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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1998
Steven T O'Brien, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MO (US);
Abstract
A light fixture includes a lamp contact supported by the fixture and a lamp electrically connected to the lamp contact. The light fixture also includes an electrical supply cable for delivering electrical power to the lamp contacts and lamp. The light fixture also includes a breakaway cable connector connected to the light fixture by a tab and a cable connector receiver formed in the fixture for receiving and mechanically restraining the cable connector. The lamp contacts are electrically connected to the cable when the cable is positioned on the light fixture and the cable connector is broken off of the light fixture and snapped into the cable connector receiver.