# US 4,399,494 A · Decorative lamp

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- Number: US 4,399,494 A
- Document ID: US4399494A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/244,662
- Filed: 1981-03-17
- Granted: 1983-08-16
- Earliest claimed: 1981-03-17
- Assignees: Glass Dimensions, Inc.
- Inventors: David R. Perkins
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4399494A

## CPC

- F21S 13/12: Devices intended to be free-standing, e.g. table lamp, floor lamp
- F21S 13/00: Non-electric lighting devices or systems employing a point-like light source; Non-electric lighting devices or systems employing a light source of unspecified shape
- F21V 35/00: Candle holders
- F21W 2121/00: Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
- F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS

## Abstract

A decorative lamp comprises a chimney and an illumination source in the form of a candle or oil lamp. The oil lamp or candle is supported by an integral hanger that rests against the side of the chimney and provides an appropriate standoff to center the illumination source within the chimney. The hanger also has a hook that engages the top of the chimney and a leg that properly orients the illumination source vertically within the chimney.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A chimney lamp comprising
A. tubular chimney means made of transparent glass or plastic, said chimney means having an upper edge defining an open upper end and a lower end for resting on a surface;
B. illuminator support means for supporting a wick and a fuel supply for the wick, said support means also being made of transparent glass or plastic; and
C. elongated transparent glass or plastic hanger means, said hanger means having one end connected to the support means and its other end formed as a hook for removably engaging over said upper edge of the chimney means so as to suspend the support means at a central location in the chimney means appreciably below the upper end thereof for permitting the supporting means and the wick and fuel supply supported thereby to be lifted out of the chimney means by way of the hanger means.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The chimney lamp defined in claim 1 wherein
A. the chimney means is a glass cylinder having upper and lower beaded rims; and
B. apertures are formed through the chimney means at the lower beaded edge thereof.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A chimney lamp as recited in claim 2 wherein said hooked end of said hanger means includes a deformation on the inner surface thereof that conforms to the configuration of said upper beaded rim.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A chimney lamp as recited in claim 1 for supplying illumination from a candle, said support means including flared candle support means integrally connected to said one end of said hanger means for supporting the candle centrally in said chimney means.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A chimney lamp as recited in claim 1 for supplying support from an oil-fed wick, said illumination means including oil reservoir means integrally connected to said one end of said hanger means with a top opening therein for containing oil and wick support means supported by said oil reservoir means in the top opening for supporting the wick centrally in said chimney means and in contact with the oil.