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US 5,178,453 AGranted
Mounting assembly for portable articles
OwnerThomas L. Runelsinventor
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An assembly is provided which is portable and which includes a cuplike base having mounted therein an article such as a lamp unit. The base is provided with a cover which normally protects the article and renders the same readily portable and for storage. The base or the cover or both are provided with magnetic surfaces for mounting the article on a flexible panel such as the type formed of fabric or cloth mas may be found, for example, in a tent. In one embodiment, the article is a lamp unit which may be of several forms including a simple lamp socket suspended from the lamp cord. The lamp unit may also be in the form of a fixed lamp socket retained within the base by a special lens. On the other hand, the lamp socket may be carried by a plurality of arms which are pivotally mounted to one another so as to projectable from within the base to a depending position supporting the lamp socket.
An assembly for supporting an article on a flexible panel, said assembly comprising a base carrying the article, and a cover for the base to substantially enclose the article therein, each of said base and said cover having a surface with permanent magnetic properties of opposite polarity whereby the surfaces can be disposed on opposite sides of the flexible panel to magnetically clamp the flexible panel therebetween.
An assembly comprising a hollow base and a removable cover, a lamp unit stored within said base for use when said cover is removed, and cooperating means on said base and said cover for mounting said base on a wall formed of a material such as cloth and fabric with the wall disposed between the base and the cover.
An assembly particularly adapted for mounting a lamp unit on a wall formed of a flexible panel, said assembly comprising a lamp unit carried by a supporting base, and a cover for said base, each of said cover and said base having magnetic properties, said cover and said base in cooperation with one another forming means for mounting said lamp unit on said wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.