US2061359A

US2061359A - Wall bracket lamp

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Publication number: US2061359A
Application number: US716608A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kanter Edward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-03-21
Filing date: 1934-03-21
Publication date: 1936-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 1953-11-17

Description

Nov. 17, 1936. E TER 2,061,359

WALL BRACKET LAMP Fil d March 21, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. I

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BY jm/v gv WM/M v ATTORNEY.

Nov. 17, 1936. .E. KANTER WALL BRACKET LAMP 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 21, 1934 INVENTOR. I W 40% BY 11 f: and W ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES I ATENT OFFICE WALL BRACKET LAMP Edward Kanter, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Application March 21, 1934, Serial No. 716,608

4 Claims. 31. 240-73) This invention relates to a wall bracket lamp and has for its general object to provide a lamp of this character which shall be readily portable, attractive, easily adjustable, durable and inexpensive and which shall be effective to supply indirect lighting and while being constructed entirely of opaque material will give the impression of containing frosted glass.

A more limited object is the provision of unique means for concealing the wiring and at the same time supporting the Weight of the electric cable from which current is supplied and the force of any shocks which might be imparted therethrough. A further object is the provision of unique means for assembling the shade elements.

Still further objects will become apparent from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Fig. l is a side elevation of my improved bracket 2 lamp; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is apartial sectional View; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation showing a portion of the wall engaging plate.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings the numeral It] indicates a channel shaped wall engaging plate which is provided with side flange elements ii extending along the middle portion thereof. At the upper and lower ends of the plate ii), the width is greatly decreased so that the said plate terminates in relatively narrow channel shaped portions l2. The channels of the portions 12 communicate with the main channel defined between the flanges I I. Adjacent the lower end of the flanges H is an opening l3 through the plate Ill. On each side of the opening I3 are ears l4 between which is pivoted the lower end of an arm it by means of a pin I6. Immediately below the opening i3 is a cam portion I1 against which bears an adjusting screw it threaded through a lower portion [9 of the arm i5. Adjacent the upper ends of the flanges I l is a suspension opening 2i] which is adapted to receive a headed member 2! such as a push pin inserted into a wall 22, along which the flanges i l and the flanges of the terminal portions l2 extend and against which they engage.

The arm I5, in the instant construction, is circular and of channel cross section as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. This arm terminates at its upper end in an outwardly bent portion 23 to which is pivoted an element 24 carrying a socket or receptacle 25 which may have a conventional push button switch 26. The socket 25 is provided with a shoulder 21 and a reduced externally threaded portion 28. I The electric cable 29 which supplies current to the socket 25 passes downwardly through the channel in the arm 15, through the opening l3 and downwardly through the channel in the lower terminal portion l2 of the plate [0. Short wire members 30 may be attached to the edges of the channels and bent over to hold the cable 29 in position.

Mounted on the socket 25 is a shade assembly adapted to give indirect lighting and which includes

shade elements

34, 32 and 33, it being understood that no particular number of shade elements is essential and that the number employed is a matter of choice. These shade elements are supported in such manner as to extend in telescoping relation for a short distance and be considerably spaced apart to permit light to pass outwardly therebetween. Ihis relation of shade elements I term semi-nested. The lowermost shade element 3| has its lower and smaller end engaging against the shoulder 2'! and flaring outwardly and surrounding the threaded portion 28 of the said socket. Received on the threaded portion 28 is an internally threaded annular member 34 which has an outwardly extending flange engaging against the inner surface of the shade element 3| whereby to clamp the same firmly against the shoulder 21. The annular member 34 carries, by means of a plurality of straps 35, the upper shade elements, each of said straps 35 being fixedly secured to the member 34 and to those shade elements above the lowermost. A bulb 36 is received in the socket 25 and extends upwardly into theinterior of each of the shade elements. As will be clear from the drawings, the suspension opening 20 and the lowermost channel I2 are centered with respect to the plate IE) and lie in the plane of symmetry of the shade assembly, the arm l5 and the plate I0.

I prefer to provide at least the

shade elements

32 and 33 with light diffusing zones on their exterior surfaces preferably by coating such zones with a flat finish, slightly gray paint or lacquer. When the color is about the shade of gray known as oyster shell, the effect produced when illuminated is strikingly similar to frosted glass or similar translucent material.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention I wish it understood that the same may be embodied in varying forms and that I am limited only in acoordance with the appended claims and the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination with a socket having an externally threaded portion and a shoulder, of a shade element engaging against said shoulder and flaring away from its shoulder engaging portion and surrounding and extending above said threaded socket portion, an internally threaded annular member received on the threaded portion of the socket and engaging the inner surface of said shade element, and a second similarly flaring shade element carried, at a point spaced from said socket, by said annular member and being semi-nested with said first shade element.

2. In combination with a socket having an externally threaded portion and a shoulder, a shade element engaging against said shoulder and flaring away from its shoulder engaging portion and surrounding and extending above said threaded socket portion, an internally threaded annular member received on the threaded portion of the socket and engaging the inner surface of said shade element at a point spaced from said socket, and a plurality of connected, similarly flaring, semi-nested shade elements carried by said annular member, the lowermost thereof being seminested with the first said shade element.

3. A wall bracket lamp comprising a channelshaped wall-engaging plate, a pair of ears carried by said plate, an arm pivotally supported between said pair of ears and having a projection thereon,

a lamp socket and shade carried by the outer portion of said arm, said plate having an opening therein adjacent said pair of ears, said plate having a narrow channel portion extending downwardly from a point adjacent said opening, an electric cable connected with said lamp socket and extending through said arm and through the opening in said plate and thence behind said narrow channel, and means carried by the projecting portion of said arm for adjusting the position of said arm.

4. A Wall bracket lamp comprising a channelshaped wall-engaging plate, a pair of ears carried by said plate, an arm pivotally supported between said pair of ears and having a projection thereon, a lamp socket and shade carried by the outer portion of said arm, said plate having an opening therein adjacent said pair of cars, said plate having a narrow channel portion extending downwardly from a point adjacent said opening, an electric cable connected with said lamp socket and extending through said arm and through the opening in said plate and thence behind said narrow channel, and means carried by the projecting portion of said arm for adjusting the position of said arm, said arm being circular in shape and channel-shaped in cross section and being secured to said plate at a point opposite said lamp socket.

EDWARD KANTER.