Lamp adaptor with finial mounting
OwnerAbe H. Federinventor
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Abstract
A lamp adaptor for use with a conventional electric lamp, such that enhanced indirect lighting capability is provided. The lamp adaptor includes a top baffle which directs the light upwardly and outwardly of the shade and simultaneously downwardly through the sides of the shade. The lamp adaptor has a threaded exterior male plug which is engageable with a conventional electric bulb socket in a table or floor lamp and includes a plurality of downwardly extending axial support struts which may engage a support collar encircling the conventional electric bulb socket. The lamp adaptor provides indirect as well as direct lighting capability in conventional electric lamps.
Claims10
A lamp adaptor with finial support comprising:
- A. a base including at least one base socket for support of an electric bulb fixture, together with an electrical connection extending from said socket;
- B. an exterior male plug contacting said electrical connection and extending from said base, so as to be engageable with an electric lamp socket;
- C. at least one electrical lighting fixture supported in said base socket;
- D. a baffle supported above said base, so as to direct selectively light from said electric lighting fixture with respect to said base;
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- E. a base support engageable at its top with the bottom of said base and including at least one strut member extending downwardly, so as to be engageable with an electrical lamp socket support;
- all in combination with a threaded electric light bulb socket into which said exterior male plug is fitted, said socket being mounted upon an elongated arm and having a collar encircling said arm, so as to be engageable with said strut member extending downwardly so as to be engageable with an electric lamp socket support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.