Lamp having interchangeable decorative panels
View Patent ↗A lamp including a holder having a base with a plurality of vertical walls extending upwardly therefrom. A window is formed in at least one of the walls. A panel, including an image, is removably disposed adjacent to the window. The panel is illuminated to highlight the image and create a desired effect.
1. A lamp, comprising:
a multi-faceted holder including a generally planar and multi-faceted base plate having a plurality of vertical walls extending upwardly therefrom;
a window formed in at least one of the walls;
a panel, including an image, removably disposed adjacent to the window, wherein at least a portion of the panel permits light to pass therethrough; and
means for illuminating the panel supported within the holder by the base plate.
2. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein a window is formed in at least two of the vertical walls.
3. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the panel comprises a photograph.
4. The lamp of claim 3 , including a transparent or translucent sheet disposed over the photograph.
5. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the panel is cut, etched or printed to form the image.
6. The lamp of claim 5 , wherein the panel comprises a transparent or translucent material, and wherein the panel, with the exception of the image, is opaque.
7. The lamp of claim 6 , including a colored translucent sheet disposed adjacent to the panel.
8. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the illuminating means comprises an electric lamp extending upwardly through an aperture in the base plate so as to be disposed within the holder.
9. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the illuminating means comprises a candle disposed on the base plate within the holder.
10. The lamp of claim 1 , including open-ended first and second tracks formed in the holder adjacent to opposite sides of the window for removably receiving edges of the panel therein.
11. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the holder has a generally triangular cross-sectional configuration.
12. The lamp of claim 11 , wherein the base plate is of a generally triangular configuration.
13. The lamp of claim 8 , including a spring clip for securing the electric lamp to the base plate.
14. The lamp of claim 13 , wherein the spring clip comprises opposed resiliently flexible wings biased outwardly to engage a peripheral edge of the base plate aperture.
15. A lamp, comprising:
a holder having a generally triangular cross-sectional configuration, the holder including a generally triangular base plate having three vertical walls extending upwardly therefrom;
a window formed in at least one of the walls;
open-ended first and second tracks formed in the holder adjacent to opposite sides of the at least one window;
a panel, including an image, removably inserted into the first and second tracks so as to be disposed adjacent to the window, wherein at least a portion of the panel permits light to pass therethrough; and
an electric lamp extending upwardly through an aperture in the base plate so as to be disposed within the holder.
16. The lamp of claim 15 , wherein the panel comprises a photograph.
17. The lamp of claim 15 , wherein the panel is cut, etched or printed to form the image.
18. The lamp of claim 15 , wherein the panel comprises a transparent or translucent material, and wherein the panel, with the exception of the image, is opaque.
19. The lamp of claim 15 , including a spring clip for securing the electric lamp to the base plate.
20. The lamp of claim 19 , wherein the spring clip comprises opposed resiliently flexible wings biased outwardly to engage a peripheral edge of the base plate aperture.