Christmas lamp bulb fixing socket

• US 5,647,759 A
• Filed: 05/14/1996
• Issued: 07/15/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chen-Yu Enterprises LLC
• Original Assignee: Chen-Yu Enterprises LLC
• Inventors: Lien, Tzung-Min
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, HIEN D
• Application Number:
  US08/645,813
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 439/356, 439/619, 439/699.2, 439/370-372
• US Class Current: 439/356
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/10 with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/0005 of sources having contact pins, wires or blades, e.g. pinch sealed lamp F21V19/001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/00 Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 33/09 for baseless lamp bulb

Abstract

A Christmas lamp bulb fixing socket is provided that comprises a connecting socket provided to hold a bulb and an outer socket provided to hold the connecting socket. The connecting socket is connected with the outer socket by means of a protrusion extending therefrom for engagement with an affixing unit of the outer socket. Circumferential openings formed through the connecting socket are provided for engagement by corresponding convexly shaped protrusions of the outer socket that pass therethrough to firmly hold the bulb in the connecting socket.

Claims

1. A Christmas lamp bulb fixing socket comprising:

a connecting socket provided for holding a bulb therein and having a protrusion extending outwardly and downwardly from an outer surface of a circumferential wall thereof and a plurality of openings formed through substantially flat sided wall portions of said circumferential wall, said protrusion having a hook shaped distal end; and

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an outer socket provided for holding the connecting socket and having an affixing unit formed on an outer circumference thereof, said affixing unit having a hole formed therethrough to receive the protrusion of the connecting socket therein, said outer socket having a plurality of convexly shaped protrusions formed on an inner circumference thereof at positions corresponding to the openings in said circumferential wall of said connecting socket to pass through the openings for aiding in a retention of said connecting socket and holding the bulb firmly inside the connecting socket to keep the bulb from turning.