Foldable lamp shade

• US 6,869,207 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2003
• Issued: 03/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ting-Sheng Lee
• Original Assignee: Ting-Sheng Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Ting-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZEADE, BERTRAND
• Application Number:
  US10/392,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20040184271A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 362/352, 362/356, 362/357, 362/360, 362/351, 362/395, 362/367
• US Class Current: 362/352
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 1/06 foldable or collapsible
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/007 with provision for shipment or storage

Abstract

A foldable lamp shade includes an upper support hoop, a lower support hoop, a cover mounted between the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop, and a plurality of support bars detachably mounted between the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop for supporting and stretching the cover. Thus, the user only needs to insert the locking tenons of each of the support bars into the locking slide slot of the respective locking lug of each of the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop so as to assemble the foldable lamp shade, thereby facilitating assembly and disassembly of the foldable lamp shade.

Claims

1. A foldable lamp shade, comprising an upper support hoop, a lower support hoop, a cover mounted between the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop, and a plurality of support bars detachably mounted between the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop for supporting and stretching the cover, wherein:

each of the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop is provided with a plurality of locking lugs each formed with a locking slide slot; and

each of the support bars has two ends each formed with a locking tenon that is movably inserted into and detachably locked in the locking slide slot of the respective locking lug of each of the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop.

2. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking slide slot of each of the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop has an end face formed with a tapered opening edge for introducing the locking tenon of each of the support bars into the locking slide slot of the respective locking lug of each of the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop.

3. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein the opening edges of the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop are directed toward two opposite directions.

4. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking tenon of each of the support bars has a flat shape.

5. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein the number of the support bars is equal to that of the locking lugs of each of the upper support hoop and the lower support hoop.

6. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the support bars is flexible with a determined curvature.

7. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the support bars has a cylindrical shape.

8. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the support bars has a flat shape.

9. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the support bars is mounted inside of the cover.

10. The foldable lamp shade in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the support bars is mounted outside of the cover.