Patents by Inventor Joseph Patrick Hackett

Joseph Patrick Hackett 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).

  • Publication number: 20120300436
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement (1, 51, 71, 91, 111, 141, 161, 181, 211) having an arrangement (14, 15, 44, 45, 77, 97) for coupling the lighting arrangement to a bulb holder (4, 75, 95, 115, 165, 185, 215) and a lampshade (3, 33, 53, 84, 113, 142) supported on the coupling arrangement (14, 15, 44, 45, 77, 97). The lighting arrangement having an arrangement (2,) for causing relative movement between at least a portion of the lampshade (3, 33, 53, 84, 104, 113, 142) and the coupling arrangement (14, 15, 44, 45, 77, 97), the movement causing arrangment (2) comprising a transducer (5) for converting solar energy to electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Domnic Anthony Hackett, Joseph Patrick Hackett, Gavin John Galligan
  • Patent number: 6190024
    Abstract: A method for making a lampshade (1, 30) of the type which comprises at least one support ring (3, 4) and a side wall (5) secured to the support ring (3, 4) by a ligature (7), wherein the support ring (3, 4) comprises a plurality of ligature receiving means (16, 40, 44) at spaced apart locations along the support ring (3, 4), and a plurality of spaced apart apertures (15) are formed in the side wall (5) adjacent the support ring method comprising the steps of inserting respective portions of the ligature (7) sequentially into the wall apertures (15), and securing the respective portions of the ligature (7) to the ligature receiving means (16, 40, 44) on the support ring (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventors: Dominic Anthony Hackett, Joseph Patrick Hackett