Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Combined with disparate device
Patent
1996-07-23
1997-10-14
Miska, Vit W.
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Combined with disparate device
362413, D26 54, G04B 4700, F21S 112
Patent
active
056778961
ABSTRACT:
A novelty desk lamp simulates an actual basket assembly such a used in professional and college basketball. The desk lamp includes a base, a miniature basketball backboard, rim and net, the rim extending from a first face of a backboard, and the backboard having a second face opposite the first face, and a cantilever arm extending from the base and operatively connected to the backboard second face. A light source is mounted adjacent the backboard second face (e.g. directly to it and connected between the backboard and the arm) and is connectable by wires to a source of electrical power, such a household current or batteries. A control, such as a manually actuated switch, controls the supply of electrical power to the light source. The position of the light source with respect to the base can be adjusted by adjusting the position of the cantilever arm, as by pivoting the cantilever arm by using a linear actuator, such as a turn buckle. A novelty clock is also provided in which an LCD clock extending above the backboard is mounted to a support surface, such as by using a permanent magnet defining at least part of the backboard second face.
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1996 Spartus brochure.
Jul., 1977 Spartus catalog pages.
Photographs of prior art (1990 or earlier) novelty basketball baskets.
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