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Air supported lamp-shade structure

  • US 5,683,167 A
  • Filed: 08/09/1995
  • Issued: 11/04/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A collapsible lamp-shade structure, comprising:

  • a hollow lamp base having an open top;

    a fan positioned within said hollow lamp base, said fan directing a column of air upwardly through said open top;

    a plurality of extension arms each having an upper end and a lower end, said lower ends being attached around a perimeter of said lamp base at spaced locations; and

    a lamp shade comprised of a light weight flexible material, said upper ends of said extension arms being attached to said lamp shade around a perimeter thereof at spaced locations, so that said lamp shade is positioned directly above said open top of said lamp base, and said lamp shade is supported and caused to billow by said column of air directed at an underside thereof.

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