# US 2014/0153258 A1 · Color customizable table lamp and method of making the same

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- Number: US 2014/0153258 A1
- Document ID: US20140153258A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/690,048
- Filed: 2012-11-30
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30
- Assignees: Lamps Plus, Inc.
- Inventors: DENNIS K. SWANSON
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153258A1

## CPC

- F21V 3/00: Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses (with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506)
- F21S 6/002: {Table lamps, e.g. for ambient lighting}
- F21V 23/002: {Arrangements of cables or conductors inside a lighting device, e.g. means for guiding along parts of the housing or in a pivoting arm}
- Y10T 29/49817: with other than ancillary treating or assembling
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A lamp having a hollow clear body supported between a base and a cap, a hollow pipe carrying an electrical cord and a light socket dispensed internally of said hollow clear body between said base and said cap and removable through the open upper end of said body to allow the body to become free standing so that a color bearing material can be applied to the internal surface of the clear body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lamp which can be color customized according to the request of a customer comprising:
a hollow clear body member having a top and a bottom;
a base, said bottom of said body member resting on said base;
a hollow pipe supported within said body, said second end of said pipe extending through said base member;
a light socket connected to said first end of said pipe;
an electrical cord disposed within said hollow pipe and connected to said light socket and extending from said second end of said pipe;
a cap member secured to said first end of said pipe and resting on said top of said body member; and
means removably attachable to said second end of said pipe to secure said hollow pipe between said base and said cap and within said body member and when removed allowing said hollow pipe carrying said cord and said socket to be removed through the top of said body member so that said body member is free standing and can have a color bearing material applied internally thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A lamp as defined in claim 1, wherein said second end of said pipe is threaded and said removably attachable means is a washer and a wing nut threadably secured to said cord end of said pipe.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A lamp as defined in claim 2, wherein said electrical cord terminates in an electrical plug and said base defines an orifice therein, said second end of said pipe extending through said orifice, said orifice being of sufficient size for said electrical plug to pass through it when said pipe carrying said cord and said socket is removed through the top of said body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A lamp as defined in claim 3, wherein said washer is a split washer and has a diameter greater than the size of said orifice.

### Claim 5

A method of making a color customizable lamp comprising of the steps of:
providing a lamp having a hollow clear body dispensed between a cap and a base;
removing the hollow clear body from between the cap and the base;
coating the inside of the hollow clear body with a color bearing material; and reassembling the hollow body between the cap and the base.