General Cable Industries, Inc.

Thomas Varatta, Sr

Paul A Hedrick

Pair of electrical plug blades

A trouble light assembly includes a handle portion, a door in the handle portion which is hingeably movable between open and closed positions, a bulb receptacle mounted at one end of the handle portion, a cage portion adjacent the bulb receptacle for enclosing a bulb therein, and a plurality of conductor blades which are electrically connected to the bulb receptacle. The conductor blades extend downwardly from the bulb receptacle so as to define a male conductor plug within the handle portion. The female end of a extension cord set is received into the handle portion through the hinged door, and matingly engaged with the conductor blades so as to establish an electrical connection between the bulb receptacle and the cord set. In a first embodiment, the hinged door is permanently sealed in the closed position after assembly of the cord set, and in a second embodiment the hinged door is provided with a tab and slot assembly for releasably maintaining the door in the closed position.

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Greenville, RI, United States of America

Thomas Varatta, Sr