LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT AND A MOVABLE LAMPSHADE

• US 20120300436A1
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Domnic Anthony Hackett, Gavin John Galligan, Joseph Patrick Hackett
• Original Assignee: Domnic Anthony Hackett, Gavin John Galligan, Joseph Patrick Hackett
• Inventors: Hackett, Domnic Anthony, Hackett, Joseph Patrick, Galligan, Gavin John
• Application Number:
  US13/512,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20120300436A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/127
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/065 multi-branched, e.g. a chandelier
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/037 the solar unit and the lighting unit being located within or on the same housing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 1/10 Rotating shades

Abstract

A lighting arrangement (1, 51, 71, 91, 111, 141, 161, 181, 211) having an arrangement (14, 15, 44, 45, 77, 97) for coupling the lighting arrangement to a bulb holder (4, 75, 95, 115, 165, 185, 215) and a lampshade (3, 33, 53, 84, 113, 142) supported on the coupling arrangement (14, 15, 44, 45, 77, 97). The lighting arrangement having an arrangement (2,) for causing relative movement between at least a portion of the lampshade (3, 33, 53, 84, 104, 113, 142) and the coupling arrangement (14, 15, 44, 45, 77, 97), the movement causing arrangment (2) comprising a transducer (5) for converting solar energy to electrical energy.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A lighting arrangement, comprising:

a coupling system operable to couple the lighting arrangement to a bulb holder and a lampshade supported on the coupling system; and

a movement causing system operable to cause relative movement between at least a portion of the lampshade and the coupling system, the movement causing system comprising a transducer for converting solar energy to electrical energy.

23. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 22, wherein the movement causing system further comprises an actuator system powered by the electrical energy generated by the transducer.

24. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 23, wherein the actuator system is a motor.

25. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 24, wherein the actuator system is operably engaged between the transducer and at least a portion of the lampshade.

26. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 25, wherein the motor has a driveshaft operably engaged with a rotatable portion of at least a portion of the lampshade.

27. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 26, wherein the coupling system is a coupling support frame.

28. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 27, wherein the movement causing system is mounted on the coupling support frame.

29. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 28, wherein the coupling support frame comprises a wire frame having a first ring connectable to a light bulb holder and a second ring for engaging the motor thereon and for receiving the driveshaft of the motor there through.

30. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 29, wherein the drive shaft of the motor is operably engaged with a rotatable portion of the lampshade.

31. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 30, wherein the lampshade has a first inner rotatable lampshade member connected to the motor and a second outer lampshade member fixable to the light source, the second outer lampshade member having at least one aperture.

32. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 31, wherein the inner lampshade member and the outer lampshade member are of similar shapes and are concentric.

33. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 32, wherein the lampshade has a lampshade support frame and the coupling system is a part of the lampshade support frame.

34. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 33, wherein the lampshade has an outer lampshade member fixable to the light source via the coupling system and an inner lampshade member movably mounted on the outer lampshade member via the movement causing system.

35. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 34, wherein the inner lampshade member and the outer lampshade member are of similar shapes and are concentric.

36. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 35, wherein the movement causing system has the motor and transducer mounted on the support frame of the outer lampshade member.

37. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 36, wherein the support frame of the inner lampshade member has a recess for receiving the motor and a connector for engaging the drive shaft of the motor.

38. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 22, wherein the lampshade has at least one mobile attached thereto.

39. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 22, wherein the lighting arrangement is attachable to a pendant type light fitting, a pendant centre light, a recessed light, a table lamp or a floor lamp.

40. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 22, wherein the transducer is provided by at least one photovoltaic solar cell for converting solar to electrical energy.

41. The lighting arrangement as claimed in claim 22, wherein a sound generating system is electrically or electronically coupled to the transducer.