Lamp base and lamp base kit

摘要

A lamp base and a lamp base kit having component parts capable of being compactly packaged and quickly and easily assembled into a lamp base by a customer. The lamp base kit includes three separate connectors respectively having internally threaded openings therein and includes a pair of tubes respectively having externally threaded portions on the ends thereof which are adapted to respectively threadedly engage with the threaded openings in the connectors when the lamp base is assembled to establish a pole. The lamp base further includes a stand, and a lamp and shade holder which respectively have fixedly attached thereto one of the connectors. The stand includes three disconnected legs and a mounting hub. Each of the legs has a recessed socket and a hole through one end thereof. The recessed sockets of the legs are adapted to respectively receive pins which are fixedly attached to the hub. Each of the legs in addition has a hole therethrough. The holes in the legs are adapted to respectively receive screws to hold the legs in place. Also, the lamp base includes an electrical conductor preassembled with the lamp base so that the pole may be assembled by the customer quickly and easily by rotating the threaded end portions of the tubes into the threaded openings in the connectors. Also, the stand may be quickly and easily assembled by threading the three screws into the three threaded sockets in the hub.