ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,986, issued on March 3, was assigned to HATCO Corp. (Milwaukee).
"Height adjustable lamp" was invented by Taylor Bley (Milwaukee), James P. Virgin (Milwaukee), James Jakubowski (Milwaukee) and Dan Frigo (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A height adjustable lamp assembly includes a frame defining a cord aperture, a reel rotationally supported by the frame, an electrical cord wound around the reel where a lower end of the electrical cord extends through the cord aperture, and a lamp coupled to the lower end of the electrical cord. The reel rotates to wind up or pay out the electrical cord therefrom to adjusts a height of the la...