(19)
(11) EP 1 522 787 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.03.2007 Bulletin 2007/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/15

(21) Application number: 04256275.1

(22) Date of filing: 11.10.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F21V 17/06(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 09.10.2003 GB 0323677

(71) Applicant: SPEARMARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
St. Neots Cambridgeshire PE19 8GA (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Blake, Richard
    St. Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 8FQ (GB)

(74) Representative: Alexander, Thomas Bruce et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT, Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) A lampshade attachment


(57) A lampshade hanger (1) in combination with a lampshade, wherein the lampshade comprises an annular collar (3) and at least one arm (5,7) extending from the annular collar (3) for supporting, in use, a lampshade, the annular collar (3) having at least one circumferential opening (19) for allowing, in use, the annular collar (3) to be located around a cable (21) of a lampholder (23), the arrangement being such that the annular collar (3) is retained on the lampholder (23) by its own weight, characterised in that there is provided between the lampshade and the annular collar (3), when the annular collar is in the position in which the hanger (1) is suspended from the lampholder (23), a circular clearance to allow a lampholder (23) to pass between the annular collar (3) and the lampshade.







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