Patents by Inventor Simon L. Elster

Simon L. Elster 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: 20030043587
    Abstract: A decorating lamp unit which can be assembled as a desk or table lamp or as a wall lamp in a simple and convenient manner. The present invention discloses a decorative lamp comprising a support frame, a first shade and a light bulb assembly. More particularly, the present invention discloses a decorating lamp unit that is wall mountable by fixing the support frame to a wall, or the lamp may be free-standing when placed on a surface with three contact points contacting said surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: ILLUMINATION S.L.E. INC.
    Inventor: Simon L. Elster
  • Patent number: 5875886
    Abstract: A switch extension device for actuating a switch having an actuator projecting from a fascia plate. The actuator has upward and downward positions corresponding to "on" and "off" positions of the actuating member. The switch extension device has a front cover plate where the back surface includes grooves for receiving in slidable relationship a slider device. The front cover plate is secured to the fascia plate. The slider device has lower and upper parts, the upper part being slidably mounted on the back surface of the front cover plate in the grooves and the lower part of the slider device protruding downwardly from the front cover plate. The slider device may be adapted to actuate a flat rocker-type switch or a conventional toggle switch. The lower part of the switch extension device further has an extension strip of an appropriate length to extend downwardly the possibility of actuating the switch. In an embodiment, the extension strip is pivotably connected to the lower part of the slider device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Illumination S.L.E. Inc.
    Inventor: Simon L. Elster