Combined shade and socket holder
US4426677A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF21V19/006
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A combined shade and socket holder for being mounted at the end portion of a tubular member and for use in supporting an electrical socket having an opening through a back wall of the socket and for use in supporting a shade, including, a generally cup-shaped housing formed with a closed end portion, an open end portion and an intermediate connecting central portion, the closed end portion including an outwardly extending tubular portion having an unthreaded interior surface for receiving the end portion of the tubular member and a stop surface within the tubular portion for limiting the extension of the end portion of the tubular member within the tubular portion, the closed end portion additionally including light locking members adjacent the tubular portion for locking the end portion of the tubular member within the tubular portion, the central portion for receiving the electrical socket to have the back wall of the electrical socket positioned adjacent the interior surface of the closed end portion and with the closed end portion including an opening complementary in position to the opening through the back wall of the socket, a second locking member coupled to the complementa…
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