Cup member for a lamp having support means for a chimney and a shade

In a lamp construction having a base, a chimney, a bulb fixture, and a shade, an improvement comprising a cup member of plastic material detachably restable on the base for receiving the bulb fixture, said cup member including an upstanding annular rim having a plurality of spaced slots therein defining a plurality of upstanding flexible fingers between said slots for frictionally receiving the chimney, and a plurality of upstanding bushings integral with said cup member, said bushings being hollow and having upper ends disposed below the upper ends of said flexible fingers, said bushings being angularly disposed in alignment with selected of said slots, and a plurality of rods having bent ends removably engaged in said bushings, said rods extending from said bent ends in the bushings through the aligned slots radially outwards from the cup member, said rods having ends remote from said cup member for supporting said shade, said cup member comprising a lower dome portion which rests on said base in inverted fahion, a cylindrical portion extending upwardly from said dome portion and having a larger diameter than said dome portion with a step formed between said dome portion and said cylindrical portion, said rim extending upwardly from said cylindrical portion and having a larger diameter than said cylindrical portion with a second step between the rim and the cylindrical portion, said bushings extending upwardly from said dome portion to a spaced location inwards of said cylindrical portion, said upper ends of the bushings being disposed at a level below the slots, said selected slots for the passage of the rods extending in the rim to the level of said second step, the other slots extending less deeply in the rim to define a lower circumferential band above said second step joining said fingers to said second step.