Lamp shade and method

Claim 2

A lamp shade adapted to be mounted on a frustoconical frame, the lamp shade comprising: a tubular body of an original generally cylindrical inside diameter substantially the same as the smallest diameter of the frustoconical frame; said body comprising generally vertically extending slats; generally horizontally extending strands connecting the slats in the tubular body; the strands being disposed successively from adjacent to the top of the tubular body to adjacent the lower end of the tubular body; and said strands being horizontally elastic so that the tubular body can be applied to the frustoconical frame by axially slipping the tubular body onto the frame from the smallest diameter end of the frame all the way to the largest diameter of the frame and the tubular body can expand due to the resilience of the strands whereby to conform to the frustoconical shape of the frame and cause the slats to grip the frame and thereby retain the expanded body frictionally on the frame.

Claim 3

A lamp shade according to claim 1, wherein said slats are wooden, and said strands comprise yarn of at least limited elasticity.

Claim 4

A lamp shade according to claim 1, wherein the slats are in limited edge-to-edge spaced relation, rods between and parallel to the slat edges, and said strands being woven over said rods, certain of the strands running across back faces of the slats and others of the strands running across front faces of the slats.

Claim 5

A lamp shade according to claim 1, wherein said slats and said strands are originally connected together in a linear strip of material wherein the slats and the strands are interwoven, terminal slats at the ends of the strip of material to which ends of the strands are connected, and means securing said terminal slats together to maintain the tubular body form.

Claim 6

A lamp shade frame and a slip-over lamp shade mounted thereon, comprising, in combination: a frustoconical lamp shade frame having an upper end and a lower substantially larger diameter end; and a slip-on lamp shade having generally vertically extending slats at least as long as said lamp shade and generally horizontally extending elastic strands connecting the slats into tubular body form from adjacent to the upper ends of the slats to adjacent the lower ends of the slats; the tubular body being of an original diameter substantially the same as the smaller diameter upper end of the frame and the body being expanded progressively to a larger diameter from the upper end to the lower end conformable to the frustoconical shape of the frame onto which the shade body has been slipped by pushing it onto the frame from the upper end of the frame toward the lower end of the frame, expansion of the body being permitted by elasticity of said strands and the elasticity of the strands reacting to hold the body frictionally in place on the frame.

Claim 7

A lamp shade frame and a slip-over lamp shade mounted thereon, comprising, in combination: a frustoconical lamp shade frame having an upper end and a lower substantially larger diameter end; and a slip-on lamp shade having generally vertically extending slats at least as long as said lamp shade and generally horizontally extending elastic strands connecting the slats into tubular body form from adjacent to the upper ends of the slats to adjacent the lower ends of the slats; the tubular body being of an original diameter substantially the same as the smaller diameter upper end of the frame and the body being expanded progressively to a larger diameter from the upper end to the lower end conformable to the frustoconical shape of the frame onto which the shade body has been slipped by pushing it onto the frame from the upper end of the frame toward the lower end of the frame, expansion of the body being permitted by elasticity of said strands and the elasticity of the strands reacting to hold the body frictionally in place on the frame.

Claim 8

A combination according to claim 5, wherein said frame comprises a bare frame and the lamp shade body directly engages with the bare frame.

Claim 9

A combination according to claim 5, wherein said lamp shade frame supports a covering, and said lamp shade body being supported on the frame through said covering.

Claim 12

A method according to claim 8, comprising sliding the lamp shade body into direct engagement with the bare frame.

Claim 13

A method according to claim 8, comprising sliding the lamp shade body into supported engagement with the frame through a covering on the frame.

Claim 14

A method according to claim 8, comprising interweaving said slats and said strands into an originally linear strip of material, and securing terminal slats of the strip together to provide the substantially cylindrical original form of the body.