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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2005
Anthony Tufano, Sr., North Massapequa, NY (US);
Paul Endres, Plainview, NY (US);
Anil B. Deshmukh, Commack, NY (US);
Rick Wyke, Valdese, NC (US);
Anthony Tufano, Sr., North Massapequa, NY (US);
Paul Endres, Plainview, NY (US);
Anil B. Deshmukh, Commack, NY (US);
Rick Wyke, Valdese, NC (US);
Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., Little Neck, NY (US);
Abstract
A lamp adapter can adapter a mogul base lamp holder to accept a medium base lamp. The lamp adapter can accommodate only open fixture rated lamps. An open end of the lamp adapter into which a lamp is inserted has an elongated flange which allows only an open fixture rated lamp having a medium base to be completely threaded into the adapter and make electrical contact with a threaded metal sleeve and central button contact of the lamp holder. The geometry of the elongated flange prevents the threading of a closed fixture rated lamp into the adapter by taking advantage of the physical differences between the open and closed fixture rated lamps.