Bracket and lamp globe mounting apparatus

Claim 2

A lamp globe support apparatus, or the like, including support members comprising a tubular center support post and an auxiliary tubular support for a lamp globe characterized by a first bracket including a base and a cup-shaped socket, which bracket is attached to said support post and a second bracket including a base and a cup-shaped socket identical with the first bracket and attached to said auxiliary support, said brackets each having opposed elongated base flanges extending perpendicular to the center axis of its said socket and protruding beyond said socket in opposed aligned relation, a carrier tube with end portions received in said sockets and extending therebetween, said support members being parallel and vertical, said brackets being positioned to have said cup-shaped sockets facing towards each other and having a common center axis, and electrical starter and connection means in said carrier tube for connecting to electrical lead means in said support post and said tubular support, said brackets having flat surfaces in opposed marginal base areas thereof at said sockets which surfaces converge inwardly and downwardly of said brackets, said brackets being so shaped and sized that four brackets can be operatively positioned on said support post to have said sockets extend from such support post with the center axes of said sockets being in the same horizontal plane with 90° angles between said brackets, and said flat surfaces of adjacent ones of said brackets are in contact.

Claim 3

A lamp globe support apparatus, or the like, including support members comprising a tubular center support post and an auxiliary tubular support for a lamp globe characterized by a first bracket including a base and a cup-shaped socket, which bracket is attached to said support post and a second bracket including a base and a cup-shaped socket identical with the first bracket and attached to said auxiliary support, said brackets each having opposed elongated base flanges extending perpendicular to the center axis of its said socket and protruding beyond said socket in opposed aligned relation, a carrier tube with end portions received in said sockets and extending therebetween, said support members being parallel and vertical, said brackets being positioned to have said cup-shaped sockets facing towards each other and having a common center axis, and electrical starter and connection means in said carrier tube for connecting to electrical lead means in said support post and said tubular support, four of said tubular supports being provided, said bracket base having concave base surfaces positioned against said support post, or tubular support on which the individual bracket is positioned, four of said first brackets being positioned immediately adjacent each other around the periphery of said support post with the center lines of said sockets lying in a common horizontal plane, said first brackets each having opposed inclined flat base areas inwardly angled in relation to the center axis of said sockets and extending toward said support post, the inclined flat base areas of adjacent first brackets being in contact.

Claim 4

A lamp globe support apparatus, or the like, including support members comprising a tubular center support post and an auxiliary tubular support for a lamp globe characterized by a first bracket including a base and a cup-shaped socket, which bracket is attached to said support post and a second bracket including a base and a cup-shaped socket identical with the first bracket and attached to said auxiliary support, said brackets each having opposed elongated base flanges extending perpendicular to the center axis of its said socket and protruding beyond said socket in opposed aligned relation, a carrier tube with end portions received in said sockets and extending therebetween, said support members being parallel and vertical, said brackets being positioned to have said cup-shaped sockets facing towards each other and having a common center axis, and electrical starter and connection means in said carrier tube for connecting to electrical lead means in said support post and said tubular support, four of said tubular supports being provided, said bracket base having concave base surfaces positioned against said support post, or tubular support on which the individual bracket is positioned, four of said first brackets being positioned immediately adjacent each other around the periphery of said support post with the center lines of said sockets lying in a common horizontal plane, said first brackets each having opposed inclined flat base areas inwardly angled in relation to the center axis of said sockets and extending toward said support post, the inclined flat base areas of adjacent first brackets being in contact.