Patent ID: RE39810

Claim:
A lighting apparatus including a support member, a lighting unit mounted on one end of said support member, and a lamp shade mounted on said lighting unit, wherein said lighting unit comprises: a containment member having a mounting portion mounted on said one end of said support member, a flared wall portion extending from a periphery of said mounting portion in a first direction away from said support member, and a partition plate disposed inside said flared wall portion in a second direction transverse to the first direction so as to define a closed accommodating space on one side of said partition plate proximate to said mounting portion, and an open accommodating space on the other side of said partition plate, said partition plate having a center portion and a pair of cord holes offset from said center portion; a mounting bracket disposed in said open accommodating space and including an elongated middle portion mounted on said center portion of said partition plate, and first and second end portions disposed at opposite side of said middle portion and bent respectively relative to said middle portion so as to form first and second anchoring surfaces, respectively; a pair of socket members retained respectively on said first and second anchoring surfaces and adapted for mounting a respective light bulb thereon; a pair of insulating conductive cord members, each having a first end portion connected electrically to a respective one of said socket members, and a second end portion extending into said closed accommodating space via a respective one of said cord holes; and a power cord member having a first connecting end adapted to be connected electrically to a power source, and a second connecting end extending into said closed accommodating space and connected electrically to said second end portions of said insulated conductive cord members.