Patents by Inventor James I. Terada

James I. Terada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4337506
    Abstract: An adjustable floor or table lamp has a diffuser globe surrounding a light source for providing general diffuse light in a room, and an adjustable reflector above the diffuser for reflecting a portion of the light and thereby intensifying the light in a reading area. The diffuser may be open at its top for directing brighter light to the reflector and thus to the reading area. The reflector may be a two-sided mirror, with one side planar and the other non-planar, with the mirror mounted on a horizontal pivot axis over the diffuser and light source. In other embodiments an adjustable lamp includes multiple mirrors receiving light from a single source and reflecting it in concentrated beams in different directions. A small mirror may be positioned between a larger mirror and the light source, or the mirror closer to the source may be partially transmissive, or both mirrors may be together in a compound gimbaled apparatus, with the mirrors separately adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Inventor: James I. Terada