Knockdown lamp assembly

In a knockdown lamp assembly having a light fixture adapted to be electrically connected to a power source, shade means comprising a plurality of separate panel sections, and a knock down structural frame assembly mounting the shade means and comprising a central support member, the improvement comprising:

• the structural frame assembly further including:
• a plurality of elongated interlocking ribs, each having a lower end and an upper end;
• lower support means having a substantially annular and continuous configuration separate from the ribs for providing a bracing support for the shade means, and comprising rib and panel section receiving means for detachably receiving and supporting the panel sections and the lower ends of the ribs;
• upper rib support means mounted to the central support member and spaced apart from the lower support means for detachably receiving the upper end of each of the ribs;
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• holding cap means mounted to the central support member and located above the upper rib support means for detachably retaining upper portions of each of the panel sections;
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• wherein each of the panel sections comprises rigidly attached securing means separate from the lower support means and the ribs, and detachably received within the rib and panel section receiving means of the lower support means to support the panel sections and to maintain and lock the lower ends of the ribs within the lower support means.