Patent ID: 6837597

Claim:
A lampshade assembly comprising: a rib retaining unit including a lower rib retaining member and an upper rib retaining member superimposed on said lower rib retaining member, one of said lower and upper rib retaining members being formed with a coupling post, the other of said lower and upper rib retaining members being formed with a post hole that permits said coupling post to extend removably therethrough, said rib retaining unit having a periphery, at least one of said lower and upper rib retaining members having one side that confronts the other of said lower and upper rib retaining members and that is formed with a plurality of anchoring units, said anchoring units being disposed around said coupling post, being angularly spaced apart from each other, and configuring said rib retaining unit with a plurality of anchoring grooves that extend in radial inward directions from said periphery of said rib retaining unit toward said coupling post, said rib retaining unit further including a fastening member that engages removably said coupling post for securing, together said lower and upper rib retaining members; and a plurality of shade members, each of which has an outer side, an inner side opposite to said outer side in a first direction, an upper edge, a lower edge opposite to said upper edge in a second direction transverse to the first direction, and a pair of side edges extending between said upper and lower edges and opposite to each other in a third direction transverse to the first and second directions, each of said shade members further having a connecting rib that extends in the first direction from said upper edge at said inner side, said connecting rib having a distal end retained removably on said rib retaining unit in a respective one of said anchoring grooves, said shade members being disposed adjacent to each other, and said inner sides of said shade members cooperating to form a lamp containing space when said distal ends of said connecting ribs of said shade members are retained on said rib retaining unit.