US1573489A

US1573489A - Shade holder

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Publication number: US1573489A
Application number: US738935A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hall Francis Cadwalader
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-09-20
Filing date: 1924-09-20
Publication date: 1926-02-16
Anticipated expiration: 1943-02-16

Description

Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS CADWALADEB HALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed September 20, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FnANoIs CADWALADER HALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county. and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a shade holder that can be instantly and readily attached to the lamp globe or electric bulb. A special feature of tne shade proper is that it can be quickly selected for its various shading effects from any stilt and bendable paper, card-board, cloth or other material readily at hand, and that it can be fitted into self clasping spring holders or feet at the bottom of the frame of this shade, the advantage being that any stiff and bendable material transparent or opaque, of any color, or of any regular or irregular size can be quickly used as a shade. The cost of the material used in making the shade, and the time required to permanently attach shades to holders in common use, adds to'the expense of such construction. The present invention relates to a shade holder which can use inexpensive material which can be changed or adjusted by the user, as desired. The shade material does not necessarily constitute an appreciable part of the cost of the shade and shade holder.

The drawing shows a perspective View of one form of shade holder suitable for the above purposes. It is shown as being made out of wire suitably by bending it to shape, although, of course, other material may be used, if desired.

As shown in the drawing, two circular ring like

members

10 and 10 are spaced suitably to engage the opposite sides of an ordinary lamp bulb. The wires then extend diagonally as shown at 11 and 11 and are interconnected by

arcuate portions

12 and 12. These arcuate portions act as springs to clamp the circular rings onto the lamp bulb. At the lower sides of the rings, opposite the

springs

12 and 12, there are provided

diagonal extensions

13 and 13, which are 7 carried downwardly to the point ll and 14 Serial No. 138,935.

where they are bent backwardly as indicated at 15 and 15 to provide spring tips or clasps.

A shade which may be in the form of a piece of card board, paper, parchment, or other suitable material is indicated at 16. One end of the shade is inserted into one of he clips and bent about so that the other end may be inserted into the other clip. The shade may lie close to the

arcuate members

12 and 12, which will keep it from coming into contact with the bulb, or it may extend free from the same. The shade engaging clips may be pressed in, if desired, to more securely grip the shade, and the entire holder may be readily adjusted to fit various sized bulbs.

lVhat I claim is as follows:

1. A shade holder comprising a pair of spaced circular rings engagcable with the opposite sides of a lamp bulb, a pair of arcuate spring members whose ends are attached to the rings, and a pair of shade holding extensions attached to the opposite sides of the rings, said extensions being bent back on themselves to provide shade holding clips.

2. A shade holder for supporting a shade. or the like, from an electric lamp bulb, said holder having a pair of oppositely disposed circular globe engaging members carried at the ends of resilient wires which are adapted to pass about the lamp bulb, and shade supporting members carried by the circular members and extending opposite to the re silient wires, the shade supporting members being bent back on themselves so that a shade may be supported between them.

3. In combination, an electric lamp bulb, a shade and means for mounting the shade on the lamp bulb, said means comprising a resilient member adapted to pass about one side of the bulb and having oppositely disposed globe engaging circular members, and extensions from the circular members, said extensions being bent back on themselves so that a shade may be mounted in the extensions and pass around the side of the bulb outside of the resilient member.

FRANCIS C. HALL.