Lamp display system

• US 6,280,066 B1
• Filed: 11/10/1999
• Issued: 08/28/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patrick S. Dolan
• Original Assignee: Patrick S. Dolan
• Inventors: Dolan, Patrick S.
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zeade, Bertrand
• Application Number:
  US09/437,287
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 362/414, 362/441, 362/410, 362/412, 362/413, 362/366, 362/270, 362/418, 362/427, 362/428, 248/371, 248/500, 248/510
• US Class Current: 362/414
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 2007/0085 for light bulbs, lamps, lampshades or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/00 Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials A47F5/0006 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/002 Table lamps, e.g. for ambient lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/02 Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence; bases for movable standing lamps F21V21/06

Abstract

A table lamp display system secures a lamp on a tilted shelf or block for display purposes. A coupler is attached to the stub end of a center tube of the lamp. A hollow tube extension of suitable length is inserted through a slot of the shelf or block and is secured to the coupling to secure the lamp to the shelf or block. In another arrangement the lamp is secured to a configured hook that is attached to the shelf.

Claims

1. An elevated lamp display comprising:

a tilted surface provided at an elevated position in a retail outlet display area;

a lamp including a socket connected to a body portion having a base, the base supported on said tilted surface; and

a securement member securing said lamp to the tilted surface to prevent tipping of the lamp off the surface.

2. A lamp display as defined in claim 1 wherein:

the tilted surface is an overhead display shelf having a top and a bottom and said lamp is a table lamp; and

said securement member for securing said lamp is attached to said lamp and attached to said shelf.

3. A lamp display as defined in claim 2 wherein said securement member is a bracket that attaches to the shelf and is coupled to the lamp.

4. A lamp display as defined in claim 1 wherein the securement member is substantially non visual to a viewer viewing the display.

5. A lamp display as defined in claim 1 wherein the securement device is a bracket attached to the lamp and secures the lamp in place on the tilted surface.

6. A lamp display as defined in claim 5 wherein the bracket is attached to the lamp and the tilted surface to secure the lamp to the surface.

7. A lamp display as defined in claim 3 wherein the lamp includes a body portion having a top and a bottom, a socket provided at the top and a base provided at the bottom, a tube extended from the socket to the base and extended through the base, an opening through the shelf and the tube extended down through the opening in the shelf, an end of the tube being externally threaded and extended through the bottom of the shelf and a nut threadably engaging the threaded end and securing the tube and thereby the lamp at the bottom of the shelf.

8. A lamp display as defined in claim 7 wherein an electrical wire is extended from the socket through the tube and out of the tube end at the bottom of the shelf.

9. A lamp display as defined in claim 7 wherein a first tube length extends into the base of the lamp, a coupler is secured to the first tube length and a second tube length is coupled to the coupler and extended through the shelf opening.

10. A method of displaying table lamps in a retail outlet wherein the table lamp has a body portion with opposed ends, a socket portion at one end, and a base portion at the other end and a tube extended from the socket portion through the body portion and terminating at a threaded end in the base portion, said base portion having a hollow interior and the tube extended into the interior with a nut threaded onto the threaded end, and an electrical wire extended from the socket portion through the tube and out of the base portion whereat an end of the electrical wire is fitted with a plug and said table lamp as situated on a residential table in a residential room defining a viewing angle for a person in the room:

said method comprising;

exposing the interior of the base portion;

removing the plug from the end of the electrical wire;

inserting the electrical wire through a threaded coupling and threadably attaching the coupling to the tube portion protruded past the nut,

providing an overhead shelf substantially greater in height than the residential table whereby objects on the shelf are viewed at an upwardly directed angle, tilting the shelf downwardly to compensate for the difference in said viewing angle for a person in the room and the upwardly directed angle of the overhead shelf, providing an opening through the shelf sized to receive said coupling, and

inserting the coupling through the opening and securing the coupling to the bottom of the shelf and thereby the table lamp to the shelf to thereby simulate the viewing angle for a person viewing the lamp in a residential room without visual notice of the manner of securing the lamp to the shelf.

11. A method as defined in claim 10 wherein the coupling includes a coupler and a tube extension, said coupler having interior threads mated to the threads of the tube and said tube extension having mated exterior threads for insertion into the coupling, said method further comprising:

threadably securing the coupler onto the tube and the tube extension onto the coupler, inserting the tube extension through the opening and threadably applying a nut onto the tube extension under the shelf.

12. An elevated lamp display comprising:

a table lamp designed to be supported on a horizontal surface of a table which in turn is supported on a floor of a residential room and as supported on such a table defining an angle of visual appearance to a person standing in said residential room;

a lamp display surface provided at an elevated position above a floor in a retail outlet display area which elevated position is substantially greater in height than the table height above said floor of said residential room thereby requiring a shopper to view the table lamp at an upwardly directed viewing angle;

said surface tilted toward the shopper to compensate for the upwardly directed viewing angle and thereby to simulate said visual appearance; and

a securement device securing said lamp to said tilted surface to prevent tipping of the lamp off the tilted surface.

13. An elevated lamp display as defined in claim 12 wherein the securement device is non visual to a shopper viewing the lamp display.

14. An elevated lamp display as defined in claim 13 wherein the table lamp includes a base having a bottom surface engaging the lamp display surface and the securement device extending from the bottom surface of the base through the shelf for attachment to an underside of the shelf.