 122. Pitented July 30, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT WIDSTRAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLIIIOIS.

SHADE-HOLDER. 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1917. Serial No. 262,602.

To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that I, HERBERT WIDSTRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders, of which the following is .a'specification. j y

This invention relates to-new and useful improvements in shade holders and athe principal object of the invention is to provide a shade holder for electric-lamps with means for reflecting the light in difierent directions. 7

Another object of the invention isto provide means for supporting'boththe shade and the'electric-light-bulb from the holder so that said bulb will move with the shade.

A further object of theinvention is toprovide means ,for swinging the shade and lamp about a horizontal axis and to move the holder about'av'ertical axis.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction, reliable and efiicient in operation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. V g

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will he had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the device applied to the vacuum support.

Fig. 2 is a like view taken at right angles to Fig. 1. V

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting frame.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the shade engaging members and brackets.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the members alone.

Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the brackets with the screw detached.

Fig. 7 is a view showin the blank from which the bracket is formed 7 In these views 1 indicates the support which may be of any desired form, though I show the vacuum support forming the subject'matter of my application filed September 29, 1917, Serial No 194,045. 2 indicates the supporting bracket which is preferably made of a single piece of wire loo ed upon itself to 'provide the eyelet?) and t en the two parts of the'wire are brought together and'extend parallel to provide the. curved member 2 and then said parts are bent at substantially right-angles and sepa rated and bent to form the horizontal'arms 2", said arms forminga semi-circular figure.

The ends of the arms are bent to form the eyelets 2 A strip of metal 4 is placed around the two parts of the wire at the junction of the curved arms-t0 hold 'the':par.-.

Patented Julyso, 1918.

allel parts together-. The eyeletr3' isadapted" to engage the screw threaded stud 1' on the support and is held thereon-bythemut .1". 5 represents the shadepwhich is -made of cap form and 6'representsthe shade-sup.v

porting members eachof which consistsof: a

strip of suitable material havinga' semi-.

circular bend 6 mid-way-of its ends and having each end'bent atright angles-and curved as at 6'. These two parts are secured together by the buckle 7 located to one side of the semi-circular bend and the screw 8 located on the other side and the said semi-circular bends will form a circular opening when said parts are placed together, 7

said opening engaging the electric-1i ht socket and thus supporting the electric-bu b. The curved ends 6 form wings for supporting the shade. 9 indicates a bracket having lugs 9' formed on each side thereof near one end and the other end bent downwardly as at 9 and then upwardly to lie in a vertical plane as shown in Fig. 6. The end carrying the lugs is adapted to be bent around the members 6 at a point close to the-bent end 6 thereof so that the part 9 will pass under said ends'with the vertical part project-' ing up beyond the same but adjacent thereto so that the shade will lie between said bent ends 6 and said vertical part. The vertical part is provided with a recess 9 which is adapted to receive a screw 10. These screws are adapted to engage with the eyelets 2 in the supporting member 2 to hold the shade engaging parts with theelectric-light bulb on said support or bracket. Said'parts are adj ustably held together by the knurled nut 7 11. I may roughen the engaging faces .of;

the eyelets and brackets to prevent the parts from slipping.

In placing the device on an electric-light bulb the screw 8 is removed and the buckle or sleeve 7 is moved along the member 6 to allow the semi-circular parts 6* to spring apart so that the socket may be placed therebetween. The buckle or sleeve is then slipped back to its normal position and the screw 8 replaced, thus clamping the parts to the socket. The screws 10 are then placed in the eyelets 2 and the nuts 11 applied and tightened to hold the shade in any desired position. It will be. seen that the bulb will swing with the shade as said bulb is at t-ached to its support by the wires 12 only and said wires are of sutficient length to permit this movement of the bulb and socket. By loosening the nut 1 the bracket 2' can be swung on the, stud 1.

It is thought from, the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be, understood that I may make slight changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is':-

1. A shade holder comprising a supporting frame including horizontal arms and a curved part extending downwardly from said arms, a pair of shade supporting members, each having a semi-circular central part and curved ends, means for removably holding said members together and pivots carried by said members for engaging the horizontal arms.

' 2. A shade holder comprising a supporting frame including horizontal arms, a pair of shade supporting members, means for removably holding said members together, a pair of brackets secured adjacent the ends of said members and each having a bent portion extending under the ends of said members, a vertical portion, and pivots carried by said vertical portion for engaging the horizontal arms. v I

3. A shade holder comprising a supporting frame having horizontal arms and a downwardly curved arm provided with an opening to be engaged by the support, a pair of shade supporting members, means thereon for engaging a lamp socket and other means thereon for engaging the shade.

4:. 'A shade holder comprising a supporting frame, a pair of shade supporting members each having a curved central part and straight members on each side of thecurved part, the ends of each member being bent at substantially right angles, a clip slidably engaging the straight parts of said members to one side of the curved portions, a screw detachably connecting the straight portions together at the other side of the curved parts, and means for pivoting the ends of said members to the supporting frame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

HERBER WIDSTRKND. 1

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