This present disclosure relates generally to arrangements of decorative elements, lighting fixtures, and methods for providing illumination.
Pendant lights are lighting devices that hang from a ceiling. Typically, a pendant light is supported from a ceiling mount by a cord, chain, or pipe, an upper end of which is attached to the ceiling mount, and a lower end of which is attached to the lighting device. Often the lighting device includes shade and a light such as a light bulb. The shade is often in the form of a bulbous glass shade, a cylindrical drum shade, or a conical shade.
Chandeliers are branched, decorative ceiling-mounted light fixtures. Typically, chandeliers are ornate, and include a number of lamps and complex arrays of glass or crystal prisms to illuminate a room with refracted light.
There is a need for further arrangement of decorative elements, lighting fixtures, and methods for providing illumination.
In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides an arrangement of decorative elements. The arrangement includes a frame, a plurality of strands of ornaments supported from the frame, a plurality of slats supported from the frame, and wherein the plurality of slats is interspersed with the plurality of strands of ornaments to define a row of strands of ornaments and slats supported from the frame.
In a second aspect, the present disclosure provides a lighting fixture which includes the arrangement of decorative elements as noted above, and at least one of a lighting device and a receptacle for receiving a lighting device disposed adjacent to the row of strands of ornaments and slats.
In a third aspect, the present disclosure provides a frame for supporting an arrangement of decorative elements. The frame includes an inner support operably connectable to the arrangement of decorative elements, an outer support, and a bracket for supporting the outer support around an outer peripheral edge of the inner support.
In a fourth aspect, the present disclosure provides a lighting fixture having the frame as noted above comprising the inner support and the outer support, a plurality of decorative elements suspended from the inner support, and at least one of a lighting device and a receptacle for receiving a lighting device disposed adjacent to decorative elements.
In a fifth aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for providing illumination. The method includes providing a plurality of slats interspersed with the plurality of strands of ornaments to define a row of strands and slats, and emitting light onto one side of the row of strands and slats.
The subject matter which is regarded as the disclosure is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The disclosure, however, may best be understood by reference to the following detailed description of various embodiments and the accompanying drawings in which:
Upper end portions 32 of arms 30 are operably attachable to arm support 20. For example, the upper end portions of the arms may be attached to the arm support so that the arms are spaced apart and extend radially outwardly from the arm support. Lower end portions 34 of each of arms 30 may be operably attached to respective ones of shades 50. Lower end portions 34 of arms 30 may operably attached to and support a light source such as a light bulb or other illuminable device, or receptacle for receiving a light source such as a light bulb or other illuminable device disposed in shade 50. The lighting fixture may be operably connected to an electrical supply, for example, via an electrical cable running through the elongated member and into each of the arms. For example, the elongated member and the arms may be hollow. Alternatively, the lighting fixture may be suspended from an electrical cable or from one or more support wires.
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In the above embodiments of the lighting fixture, light may be emitted outwardly from the arrangement of decorative elements and upwardly between the arrangement of decorative elements as shown by the arrows in
The light source may be an LED or light emitting diode light source, incandescent, florescent, or other suitable light sources, and combinations thereof.
It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. For example, the above-described embodiments and/or aspects thereof may be used in combination with each other. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the various embodiments without departing from their scope.
While the dimensions and types of materials described herein are intended to define the parameters of the various embodiments, they are by no means limiting and are merely exemplary. Many other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. The scope of the various embodiments should, therefore, be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
In the appended claims, the terms “including” and “in which” are used as the plain-English equivalents of the respective terms “comprising” and “wherein.” Moreover, in the following claims, the terms “first,” “second,” and “third,” etc. are used merely as labels, and are not intended to impose numerical requirements on their objects. Further, the limitations of the following claims are not written in means-plus-function format and are not intended to be interpreted based on 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph, unless and until such claim limitations expressly use the phrase “means for” followed by a statement of function void of further structure.
It is to be understood that not necessarily all such objects or advantages described above may be achieved in accordance with any particular embodiment. Thus, for example, those skilled in the art will recognize that the systems and techniques described herein may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other objects or advantages as may be taught or suggested herein.
While the invention has been described in detail in connection with only a limited number of embodiments, it should be readily understood that the invention is not limited to such disclosed embodiments. Rather, the invention can be modified to incorporate any number of variations, alterations, substitutions, or equivalent arrangements not heretofore described, but which are commensurate with the spirit and scope of the invention. Additionally, while various embodiments of the invention have been described, it is to be understood that aspects of the disclosure may include only some of the described embodiments. Accordingly, the invention is not to be seen as limited by the foregoing description, but is only limited by the scope of the appended claims.
This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, and also to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, including making and using any devices or systems and performing any incorporated methods. The patentable scope of the invention is defined by the claims, and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal language of the claims.
This patent application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/834,271, filed Mar. 15, 2013, entitled “Arrangements of Decorative Elements, Lighting Fixtures and Methods for Providing Illumination,” which application is hereby incorporated in its entirety herein by reference. This application is related to commonly assigned patent application Ser. No. 29/449,521, by Saewoo Park, and entitled “Light Fixture Trim”, which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D706,975, and commonly assigned patent application Ser. No. 29/449,523, by Saewoo Park, and entitled “Light Fixture Arm”, which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D707,388, and which applications are hereby incorporated in their entirety herein by reference.
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