Desk lamp

• US 5,653,531 A
• Filed: 01/31/1996
• Issued: 08/05/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Fu Yang
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Fu Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Kuo-Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, Y MY QUACH
• Application Number:
  US08/594,799
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 362/352, 362/356, 362/396, 362/410, 362/414, 362/432, 362/450, 362/806
• US Class Current: 362/352
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/002 Table lamps, e.g. for ambient lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 1/14 Covers for frames; Frameless shades
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/06 Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A desk lamp including a tripod including a fixing plate and three supporting legs, an electrical socket fixedly mounted in a center hole of the fixing plate, a light bulb fitted in the electrical socket, and an inverted conical lampshade having a lower end fixedly engaged with the electrical socket, whereby the desk lamp can be easily assembled by the consumer.

Claims

1. A desk lamp comprising:

a tripod including a fixing plate and three supporting legs, said fixing plate being a triangular member formed with a center hole and three radial leaves, each of said leaves having a first slot and a second slot behind the first slot, each of said supporting legs being formed with a hook portion and a notch at an upper end thereof with a lower end supporting on a surface, each of said supporting legs being inserted through said first slot with said hook portion fitted through said second slot and then pushed away from the center hole of said fixing plate so that said hock portion and said notch are snugly fitted with an edge of said second and first slots respectively;

an electrical socket fixedly mounted in said center hole of said fixing plate;

a light bulb fitted in said electrical socket; and

a lampshade having a lower end fixedly engaged with said electrical socket, said lampshade being made of a sectorial plastic sheet formed with a plurality of convex projections at an upper edge thereof, a plurality of slits at one lateral edge thereof, and a plurality of protuberances engaged with respective slits.