Stand with adjustably mounted head

Claim 1

A LAMP CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A PORTABLE BASE, A HOLLOW STANDARD HAVING A LOWER END ATTACHED TO SAID BASE, SAID STANDARD RISING PERPENDICULARLY FROM THE BASE AND HAVING AN UPPER END PROVIDED WITH A RIGHT ANGULARLY DISPOSED OUTSTANDING ATTACHING FLANGE, HEAD MEANS EMBODYING A CIRCULAR CAP HAVING DISK-SHAPED PORTION PROVIDED WITH A DEPENDING ANNULAR MARGINAL RIM, SAID RIM HAVING A LOWER EDGE PORTION FORMED WITH A TURNED IN LATERAL FLANGE COOPERATING WITH SAID DISK-SHAPED PORTION AND DEFINING A CHANNEL, SAID ATTACHING FLANGE BEING PROVIDED WITH COOPERATING TOP AND BOTTOM FRICTION WASHERS AND SAID FLANGE AND WASHERS BEING CONFINED IN SAID CHANNEL AND COOPERATING THEREWITH IN PROVIDING A SWIVEL JOINT BETWEEN THE HEAD MEANS AND STANDARD, THE DISK-SHAPED PORTION OF SAID HEAD MEANS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW HEAD DISPOSED IN A PLANE ABOVE THE PLANE OF THE DISK-SHAPED PORTION, SAID HOLLOW HEAD DIAMETER OF THE DISK-SHAPED PORTION, SAID HOLLOW HEAD HAVING A SLOT THEREIN AND ALSO HAVING END PORTIONS PROVIDED WITH AXIALLY ALIGNED HOLES FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF INSERTABLE AND REMOVABLE FASTENING MEANS, A TUBULAR BRACKET ARM HAVING A HEAD-LIKE END PORTION CONFORMABLY ENCLOSING SAID HOLLOW HEAD AND PROVIDED WITH ASSEMBLING AND ATTACHING MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE END HOLES IN SAID HEAD AND PROVIDING A SEPARABLE HINGE JOINT WHICH PERMITS THE BRACKET ARM TO BE SWUNG UP OR DOWN IN A VERTICAL PLANE, THE OUTER END OF SAID BRACKET ARM BEING OPEN AND ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A LAMP SHADE.