Method and adaptor for converting a portable harp system lamp with a single up-socket to a plural down-socket LED lighting system
OwnerJohn McEllen, L Lawton Rogers, IIIinventors
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Abstract
An adaptor for manually converting a conventional portable lamp with a harp supported shade from (a) a single Edison up-socket adapted to receive an Edison-based, base-down, incandescent, compact florescent or LED light bulb to (b) a plural down-socket LED lighting system with materially increased task lighting, where the rapid conversion does not require the use of tools or any special skills, does not require any modification of the wiring of the conventional lamp, and does not change the aesthetics of the lamp. Methods of making the conversion are disclosed that do and do not require the removal of the harp during the conversion.
Claims33
A conversion kit for a portable lamp having:
- a body, a saddle proximate to the upper end of said body, a harp carried by said saddle in a near vertical plane, the maximum horizontal distance between the legs of said harp being above said up-socket, a shade defining upper and lower openings supported by said harp, and a single up-socket carried by said body vertically above said saddle, said up-socket being adapted to receive a screw-in light source,
- said kit comprising:
- a vertical column having a downwardly extending male Edison screw connector at the lower end thereof for operatively connecting with said up-socket;
- a plurality of down-sockets each adapted to receive an LED light source;
- a generally horizontal socket support member carried by said column proximate the upper end thereof for supporting said plurality of down-sockets, said socket support member having a maximum horizontal dimension greater than the maximum horizontal distance between the legs of said harp when supported by said saddle;
- a connector located between said socket support member and said screw connector for selectively varying the rotative position of said socket support member relative to said screw connector so that said socket support member can be positioned with the maximum horizontal dimension thereof rotated to a position about 90 degrees from the plane of said saddle for each of a number of different operative rotative positions of said screw connector in said up-socket to thereby avoid interference between said socket support member and said harp;
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- an electrical connection passing interiorly of said column for selectively applying electrical power from said screw connector to said plurality of down-sockets.
An adaptor for converting a single up-socket portable lamp having a shade and a shade support system to a plural down-socket portable lamp without the necessity of changing the shade or the shade support system for the lamp comprising:
- a vertical column having a downwardly extending male Edison screw connector at the lower end thereof for operatively connecting with the up-socket of the portable lamp to be converted;
- a generally horizontal socket support member carried by said column proximate the upper end thereof, said support member having a maximum horizontal dimension between about 4 and about 7 inches;
- a plurality of down-sockets carried by said support member;
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- a rotator for selectively varying the rotative position of said socket support member relative to said Edison screw connector.
In a lamp having a body, a single up-socket, a shade, a harp for supporting said shade, and a saddle for supporting said harp, a method of converting the up-socket to plural down-sockets comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a T-shaped adapter (i) having a base configured to operatively connect with the up-socket and a crosspiece including plural down-sockets, (ii) having a maximum horizontal dimension greater than the maximum horizontal spacing between the legs of the harp, and (iii) being selectively rotatable relative to the base;
- b. operatively connecting the base of the adapter in the up-socket;
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- c. thereafter selectively rotating the crosspiece relative to the base to position the crosspiece generally normal to the plane of the harp to thereby reduce interference between said harp and said adapter.
A method of converting a lamp having a body, a saddle, an up-socket, a harp, and a shade to a lamp having plural down-sockets comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a T-shaped adapter with a base configured to operatively connect with the up-socket and with plural down-sockets depending from the T-shaped adaptor;
- b. removing the shade, harp and light bulb from the lamp;
- c. installing the T-shaped adapter in the up-socket of the lamp;
- d. selectively rotating the T-shaped adaptor generally normal to the plane of said saddle independently of an operative rotational position of the base in the up-socket;
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- e. reinstalling the harp and the shade.
An adaptor for converting a single up-socket portable lamp having a shade and a shade support system to a plural down-socket portable lamp comprising:
- a vertical column having a downwardly extending male Edison screw connector at the lower end thereof for operatively connecting with the up-socket of the portable lamp to be converted;
- a plurality of down-sockets carried by said column proximate the upper end thereof at generally the same vertical distance above said up-socket, said plurality of down-sockets having a maximum horizontal dimension (a) between about 4 and about 7 inches and (b) more than the maximum horizontal spacing of said shade support system.
An adaptor for converting (a) a single up-socket portable lamp having (i) a shade and (ii) a harp for supporting said shade to (b) a plural down-socket portable lamp comprising:
- a vertical column having a downwardly extending screw connector at the lower end thereof for operatively connecting with the single up-socket of the portable lamp to be converted;
- a plurality of down-sockets carried by said column proximate the upper end thereof at generally the same vertical distance above said up-socket, said plurality of down-sockets having a maximum horizontal dimension (a) more than the maximum horizontal spacing of said harp.
In a lamp having a body, an up-socket, a shade, a harp for supporting said shade, and a saddle for supporting said harp, a method of converting the up-socket to plural down-sockets comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an elongated support
- (i) having at the lower end thereof a base configured to operatively connect with the up-socket and having at the upper end thereof plural down-sockets, and
- (ii) having a maximum horizontal dimension greater than the maximum horizontal spacing between the legs of the harp when supporting the shade;
- b. operatively connecting the base in the up-socket;
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- c. thereafter selectively adjusting the rotative position of the maximum horizontal dimension of the support relative to the harp to thereby reduce interference between the elongated support and the harp.
An adaptor for converting (a) a single up-socket portable lamp having (i) a shade and (ii) a harp for supporting said shade to (b) a plural down-socket portable lamp comprising:
- a vertical column having a downwardly extending screw connector at the lower end thereof for operatively connecting with the single up-socket of the portable lamp to be converted;
- a plurality of down-sockets carried by said column proximate the upper end thereof;
- and a selectively rotatable connector intermediate said screw connector and said down-sockets for selectively adjusting the relative rotation between said screw connector and said down-sockets after said screw socket is operatively connected with said up-socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.