A one-piece lamp shade construction that is capable of being manufactured in a wide variety of styles. The lamp shade has a circumferential framework of wire mesh or perforated sheet stock and a layer of plastic forming the body of the shade. The plastic is molded from the inside of the pre-formed framework and extends through the openings in the framework thereby joining the framework to the plastic body. The invention is concerned with the lamp shade construction and method.
A flat type luminous member that illuminates characters or pictures drawn on a greeting card, a card attached to a bouquet, a display or the like from the back side thereof. The luminous member includes a flexible light-transmitting container having at least a glass ampule within the container. The glass ampule and the container are each filled with respective solutions for causing chemical luminescence when the respective solutions are mixed. The container is flat-shaped and has a luminous portion where luminous light emits. The luminous portion has pictures or characters thereon.
A lampshade has a body with a number of spaced-apart apertures extending through the thickness of the body. The apertures are arranged in a pattern defining an image on the lampshade. Each aperture is sufficiently small in cross section to form an illuminated image pixel from normal viewing distances when the lampshade is illuminated by a lamp.
Sheets (26, 28, 30, 32) of aromatic polyamide polymer fibers are folded or formed into various shapes and constructions and used as light diffusers on lamps. The light diffusers are resistant to combustion which allows them to be placed closer to the light source. The diffusers are translucent and provide an appearance similar to parchment or rice paper.
