Patent ID: 6604846
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
A selectively collapsible lamp shade, including a shade portion; an upper ring; a lower ring, said rings being parallel to one another when said lamp shade is assembled; a series of removably mountable struts, said struts extending between said lower ring and said upper ring and together with said rings defining a framework for said lamp shade; said shade portion comprising a closed loop of material having substantially parallel edges, said shade portion being open at the respective ends thereof, said shade portion circumscribing said framework;said struts being selectively engagable with said rings at opposed ends thereof to stretch said shade portion between said rings to define the shape thereof, said rings being formed with a series of circumferentially spaced retainers, said struts having nibs at each end thereof, and said nibs being fitted into said retainers and a respective end of each strut resting on top of a respective retainer to affix said rings in spaced relation.