Patent ID: 6398390
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
A lampshade, comprising in combination:a. a plurality of semi-rigid or rigid bars; each bar having a pair of mutually spaced longitudinal slots and at least two parallel holes drilled completely through each said bar in the vicinity of each of its ends; b. at least two cords linking said bars, one said cord passing through an upper set of said holes and another said cord passing through a lower set of said holes; c. thin resilient panels shaped to fit between consecutive bars with their side edges fitting into said slots; each said cord interconnecting all of said bars by passing through each hole in one set of corresponding holes on all said bars, two ends of each cord joined end to end with the joined ends secured inside one of said holes to form with the bars a lampshade frame, the interconnected upper ends of the bars forming an array that is coaxial with the array formed by the interconnected lower ends of the bars; all said components arranged in a selected specific geometric configuration that depends on the number of the bars and the distances between consecutive bars.