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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Bruce L Renlger, Alto, MI (US);
Elzie McKinney, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attwood Corporation, Lowell, MI (US);
Abstract
A marine navigation light assembly for installation in alternately configured mast mounting bases has a mast, a navigation light mounted to a top end of the mast, and an electrical receptacle mounted in a bottom end of the mast and electrically connected to the navigation light. The electrical receptacle includes a receptacle shell and at least two electrical contacts housed in the shell wherein a first of the at least two contacts is fixed with respect to the shell and a second of the at least two contacts laterally floats within the shell and with respect to the first contact for interchangeable mating between electrical plugs having differently spaced electrical pins.