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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Holzer, D-88709 Meersburg, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439357 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a new improved alternative to the previous Edison sockets and the so-called bayonet sockets which are used to mount electric lights. A lamp base and socket are provided which have cooperating profiled surfaces which serve to guide the lamp base into its proper position in the socket and to lock the base into position. Supporting surfaces are provided on the lamp base and lamp socket which form a pivot for releasing the lamp from the socket. Despite high locking forces, a tilting movement of the lamp and the lever translation produced by moving these surfaces permits easy release of the lamp from the socket.