Claims
- 1. A package assembly for a light fixture comprising:a light fixture having a socket at top, a lamp base at bottom, and a contoured main body portion interconnecting the lamp base and the socket; a mounting base having an opening contoured to the outer periphery of the lamp base receiving said lamp base therein; a box encompassing said mounting base having an opening therethrough receiving the base of said lamp therein; at least one panel encompassing said light fixture having a cut-out section conforming to the outer configuration of said light fixture, said light fixture mounted within said cutout section; and a blister having a pair of hinged blister portions, each of said blister portions having a concave contoured portion conforming to one half of the outer contour of said light fixture sandwiching said light fixture, said box and said mounting base therebetween.
- 2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said blister portions has a bottom one-half box portion receiving said box therein.
- 3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein each box portion has an upper surface contoured to said lamp base.
- 4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said blister portions has a bottom one-half box portion with an integral wall forming the bottom wall of said box portions receiving said box therein.
- 5. The assembly of claim 4 wherein each box portion has an upper surface contoured to said lamp base.
- 6. The assembly of claim 1 wherein a pair of panels are provided, each of said panels contoured to said lamp base.
- 7. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said light fixture has an electrical wire and plug and said mounting base has an opening through said mounting base for receiving said wire and plug therein.
- 8. The assembly of claim 7 wherein said mounting base has a lamp harp mounted on the underside thereof.
- 9. The assembly of claim 1 including a pair of packaging units, each of said units having a concave contoured portion contoured to about one-half of the outer configuration of said light fixture, said concave portions facing said light fixture and sandwiching said light fixture therebetween, said light fixture received within said concave contoured portions.
- 10. The assembly of claim 9 wherein at least two light fixtures are disposed side by side on a tray, and a shipping box is mounted over said light fixtures and said tray.
- 11. The assembly of claim 1 including a tie strap encircling a portion of the lamp and said package tying said lamp to said package.
- 12. A package assembly for a light fixture comprising:a light fixture having a socket at top, a lamp base at bottom, and a contoured main body portion interconnecting the lamp base and the socket; a mounting base having an opening contoured to the outer periphery of the lamp base receiving said lamp base therein; a box encompassing said mounting base having an opening therethrough receiving the base of said lamp therein; and a blister having a pair of hinged blister portions, each of said blister portions having a concave contoured portion conforming to one-half of the outer contour of said light fixture sandwiching said light fixture, said box and said mounting base therebetween.
- 13. The assembly of claim 12 wherein each of said blister portions has a bottom one-half box portion receiving said box therein.
- 14. The assembly of claim 13 wherein each box portion has an upper surface contoured to said lamp base.
- 15. The assembly of claim 12 wherein said box has a panel therein having an upper and lower surface with a slot therethrough, said panel having a lamp harp mounted therein, said lamp having a plug and cord protruding through said slot into said box.
- 16. The assembly of claim 12 including a tie strap encircling a portion of the lamp and said package tying said lamp to said package.
- 17. A package assembly for a light fixture comprising:a light fixture having a socket at top, a lamp base at bottom, and a contoured main body portion interconnecting the lamp base and the socket; a mounting base having an opening contoured to the outer periphery of the lamp base receiving said lamp base therein; a box encompassing said mounting base having an opening therethrough receiving the base of said lamp therein; at least one panel having an upper surface encompassing said light fixture having a cutout section conforming to the outer configuration of said light fixture, said light fixture mounted within said cutout section, said panel extending partway up said lamp to said main body portion; and a blister having a pair of hinged blister portions, each of said blister portions extending up to the upper surface of said panel and having a concave contoured portion conforming to one-half of the outer contour of said light fixture sandwiching said light fixture, said box and said mounting base therebetween.
- 18. The assembly of claim 17 wherein each of said blister portions has a bottom one-half box portion receiving said box therein.
- 19. The assembly of claim 18 wherein each box portion has an upper surface contoured to said lamp base.
- 20. The assembly of claim 17 wherein said box has a panel therein having an upper and lower surface with a slot therethrough, said panel having a lamp harp mounted thereon, said lamp having a plug and cord protruding through said slot into said box.
- 21. The assembly of claim 17 including a tie strap encircling a portion of the lamp and said package tying said lamp to said package.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of Ser. No. 09/814,906 filed Mar. 22, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,325,209.
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