Patent ID: 7086762
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: F21S,F21V

Abstract:
1. A collapsible chandelier comprising an upright arranged to be in a generally vertical orientation when the chandelier is in its use configuration, a support hub attached to the upright, and multiple lamp arms having distal ends for receiving lamp sockets, the lamp arms defining attaching portions at or near their proximal ends for pivotal attachment to the support hub so that the lamp arms are moveable between use positions and a storage position in which an overall dimension of the chandelier is reduced, wherein the attaching portion of at least one lamp arm is in the form of a hollow conduit section, this hollow conduit section being pivotally attached to the support hub by means of a pivotal mounting assembly defining a pivot axis arranged essentially perpendicular to the central axis of the hollow conduit section, and further wherein the hollow conduit section defines first and second conduit walls which are generally perpendicular to and intersect the pivot axis.