Knock-down shade using repurposed packaging
AssigneeArcadia
InventorJeff Fu
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Abstract
A method of assembling a knocked-down shade and a shade assembly are described, which use a product packaging sleeve repurposed from product packaging. The knock-down shade assembly has a flexible shade cover, a top rigid member with an UNO fitting, a bottom rigid member, a plurality of clips, and a product packaging sleeve that functions as a support liner for the flexible shade cover. Likewise, the flexible articles can be assembled and provided in accordance with this discussion.
Claims20
A method of assembling a knocked-down shade suitable for covering a bulb seatable within a lamp base and being of the type which includes a flexible shade having a top edge which circumscribes a top opening and a bottom edge which circumscribes a bottom opening, a top rigid member having an UNO fitting for engaging the bulb of the lamp or a lamp socket, and a bottom rigid member, comprising:
- disposing a product packaging sleeve along an interior surface of the flexible shade, the sleeve imparting structural integrity between the top and bottom edges thereof;
- first clipping the bottom rigid member to the flexible shade within the interior of the flexible shade so as to engage the product packaging sleeve against the flexible shade along the bottom edge thereof;
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- second clipping the top rigid member to the flexible shade within the interior of the flexible shade so as to engage the product packaging sleeve against the flexible shade along the top edge thereof.
A method of assembling a knocked-down accessory and being of the type which includes a flexible portion having at least one of a top edge which circumscribes a top opening or a bottom edge which circumscribes a bottom opening, a top rigid member, and a bottom rigid member, comprising:
- disposing a product packaging sleeve along an interior surface of the flexible portion, the sleeve imparting structural integrity between the top and bottom edges thereof;
- first clipping the bottom rigid member to the flexible portion within the interior of the flexible shade so as to engage the product packaging sleeve against the flexible portion along the bottom edge thereof;
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- second clipping the top rigid member to the flexible portion within the interior of the flexible shade so as to engage the product packaging sleeve against the flexible portion along the top edge thereof.
A knock-down shade assembly, comprising:
- a flexible shade having an interior surface and exterior surface, each defined between a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a plurality of clips affixed to the flexible shade, wherein a first set of clips among the plurality of clips is affixed near the top edge and a second set of clips among the plurality of clips is affixed near the bottom edge;
- a product packaging sleeve disposed about the exterior surface of the flexible shade when the shade assembly is in a knocked-down state and being sized and shaped to seat within the interior surface of the flexible shade when the shade assembly is in an assembled state, the product packaging sleeve providing support to maintain a shape of the flexible shade between the top and bottom edges;
- a top rigid member having an outer edge, a central UNO fitting, and plurality of supports extending radially from the UNO fitting to the outer edge, wherein the outer edge is secured to the flexible shade by the first set of clips when the shade assembly is in the assembled state;
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- a bottom rigid member, wherein the bottom rigid member is secured to the flexible shade by the second set of clips when the shade assembly is in the assembled state,
- wherein the product packaging sleeve is secured to the interior surface of the flexible shade by the top and bottom rigid members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.