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US 6,203,179 B1Granted
Swing arm lamp with display unit
AssigneeLamps Plus, Inc.
InventorErik A. Swanson
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Abstract
A wall mounted swing arm lamp with an integral display unit removably affixed to a base. Reinforcement is provided to the base to support the weight of the swing arm and the lamp when fully extended. The base and the display unit carry complementary rails and grooves allowing a frame to be slidably removed so that the display item to be readily changed as desired.
Claims3
A lamp having a removable display unit comprising:
- (A) a base (32) having a planar outer surface (36) including first (35) and second (37) side edges;
- (B) a stem (15) extending from said base unit;
- (C) illumination means (16) affixed to said stem;
- (D) a display unit (14) carried by said base unit (32);
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- (E) said display unit (14) including
- 1 first (62) and second (64) rails extending outwardly from said first (35) and second (37) side edges respectively,
- 2 a frame (70) having four sides (74, 76, 78, 86) defining an outer periphery grippingly engaging said rails, said frame periphery being open across (86) of said four sides disposed orthogonally to said rails to permit said frame to move relative to said rails.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.