Patent ID: 9169999
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
1. A securing unit for securing a lamp shade to a bulb socket, the lamp shade including a shade frame, and a coupler connected to the shade frame, the bulb socket to be disposed in the lamp shade, said securing unit comprising: a connecting member having an upper mounting segment, and a lower connecting segment disposed below said upper mounting segment and configured for connection to the bulb socket; and a securing member including a base part having opposite first and second surfaces, an engaging part extending from said first surface of said base part and engaging said upper mounting segment of said connecting member, and a resilient holding part extending from said second surface of said base part and configured to hold the coupler; wherein said resilient holding part of said securing member includes a plurality of hooks that are configured to cooperatively hold an outer periphery of the coupler; wherein each of said hooks includes wherein said upper hook body segments of said hooks cooperate to define a first coupler retaining space, and said shoulders of said hooks cooperate to define a second coupler retaining space narrower than said first coupler retaining space.