Family of modular lamps for indirect lighting

A family of free-standing modular lamp stands wherein certain of the lamp stands are comprised of modules of circular right section and others of rectangular right section and wherein all of the modules of any one lamp are of the same configuration, said modules being adapted to be stacked in vertically-spaced relation with spacers therebetween to provide lamp stands of different height, said spacers being of smaller horizontal section than the modules and defining in conjunction with the ends of the modules outwardly-facing grooves peripherally of the structure and each lamp assembly including a module at the bottom for supporting the lamp stand in an upright position and a module at the top for providing indirect lighting, said latter module having at the top an upwardly-open recess and a light-emitting assembly supported within the recess which directs light upwardly through the open top.

A family of a plurality of free-standing modular lamp stands comprised of connected modules of different numbers of modules with indirect lighting means recessed into the top at the top modules such that, by arrangement of lamp stands of different heights throughout an area, the desired levels of intensity of the illumination at the work plane can be achieved with a satisfactory range of brightness in the ceiling characterized in that spacers are positioned between successive modules in the stack of modules which secure the modules in rigid alignment and wherein the spacers are of smaller horizontal section than the modules and define in conjunction with the ends of the modules outwardly-facing grooves peripherally of the structure.

A free-standing modular indirect lighting system comprised of like modules, each of which is a hollow, thin-walled structure of box-like configuration, a band associated with each module which fits the perimeter thereof, said band being adapted to interconnect two of said modules of like shape in vertically spaced relation by attachment to the respective top and bottom peripheries of each of two adjacent modules, structural members on the inner walls of said modules, means for attaching a band positioned between two adjacent modules to the respective structural members in each module to form an assembly of spaced structural modules and a support recessed within the upper module of a stack of modules.

A free-standing modular indirect lighting system comprising a module of multiple unit length and a unit module atop the module of multiple unit length, a spacer band associated with each of the modules which fits the perimeters thereof, said spacer band being adapted to interconnect the two modules in vertically-spaced relation by attaching the respective top and bottom peripheries of each of the modules, said spacers in conjunction with the adjacent ends of the modules with which they are associated defining outwardly-facing circumferential grooves, structural members on the inner walls of said modules, means for attaching the band positioned between the modules to the respective structural members to form an assembly of spaced structural modules wherein the unit module is supported atop the module of multiple unit length, said unit module at the top being adapted to receive a support within which an indirect lighting assembly is mounted so as to direct light upwardly through the open top of the unit module at the top.

A free-standing modular lamp assembly comprising an arrangement of a plurality of modules, means connecting the modules in vertically-spaced concentric relation, said means in conjunction with the adjacent ends of the modules with which they are associated defining outwardly-facing peripheral grooves.

A basic module for a family of modular lamps comprising a hollow box-like structure having two like molded halves, the molded form of which has at one rim structural members symmetrically positioned such that when two halves are bonded together at the other rim of each half to make a module the structural members are located to mate to join with two adjacent modules on either side.

A free-standing modular lamp stand comprising an assembly of modules of predetermined configuration arranged to be stacked, said assembly including a module at the base upon which the lamp stand is designed to rest and a module at the top for providing indirect lighting, said top module defining an upwardly-facing recess, a luminaire assembly mounted in said recess in a position to direct light upwardly through the top opening of the module at the top of the stack and spacers situated between and connecting the ends of adjacent modules, said spacers being of smaller horizontal section than the ends of the modules and defining with said ends annular outwardly-facing grooves peripherally of the structure at intervals heightwise of the structure which emphasize the modular composition of the structure, and wherein each module contains at its ends internally-positioned recesses corresponding in horizontal section to the external horizontal sections to the spacers within which the ends of the spacers are telescopically lodged and wherein the combined axial length of the recesses in adjacent pairs of modules is less than the axial length of a spacer and inextensible means positioned internally of the modules and spacers, said inextensible means spanning the spacers and being secured to the modules.