US3562077A - Component for use in making decorative structures - Google Patents

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US3562077A
US3562077A US677903A US3562077DA US3562077A US 3562077 A US3562077 A US 3562077A US 677903 A US677903 A US 677903A US 3562077D A US3562077D A US 3562077DA US 3562077 A US3562077 A US 3562077A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/06—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/04—Keyplates; Ornaments or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C3/00—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing ornamental structures
    • B44C3/12—Uniting ornamental elements to structures, e.g. mosaic plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44F—SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
    • B44F1/00—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects
    • B44F1/06—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects produced by transmitted light, e.g. transparencies, imitations of glass paintings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/01—Grilles fixed to walls, doors, or windows; Grilles moving with doors or windows; Walls formed as grilles, e.g. claustra
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V1/00—Shades for light sources, i.e. lampshades for table, floor, wall or ceiling lamps
    • F21V1/14—Covers for frames; Frameless shades

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  • the present invention relates to a new type of component which is particularly usefulin making chandeliers and/or lampshades.
  • the invention also includes within its scope the chandeliers made from such components.
  • the component according to the invention is a thin flat sheet member, the periphery of which is divided into alternating concave and convex segments, and provided with notches in both the convex and concave segments, at least two groups of two notches on a single sheet being separated by the same distance.
  • each member has several groups of three notches, the two notches at opposite ends of each group being separated from th middle notch by the same distance, so that the middle notch cooperates equally well with either of the end notches.
  • An assembly comprising several members is made by engaging two adjacent notches on a convex segment of one member in two adjacent notches on a concave segment of another member.
  • the member according to the invention is thin, flat and flexible, and its silhouette defines several similar hooked lobes which are symmetrically disposed with respect to a single point, each lobe being provided with notches in its edges, said notches being positioned opposite each other along a line intersecting the curved edge of the lobe.
  • This shape makes it possible for several .members of this type to be hooked together, their flexibility being sufficient to permit the notches of one member to engage in the notches of another, and thus formed into an assembly without using fasteners.
  • the shape of the hooks and the position of the notches may be so calculated that the surface of each member curves in several directions when the assembly has been completed and so that the structure which has been thus formed from thin flat members is in relief, and composed of curved surfaces which form geometric shapes in space.
  • the fact that th 3,562,077 Patented Feb. 9, 1971 members can bend in a plurality of directions when the assembly is complete constitutes an important feature of the invention.
  • the assembly is made according to a pattern of juxtaposed polygons and one of two types of structure is obtained, depending on the number of sides of the polygons.
  • the structure may be a closed polyhedron.
  • such structures are suitable for use as chandeliers, with the light source positioned inside the polyhedron.
  • the structures are essentially flat and form panels which may be used as such, or rolled into cylinders for use as lamp shades or the like.
  • a structure is usually made up of a plurality of identical members. Members of different sizes or having diiferent numbers of hooked portions may, however, be used to produce structures having certain geometric shapes.
  • the material of which the members are made must be thin, flat and flexible, and, when they are used for making chandeliers, must be translucent or transparent.
  • the preferred materials include plastics, such as polyvinyl chloride, a complex of fiberglass and resin, plastic cloth, metal foil, wood, or laminates of these materials.
  • the colors and surfaces of the members may be varied, and members having different characteristics of this typ may be combined as desired.
  • the structures may, in certain cases, be positioned behind sheets of transparent material, or inside sandwiches which may be used as panels in room dividers.
  • FIG. 1 is a first embodiment of a member according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows how two members of the type shown in FIG. 1 are fastened together
  • FIG. 3 shows a closed structure made from members of the type shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of a member according to the invention
  • FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the member according to the invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows an assembly made from a plurality of members according to FIG. 5.
  • the member according to the invention has in this case three identical hooked lobes symmetrically positioned with respect to the point 0.
  • Each of the hooked lobes is provided along its edge with three small notches 1, 2, 3.
  • Notch 1 is opposite notch 2, which is itself opposite notch 3.
  • the segment of the periphery of each lobe between the notches 1 and 2 of said lobe is the notches 2 and 3 of said lobe is convex.
  • notches 1, 2, 3 are positioned along a line 4, shown as a broken line, which intersects the curved edge of the lobes.
  • the line 4 is curved in order to impart a curvature to the members when they have been assembled. Moreover, the distance from the notch 1 to the notch 2 is equal to the distance from the notch 2 to the notch 3.
  • FIG. 2 shows how two members E E of the type shown in FIG. 2 are fastened together.
  • the hooked lobe B of a third member may be fastened to the lobe A of member E and so on with fourth and fifth members. If at this time the lobe A of the fifth member is engaged with lobe B of member E the result is a sort of pentagonal ring which begins to show the curvature of the members in several directions.
  • One of the members E from which this structure is made has at its center a round hole 5, in which a socket may be inserted so that an electric light bulb may be positioned inside the structure.
  • the members from which the structure is made must be transparent or translucent.
  • the resulting lamp shade or chandelier is a representative example of a commercial embodiment of the invention.
  • the result is a structure which, instead of circling on itself extends parallel to a plane and may be used for ceilings or to decorate walls.
  • a great number of other combinations may be made from members such as those shown in FIG. 1, especiallyv by making alternating rings of 5 and 6 members, which arrangement makes it possible to form structures of the same type as that shown in FIG. 3, but even larger, so as to produce more beautiful chandeliers.
  • FIG. 4 shows another example of a member according to the invention.
  • This member has four similar hooked lobes, A, B, C and D which are symmetrically positioned with respect to the point 0.
  • FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of a member according to the invention.
  • This member also comprises three hooked lobes A, B, C, positioned symmetrically about a point 0.
  • Each of the lobes A, B and C has a convex edge, two consecutive lobes A and B being separated by a concave edge segment positioned between the acute angles 1 and 2.
  • This figure also shows the broken lines 4 along which the various members are fastened together. There are, however, no sharp angles at the points 3 which correspond to the notches shown at those points in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 6 Such an arrangement is shown in FIG. 6.
  • This figure shows the member E assembled with the member E and the member E
  • the three lobes A of the members E E and E rest on each other at the point 3, thus forming a sort of three-vaned helix, so that the lobes A of members E and E form a notch receiving the point 3 on lobe A of member E
  • the notches 1 and 2 of the various members act in the same way as in the structures previously described.
  • a member for use in making decorative structures which consists of a thin sheet of deformable material the periphery of which is defined by a plurality of curved edge portions, some of which are convex, while others are concave, said edge portions defining a plurality of hooked lobes radiating from the center of said sheet, said edge portions being provided with a plurality of notches, the
  • a member as claimed in claim 1 comprising three lobes positioned at angles of with respect to each other.
  • a member as claimed in claim 1 comprising at least one group of three notches, two of which delimit a concave edge portion While two delimit a convex edge portion, the distances between each of the notches at the end of the group and the middle notch being the same.
  • a member for use in making decorative structures which consists of a thin sheet of deformable material the periphery of which is formed into a plurality of symmetrically positioned lobes delimited by a plurality of curved edge portions, some of which are convex, while other are concave, each of said concave portions being positioned between two convex edge portions and forming therewith a re-entrant angle serving as an abutment point.
  • a decorative structure comprising a plurality of members made of a thin sheet of deformable material and assembled together, the edge of each of said members comprising convex segments and concave segments, at least one of said convex segments extending between a pair of notches and at least one of said concave segments extending between a pair of notches, the two notches between which each convex segment extends being spaced from each other by a distance equal to the distance separating the two notches between which each concave segment extends, the two notches of one of said convex segments of one member being in engagement with the two notches of one of the concave segments of an adjacent member.
  • each member comprises at least three hooked lobes symmetrically positioned about a central point.
  • Decorative structure comprising a plurality of members, each consisting of a thin sheet of deformable material comprising at least three hooked lobes radiating from the center of said sheet, each lobe having a convex peripheral edge portion and each two adjacent lobes being separated by a concave peripheral edge portion defining at its ends a sharp angle with the adjacent end of the convex peripheral edge portion of each adjacent lobe, said members being assembled together with the two sharp angles at the ends of a concave portion of one member engaging the sharp angles at the ends of the convex edge portion of one lobe of another member.

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