Claims
- 1. A light fixture for receiving a wedge base light bulb having a body portion, and a base portion including a central portion and a pair of spaced apart generally flat side sections on respective opposite sides of said central portion, with contact wires respectively associated with a surface of each side section, with each said side section having a transverse recess formed therein, comprising: a generally flat base member having a front side and a rear side, said base member having a centrally disposed opening formed therein; a socket member connected with said base member at said centrally disposed opening and extending outwardly from said rear side of said base member, said socket member having a front section for receipt of a portion of said body portion of the bulb and a rear section for receiving said base portion of the bulb, said rear section having a pair of spaced apart channels integrally formed therein, and a central channel between said spaced apart channels shaped to receive a central portion of said light bulb base portion; and a connector pin means received and retained in each of said spaced apart channels for respectively receiving each of the side sections of said bulb so as to cooperate with said recess formed in each said side section and thereby retain said base portion of said bulb in a position within said socket member and to contact said contact wire associated with the corresponding side section,
- each said connector pin means including a clip portion for receipt of said respective side section of the base portion and for contacting said contact wire associated therewith, and a lead wire receiving portion for attachment of an electrical lead wire thereto, each said clip portion comprising a pair of spaced apart and facing spring clip sections extending integrally from opposite edges of said lead wire receiving portion, each said clip section having a first end defining a V-shaped section, the apexes of said V-shaped sections extending toward each other so that one of said V-shaped sections of the clip portion of each connector pin means is received in the transverse recess of the respective side section of the light bulb base portion,
- each of said spaced apart channels being formed with a pair of opposed longitudinally extending grooves integrally formed in said rear section of said socket member, with each of said grooves terminating a short distance from the rear end of said spaced apart channels to thereby define a first inwardly extending surface at the rear end of each said groove, said spaced apart channels each further being formed with a second inwardly extending surface,
- said clip portions of said connector pin means having a pair of spaced apart, outwardly extending inwardly resiliently deformable ear sections which respectively extend outwardly from second ends of said facing spring clip sections, said ear sections being respectively slidably received and retained within said grooves of each said channel by engagement of each said ear section with a respective one of said first inwardly extending surfaces,
- each said connector pin means being formed with a ledge portion at the inner edge of said lead wire receiving portion which provides a third surface which is engageable with said second inwardly extending surface of the respective one of said spaced apart channels, whereby each said connector pin means is insertable into the respective one of said spaced apart channels from the rear of said socket member and retained in position therein with said connector pin means precluded from movement in one direction by contact between said ear sections and said first surfaces, and precluded from movement in the other direction by contact between said second and third surfaces, the clip sections of each said connector pin means being urged away from each other attendant to receipt of a respective one of said side sections of said bulb base portion therebetween.
- 2. The light fixture as defined in claim 1, wherein said lead receiving portion of said connector pin means is generally flat and extends rearwardly of said clip portion to receive a female portion of a spade-type connector.
- 3. The light fixture as defined in claim 2, wherein said lead receiving portion is formed with outwardly extending ribs so as to facilitiate retention of the female portion of the spade-type connector.
- 4. The light fixture as defined in claim 1, wherein the front side of said base member is formed with a peripheral channel for receipt of an offset edge portion associated with a lens member secured to said base member.
- 5. The light fixture as defined in claim 4, wherein said lens member and said base member have cooperating holes formed therein for receipt of fastening means therethrough.
- 6. The light fixture as defined in claim 1, wherein said socket member is formed integrally with said base member.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 586,350, filed Mar. 5, 1984, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (10)
Foreign Referenced Citations (2)
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1326018 |
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Continuations (1)
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