Illumination – Supports – Standard-type support
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-26
2001-08-28
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Supports
Standard-type support
C362S413000, C362S410000, C362S427000, C362S430000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06280065
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not Applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Applicable.
REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX
Not Applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a floor lamp, and more particularly to a floor lamp having a support base in which two sides form a ninety-degree angle, thus permitting the base to be placed flush with the baseboard or walls in the corner of a room.
2. Description of the Related Art
Many configurations of floor lamps are currently available. These lamps have vertical posts or support structures that typically are attached to the center of a circular base, or have legs that are symmetrically placed about the vertical post or support structure. Thus, these lamp bases cannot be placed flush in the corner of a room due to their circular shapes. Moreover, if the shades of these lamps are wider than, and centered over, the base, as is typically the case, the shade makes contact with the walls before the base does, preventing placement of the lamp deep in the corner of a room.
Some circular-based lamps have light fixtures that are held off-center. However, the vertical posts or support structures of these lamps cannot be placed deep into the corner of a room due to the circular shape of the base.
Also available are floor lamps that have square or elongated rectangular bases, some of which have off-center support posts and light fixtures. However, the off-center displacement of the light fixtures of these lamps is parallel to a pair of sides of the base, hence the light fixture is not suspended in the open space of the corner, but along one of the walls. Moreover, the physical dimensions of the shade of the light fixture will usually preclude placing the rectangular base snugly in the corner of a room.
Thus, currently available lamps do not make efficient use of floor space in corners of rooms that may be restricted by household furnishings, such as chairs, sofas, tables, beds, etc. Additionally, currently available floor lamps are not provided with bases that may be placed snugly in a corner of a room for purely aesthetic purposes.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a novel design of a floor lamp, wherein two sides of the base intersect at a ninety-degree angle for insertion of the base in the corner of a room; a post or other vertical support structure attached to the base at its lower end, supports a light fixture attached to the upper end.
The support structure can be designed to position the light fixture in the open space between the walls for conventional, direct illumination. Alternatively, the support structure can maintain a light fixture flush with the walls in a corner of a room to provide both direct illumination and diffuse illumination by reflected light from a ceiling.
Thus, an important object of the present invention is the provision of a floor lamp base that may be placed flush with the vertical surfaces in a corner of a room.
Another object of the present invention is the provision of a support structure attached to the base at its lower end, and to a light fixture at its opposite end, whose function is to position the light fixture in the open space in the corner of a room.
Yet another object of the present invention is the provision of a corner floor lamp for diffuse overhead illumination of a room, or for simultaneous diffuse overhead illumination and direct illumination.
The present invention, as described above, realizes a utility not present in currently available floor lamps, by means of a lamp base and light fixture support structure that permit the placing of floor lamps in confined spaces in corners of rooms. Moreover, beyond the practical applications of the present invention, it also provides for the placement of floor lamps snugly in the corners of rooms for purely aesthetic purposes.
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Real Goods Catalog, holidays 1999, p. 74 Item A 35-418, Ott Floor Lamp.
Bacon & Thomas PLLC
Negron Ismael
O'Shea Sandra
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