Lighting structure

• US 20040114373A1
• Filed: 12/16/2002
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jack Lin
• Original Assignee: Jack Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Jack
• Application Number:
  US10/328,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20040114373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/352
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/003 for task lighting, e.g. for reading or desk work, e.g. angle poise lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/22 telescopic
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/26 Pivoted arms

Abstract

A lighting structure includes a supporting member, a lampshade and an adjusting mechanism. The lampshade is connected on a top of the supporting member. The adjusting mechanism is arranged inside the lampshade, and respectively includes a guide track formed in the lampshade, two telescopic adjusting rods with an adjustable length, a flat column and a rail. The flat column and the rail are slidably arranged in the guide track, the length of the lampshade is thereby adjustable by means of the adjusting rods to be adequately positioned over an area to be illuminated.

Claims

1. A lighting structure with a lengthwise adjustable lampshade, the lighting structure comprising:

a supporting member, including a base and a supporting body;

a lampshade, including a first sub-assembly, a second sub-assembly and a cover, wherein the second, sub-assembly is respectively assembled with the second sub-assembly and the cover; and

an adjusting mechanism, mounted between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly, the adjusting mechanism comprising;

a guide track, formed on a top of the second sub-assembly;

two adjusting rods, a first end of each adjusting rod being screwed onto the first sub-assembly and an opposite second end of each adjusting rod being screwed onto the second sub-assembly;

a flat column, mounted on the first sub-assembly correspondingly to the guide track; and

a rail, secured onto the flat column in a manner that both rail and flat column are able to fit into the guide track;

thereby via the slidable mount of the flat column and the rail in the guide track, the length of the lampshade is adjustable to position the lampshade over an area to be illuminated.

2. The lighting structure of claim 1, wherein a first hinge part is further mounted on a top of the supporting body, and a second hinge part is mounted at an edge of the second sub-assembly, the second hinge part being aligned with the first hinge part for receiving a bolt to thereby pivotally connect the lampshade to the supporting member.

3. The lighting structure of claim 1, wherein a light source and a reflective mask are mounted at a side of the first sub-assembly.

4. The lighting structure of claim 3, wherein the light source is a bulb or a luminescent tube.

5. The lighting structures of claim 1, wherein each of the adjusting rods comprises of a plurality of sub-rods with different diameters that telescopically slide into each other, each sub-rod having a protuberance on one end portion and a recess on an opposite end portion, by engagement of one protuberance of one sub-rod with one corresponding recess of an adjacent sub-rod, the total length of the adjusting mechanism is thereby adjustable.

6. The lighting structure of claim 1, wherein the rail is vertically screwed onto the flat column integrally formed with the first sub-assembly in the manner that the rail and the flat column are able to fit into the guide track, the cover snapping on a bottom of the second sub-assembly, thereby the adjusting mechanism is mounted between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly.