ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,395, issued on April 15, was assigned to REDWARDS CONSULTANTS LTD (Kent, Great Britain).

"Lamp assembly" was invented by Robert Edwards (Kent, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lamp assembly comprises an upstanding post whose lower end is supported by a bae member. A carriage member is supported by and moveable relative to the upstanding post to enable the height of the carriage member above the base member to be varied. A spool which houses a coiled metallic tape of arcuate cross-section is supported by the post and a light source is located at or towards the end of the metallic tape remote from said carriage member."

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