Sculpted ornamental arrangement for chandeliers
First Claim
1. A lighting fixture comprising:
- a plurality of frame members, each having an elongate backbone defining a lengthwise axis and attachment arms extending laterally from said backbone; and
a plurality of rows of ornaments, each said row comprising a plurality of ornaments,wherein each said row of ornaments is positioned between adjacent frame members, two of said attachment arms attached to each ornament, one attachment arm extending from one of said adjacent frame members and the other attachment arm extending from the other of said adjacent frame members, thereby forming a mesh of ornaments held together by said plurality of frame members.
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Abstract
An ornamental sculpted arrangement having a plurality of ornaments interconnected by a plurality of elongated frame members. The frame members have a backbone extending the length of the frame member and include a series of prearranged attachment arts each of which couples an ornament to the frame member. Ornaments are interposed between and connected to adjacent frame members to form a mesh or net of ornaments. The mesh of ornaments may be sculpted, the shape of which is determined by the distance between neighboring attachment arts, the dimension of the ornaments and the shape of the backbone. This enables the resulting sculpture to take on any desired configuration or shape, and the resulting sculpture is not influenced by gravity. The frame members are preferably formed of a material that enables the backbone to be shape to form a desired sculpted appearance. The attachment arts may be positioned in any desire arrangement on the backbone. This arrangement of alternating frame members and ornaments may be of any length and width, and may include ornaments of any dimensions spaced relative to each other at predetermined distances by the attachment arts, resulting in a desired sculpted arrangement.
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Citations
28 Claims
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1. A lighting fixture comprising:
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a plurality of frame members, each having an elongate backbone defining a lengthwise axis and attachment arms extending laterally from said backbone; and a plurality of rows of ornaments, each said row comprising a plurality of ornaments, wherein each said row of ornaments is positioned between adjacent frame members, two of said attachment arms attached to each ornament, one attachment arm extending from one of said adjacent frame members and the other attachment arm extending from the other of said adjacent frame members, thereby forming a mesh of ornaments held together by said plurality of frame members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mesh of interconnected ornaments forming a desired ornamental sculpture, said mesh comprising:
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a plurality of elongate frame members having a plurality of attachment arms each attached to an ornament, wherein said plurality of attachment arms include one or more pairs of first and second attachment arms each connected to an ornament, thereby interconnecting one of more ornaments to two or more frame members to form the mesh of interconnected ornaments, wherein each of said plurality of frame members are substantially flexible, thereby enabling said mesh to be shaped to form the ornamental sculpture. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A mesh of interconnected ornaments comprising a plurality of elongate frame members having a plurality of attachment arms each attached to one ornament of a row of ornaments such that each ornament of said row of ornaments is connected to adjacent frame members to form a sculpted arrangement of alternating ornament rows and frame members wherein a planar face of said frame members and an outwardly-facing surface of said ornaments define a contiguous shape of said arrangement.
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16. A chandelier component comprising:
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frame members, each having an elongate backbone defining a lengthwise axis and attachment arms extending laterally from said backbone, a plurality of rows of ornaments, each said row comprising a plurality of ornaments, wherein each of said plurality of rows of ornaments is positioned between adjacent frame members, two of said attachment arms attached to each ornament, one attachment arm extending from one of said adjacent frame members and the other attachment arm extending from the other of said adjacent frame members, thereby forming a mesh of ornaments held together by said plurality of frame members. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A chandelier comprising:
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a plurality of frame members each having an elongate backbone and attachment arms extending laterally from said backbone, said backbone defining a lengthwise axis of said frame members, a plurality of rows of ornaments each positioned between substantially parallel adjacent frame members, two of said attachment arms attached to each ornament, one attachment arm extending from one of said adjacent frame members and the other attachment arm extending from the other of said adjacent frame members, thereby forming a mesh of ornaments held together by said plurality of frame members. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for constructing a lighting fixture comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a first frame member with a first elongate backbone defining a first lengthwise axis and having first and second opposing sides, and a plurality of first attachment arms extending from each of said opposing sides of said first frame member; (b) providing a second frame member with a second elongate backbone defining a second lengthwise axis and having first and second opposing sides, and a plurality of second attachment arms extending from each of said opposing sides of said second frame member; (c) attaching an ornament to each of said attachment arms extending from said first opposing side of said first frame member to form a first row of ornaments; and (d) attaching said ornaments of said first row of ornaments to each of said attachment arms extending from said second opposing side of said second frame member. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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Specification