Patent ID: 6523981
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
A rapid assembly/disassembly lamp shade comprising a top ring, a bottom ring of larger circumference than the top ring, frame members propped between the top ring and the bottom ring, and a fabric material around an exterior periphery of the top ring and the bottom ring, whereinthe top ring has support rods extending from a center towards a circumference of the top ring, the support rods extending from a first middle ring having a first mounting hole, an inclosing space being formed by an upward bending of the support rods at the top ring; the bottom ring includes an upper ring having an open end and a lower ring attached under the upper ring, the open end of the upper ring provides for the insertion of the frame members within the open end, the lower ring being aligned with the upper ring and including a plurality of sequentially arrayed locating slots to restrict movement of the frame members; each frame member including a left and a right vertically bowed rod section and a top horizontally bowed rod section, the top horizontally bowed rod section of each frame member has a laterally projecting tenon whereby the tenons maintain the top horizontally bowed rod sections against a bottom edge of the top ring; and flat-shaped fastening sections are punch molded at bottom ends of the frame members with an insertive hole formed through a center of each fastening section to provide for slipping them onto the bottom ring; and the exterior fabric material is tightly fitted around exterior peripheries of the top ring and the bottom ring and includes an interior fabric surface layer attached to the bottom ring, a top end of the interior fabric surface layer is attached to an inner top ring situated against a lower extent of the top ring, the inner top ring has a second middle ring with a second mounting hole.