US1606994A - Shade holder - Google Patents

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F. C. HALL SHADE HOLDER Nov; 16 1926.

Filed Ma 15, 1926 INVENTOR "Mal; @walulevj kill v r Patented Nov. 1 6, 1926 rear FRANCIS CADWALADEB HALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

sirens HOLDER.

lipplicationfiled May 15, 1926; Serial No. 109,453.

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 the shade proper is that it can be quickly, selected for various shading effects from any stiff or bendable paper, parchment, cardboard, cloth or other material readily at hand, and that it can be fitted into self clasping hold ers at the bottom of the frame of the shade, the advantage being that any stiffand bendable material-transparent or opaque, of any color or any regular or irregular size can be quickly used as a shade. The cost of the material used in the making of the shade, and the time required to permanently attach shades to holders in common use, add to the expense of such construction. The present invention relates to a shade holder 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 drawingsshow a front 1) and side view (Fig. 2) of one form of a shade holder suitable for the above purpose' It is shown as being made out of wire suitable for bending to shape, although of course, other material may be used, especially metal for the holders or feet.

As shown in the above drawing (Fig. 1) two circular ringlike members, 10 and 10, are spaced suitably to engage the opposite sides of an ordinary'lamp bulb. The wires, 11 and 11, curving and extending diagonally downward and continuing to extend upward into the shade supporting arches, 12 and 12. Attached to the ends of these shade supporting arches, 12 and 12 are holders or clasps of metal or other material, 13 and 13', which bend back on themselves, 14 and 14:, so as to form a self holding clasp to grasp the ends of a shade.

other suitable material is indicatedat 15.

Qne end of the shade is inserted into one end of the holder and bent about so that the other end may be inserted into the other holder or foot. The shade may lie close to the arched members, 12 and 12, which will keep it from coming in contact with the bulb, or it may extend free from the same. Theshade engaging clasps may be pressed in as hard as desired to more securely grip the shade, and the entire holder may be readily adjusted to fit various sized bulbs. The drawing (Fig. 2) shows a fuller view of the shade supporting arches, 12 and 12, as they extend outwardly and curve upwardly, also of the side view of holder 14.

What I claim is as follows:

1. A shade holder comprising a pair of spaced circular rings, engageable with the opposite sides of a lamp bulb, a pair of arched spring members whose ends are at tached to the continued extension of the ring members, and shade holders on the exten sions bent back upon themselves to provide 7 shade holding clasps.

2. A shade holder for supporting a shade on an electric bulb, said holder having a pair of oppositely disposed circular globe engaging members extending into the resilient wires which are adapted to pass about the lamp bulb, and shade supporting members carried by the circular members and extend ing opposite to the resilient wires, the she Le supporting members being bent back upon themselves so that a shade may be supported between them. a r

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this" 13th day of May,'1926.

FRANCIS CADWALADER HALL.

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