US1527563A - Shade holder - Google Patents

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Feb. 24. 192s.

F. o. KRANTZ ET Ar.

ASHADE HOLDER Filed Jan'. 19. 1924 p5 i i0. Z5

Patented4 Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK O. KRANTZ AND CHARLES P. SWICK, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, AS- SIGNORS TO AMERICAN RING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A COR- PORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed January 19, 1924. Serial No. 687,246.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, FRANK O. KRANTZ and CHARLES P. Swion, citizens of the 4United States, residing 1 at Vaterbury, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention vrelates to a new and improved shade holder of the type designed to be attached to a lamp socket or the like to support a shade in connection therewith.

It is the object ofthis invention, among other' things, to provide a shadeholder with few parts, constructed with thel minimum waste of material, that will have the maximuinrigidity and the parts so assembled as to be practically impossible of separation.

To these, and other ends, our invention consists in the shade holder, having certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and f more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate like parts in the several figures:

Figure 1 is a plan view of our new and improved shade holder Figure 2 is an elevation thereof, some ot the parts being in sectionupon line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sec tional View thereof taken generally upon the line BH3 of Figure 1;`

Figure 4 is a view looking toward the underside of the body member; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the arms before its assembly.

In the drawings, the numeral 1() indicates the body member, which is constructed with a head portion 11 having an opening 12 therethrough, a collar portion 13 at an angle to the head portion and an outwardly flaring base portion 14.

Located substantially equally distant from each other in the head portion 11, are a plurality of radial corrugations 15 and similar corrugations 16 in the collar portion 13 connected therewith. The sides of these corrugations form spaced integral walls that prevent lateral movement of the arms when assembled therein.

Through the flaring base portion 14, at the base of the corrugations 16, are a plurality of openings 17. The material that filled these openings 17 is bent inwardly to form the lugs 18, which provide an extension of the collar portion 13, substantially as shown in Figure 2. Three sets of such corrugations and openings are illustrated, but a greater or less number may be used if desired.

rIhe arms 19 are shown herein as being substantially rectangular in cross section but they may be round or any other shape as desired. They are shaped at'their outer ends Y with a flaring tip portion 2O to provide convenient means for insertin a shade, incandescent bulb or lamp, or ot er article theret between and before being assembled with' portion 22 in the corrugation 16, the other side portion 21, which is'projected down through the opening 12, is turned under the head portion and closed tightly thereon, substantially as shown in Figure 2. This side portion 21 is now practically parallel with the intermediate portion 23. Then so assembled, the top of the intermediate portion 23 is substantially flush with the top of the head portion 11 and the side portion 22 `substantially flush withthe outer wall of the collar 13, thus providing a smooth and even exterior surface. Obviously the arm portions can be arranged so that they are `slightly above or4 below'the adjacent sur faces, if desired.

When the parts are assembled, eachof the lugs 18 is in contact with the inner face of one ofthe arms 19, thus providing a rigid vertical support for the arm and an exten- Vsion of the collar 13 equal to the width of the opening 17. In some cases it is desirable that these lugs be turned outwardly slightly after the arms are positioned, thus aiding in holding the arms securely against 1novement at the base of the collar 13.

The engagement of the head of the arms 19 with the corrugations, as shown and described, makes a permanent, secure connection therebetween, and provides a rigid, unyielding structure that is practically indestruetible.

This shade holder is economically made with an absolute minimum number et operations, no material is wasted in its manufacture and there are no projecting parts to injure or mar the objects brought in contact therewith.

There are minor changes and alterations that may be made within our invention, aside from those herein suggested, and we would therefore have it understood that we do not limit ourselves to the exact construction herein shown and described, but claim all that falls fairly within the spirit and scope ot the appended claims.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A shade holder having a body portion Comprising a collar, a head portion at one end ot the collar, and a base portion at the opposite end, both the collar 4and head portions being provided with eorrugations in register with each other; and arms within the corrugations upon the outside of both the collar and head portions and fixed at one end to the body member by engagement withl opposite sides ot the body member.

E2. A shade holder having a body member comprising a head portion, a collar portion, and a base portion, the head and collar portions having corrugations therein and the base portion having` an opening therethrough at the base of the corrugations in the collar portion and an arm within each of the corrugations fixed to the body member with portions thereot substantially parallel with each other and upon opposite sides ot the body member.

3. A shade holder having a body member comprising a head portion, a collar portion, and a base portion, the head and collar portions having corrugations therein, and the base portion having an opening therethrough at the base ot cach corrugation in the collar portion, the material from the openings forming a lug in extension ot the collar portion; and an arm within each of the corrugations fixed to the body member.

4. A shade holder having a body member and arms secured thereto, the body member having a head portion and a collar portion and each provided with corrugations that are in register with each other, each oit the arms being` lixed to the body member within the eorrngations.

5. A shade holder having a body member comprising a collar, an outwardly flaring base at one end of the collar, and an inwardly turned head at the opposite end oi the collar, the collar and head having corrugations therein in register with each other, and the base portion having an opening therethrough at its point of juncture with the collar and in register with each of the corrugations, and arms connected with the body member with a portion thereof inside of the base and another portion outside ot the collar and head.

6. A shade holder having a body member comprising a head portion and a collar portion, each of which is provided with corrugations in register with each other; and arms fixed to the body member, each arm before assembly beingformed with a substantially il-shaped head portion and when assembled the intermediate portion ot the U-shaped head portion is inv a corrugation within the head portion, one side wall thereoi" is in a corrugation in the collar portion, and the other side wall is closed onto the head portion ot the body member, substantially parallel with said head portion.

t. A shade holder having a body member with corrugations therein, connected with and at substantially a right angle to each other, and an arm lior each of the connected corrugations, fixed to the body member within the corrugations, with their outer exposed 'Faces Hush with or slightly below the adjacent surfaces of the body member,

8. A shade holder having a body member comprising a collar, an outwardly flaring base at one end of the collar, and an inwardly turned head at the opposite end o t the collar, the collar and head having` corrugations therein in register with each other and the base portion having an opening therethrough at its point of juncture with the collar and in register with each of the eorrugations; and arms connected with the body member with a portion ot cach arm inside of the base and another portion ontside of the collar and head, and secured to the body member by folding one end of cach oit the arms so that the same will grip opposite sides of a portion et the body niember with sufficient friction to prevent relative movement.

ln testimony whereof we have hereunto aiiixcd our signatures..y

FRANK O. KRANTZ. CHARLES P. SVVIGK.

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