US1433370A - Floor lamp - Google Patents

Description

E. 0. GOLDSMITH.

FLOOR LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8. 1921.

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Eommmmim E. 0. GOLDSMITH.

FLOOR LAMP, APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3,1921.

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Y 'e nneeeeee tttteher e, ieei. .fierlel rte; teeeee efi'orded by this shoulder plee then Y e holder for megezines. orthe :uricles.

re all where it may convene I Be it lrnown thet l, EMANUEL Gonnserrrn, e citizen of the United Stes, residing et Memphis, in the county of iShelby lll hit

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end Stete of Tennessee, heve invented certein new end useful Improvements in Floor lips; end l do hereby declere the following to'be e full, cleer, end exect description of the invention, such es will enehle others skilled in the ert to which it epperteins to mehe end use theseme,

The present invention reletes to improve- 'TILDBIHIIS in floor lem s end hes for en object 'to provide e fioor em structure which is modified end'errenge to receive e tehle, en illumineted cloclr structure, costumer hoolrs end e megenine holder to therehy 'provicle in e single erticle of furniture e unitery device edepted to fulfill these verious functions. 4

Another object of the invention is to provide en erticle of furniture in which the perts will he collepsihle egeinstesingle pod. so thet when not in use the device mey essume the usuel eppeerence of e fioor lemp. A further ohect of the invention resides in providing e device of the ehove cherecter in which esimple, inexpensive end com pect construction is hed end which will occu y hut e smell spece end yet serve ell the 'unctions of e greet number of ertlcles of furniture which now require considerehle house spece. p

With the foregoing end other objects 1n view, the invention will be more fully described hereinefter, end will he more perticulerly pointed out in the cleims eppended hereto.

Tn the drewings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding perts throughout the several views,

Fig, 1 is e viewin elevethon of en im; proved erticle of furniture constructed eccording to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is e vertic'el sectionel view on en enlerged scele, with perts broken ewey.

Referring more perticulerly to the drewings, 1 designetes e post or stenderd which is erected upone hese 2 heving cestor domes or suitehle feet 3 to support'it et en elevetion ebove the fioor end to 've the device en ornementel cherecter. he hese 2 is wide es compelred with the column lend hence efiords e shoulder extending ehout the column which rises centrelly from such bese.

ll eveil'myself of e epece 1r This holder consists of e ll she trough,

es thistvpe'of trough'is pertic erlv desireble both from en ornementel end useful I viewpoint. The engled bottom of'the trough coincides substentielly with the outer edge portion of the shoulder, end en inwerdly directed vfienge' 5 extends from the engle to-lie inwerdly over e considerehle eree of the port for the holder f. This ellows the outer portion of the holder to extend he ond the shoulder end to form with the ese 2 e pling end ornementel eppeerence, art the shoulder .nd to thee find en extensive supseme time providing e holder of lerger compecity then could be provided in the confines of the shoulder itself. The upper inner edge of the holder is provided with e do u e werdly directed fienge b for fitting egeinst the out 1..

vided composed of the leeves l in eny suiteble number errenged es indiceted et 8 in the upper ends of recesses 9 mede in the post for the teble leeves to collepse downwerdly into. The tehle leaves ere rovided with hreces 10 pivoted es indiceted 1n 11 to hreck- 1 above the table to receive the erms 16 which ere hinged to the post es et 17 end heve foldeble breces 18 for supporting such errns in e horizontel extended position end fll A ove the megeeine holder, e teble is proup heneeth the shoulder formed by the enlergernent 19 of the post. This enlargement is mede hollow as indicated in Fig. 2

to receive the mechenisrn of e clock 20 edepted to be illumineted by leinps 21 carried upon pivoted uprights cerried upon the outer ends of the errus end held in operetive position hv foldeble breces 23 secured between the upper portions of the uprights end the erms 16' end permitting of the uprights being folded down upon the upper sides of the erms when the letter to be collepsed into the res 15. The enlergement Ill thus serves e duel function of housing the cleeh mechehism end else creeting e ried a lamp soc dhoulder with the post a inst which the arms 16 may abut and be eld rigidly in an up r positlon. 1

he costumer hooks 24 are located abovethe clock mechanism and are preferably held as by the jointed braces 25 in an inclined position as shown in both fi res. The hooks 24 are hinged as indicateflit 26 to the 0st and in the upper ends of the recesses 27 1nto which the hooks may fold when out of use. The hooks 24 may be of the character shown or any other suitable form.

Upon the up r end of the 1 is car- EZt 28, preferab y a clustered socket adapted to receive a number of lamps.

The lamps will have suitable wiring connections with a wall or floor plug. Arms 29 are made fastto the post-just beneath its upper end and extend outwardly to receivethe lamp shade 30.

In use, the costumer hooks 24, arms 16 and table leaves 7 may be folded in their respective receses and the devlce then assumes the customary appearance of a floor lamp. However, when it is desired to use the device as a hat and coat rack, the hooks may be pulled outwardly and caused to resume the position shown. The table may in like manner be brou ht into operating position. for

1a in car s or for other 11 ses. p 'l he arms 16 are also lif ed tb illuminate the clock-structure and to give ornamental appearance to the device, as also to provide a more effective light for reading and for use in connection with the table. It will be appreciated from the foregoing thatI haveprovided an extremely attractive article of furniture which combines a number of devices and which may be contained in a compact space. I

What is claimed is:

1. A floor lamp and the like comprising a column, means for su rting the me, a lamp structure carrie y the column, said colunm having an enlargement intermediate its height forminga shoulder with the ormechanism on the arms, substantially as described.

2. A floor lamp and the like comprising a column, a base supporting the column, a magazine holder carried by the base about the column, a table having collapsible leaves secured to the column above the base, a clock structure mounted on the column above the table, arms pivoted to the column below the clock structure and having collapsible braces for supporting the same, collapsible illuminating, means carried by the arms, collapsibly mounted costumer hooks on the column above the clock mechanism, and a lamp structure at the top portion of the column, substa-ntiall as described.

ElWANUEL O. GOLDSMITH.

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