Pendant light fixture and support stud
AssigneeWorth Home Products
InventorSteven C. Machiorlette
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Abstract
A pendant fixture comprising a first body portion having a threaded stud formed thereon, wherein the threaded stud is configured to receive a spider fitting of a lampshade when the lampshade is installed on the pendant fixture. A second body portion having a first half defining a threaded bore therein and a second half defining a second bore therethrough is rotatably coupled to the first body portion by the threaded stud and bore. A power cord having a first end for mounting to a structure, and a second end that is received through the second body portion second bore provides power to the first body portion. A length of power cord adjacent to the power cord second end defines a flexible and adjustable C-shaped cord portion intermediate the first body portion and the second body portion.
Claims15
A pendant light fixture comprising:
- a. a first body portion;
- b. a second body portion comprising a light bulb socket;
- and
- c. a flexible power cable that is adapted to extend through a portion of the first body portion and between the first body portion and the second body portion, and
- d. a stud that facilitates the attachment of the first body portion to the second body portion
- wherein:
- (1) the power cable is adapted to power the light bulb socket, and
- (2) the first body portion and second body portion are configured to be selectively attached to each other and to thereby support a lamp shade,
- (3) the stud is adapted to facilitate attachment of the lamp shade to the pendant light fixture;
- (4) the stud is adapted to extend through a substantially circular opening in the lamp shade when the lamp shade is attached to the pendant light fixture;
- and
- (5) one of the first and second body portions includes the stud and the other one of the first and second body portions includes a blind bore that is configured to receive the stud.
A pendant light fixture comprising:
- a. a first body portion having one of a stud and a first bore;
- b. a second body portion having the other of the stud and the first bore and having a second bore therethrough;
- c. a power cord having:
- i. a first end for mounting to a structure, and
- ii. a second end that is received through the second bore,
- wherein
- the power cord second end is coupled to the first body portion and configured to provide power thereto, and
- a length of power cord adjacent to the power cord second end defines a flexible and adjustable C-shaped power cord portion that extends between the first body portion and the second body portion,
- one of the stud and a wall of the bore magnetized and the other one of the stud and the wall of the bore is formed from metal,
- wherein the stud is:
- configured to receive a spider fitting of a lampshade when the lampshade is installed on the pendant fixture, and
- removably received in the first bore.
A pendant light fixture comprising:
- a. a first body portion having one of a stud and a bore;
- b. a second body portion having the other of the stud and the bore and having a second bore therethrough;
- c. a power cord having:
- i. a first end for mounting to a structure, and
- ii. a second end that is received through the second bore, wherein
- the power cord second end is coupled to the first body portion and configured to provide power thereto, and
- a length of power cord adjacent to the power cord second end defines a flexible and adjustable C-shaped power cord portion that extends between the first body portion and the second body portion,
- one of the stud and the bore includes a detent and the other of the stud and the bore includes a catch that is configured to receive the detent,
- wherein the stud is:
- configured to receive a spider fitting of a lampshade when the lampshade is installed on the pendant fixture, and
- removably received in the bore by a locking mechanism.
A method for installing a lampshade to a pendant light fixture comprising:
- a. providing a pendant light fixture having
- i. a first body portion having one of a stud and a bore;
- ii. a second body portion having the other of the stud and the bore and a second bore formed therethrough, and
- iii. a power cord having a first end and a second end, wherein
- a) the power cord second end is received through the second body portion second bore,
- b) the power cord second end is operatively coupled to the first body portion so that an adjustable, C-shaped portion of the power cord is disposed between the first body portion and the second body portion, and
- the stud is removably received in the second body portion bore and retained therein by a locking mechanism;
- b. inserting a portion of a lampshade on the stud;
- c. inserting the stud into the bore so that the locking mechanism secures the lampshade intermediate the first body portion and the second body portion;
- and
- d. adjusting a length of the C-shaped portion of the power cord once the stud is inserted into the bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.