Patent ID: 9613794
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H01K

Claim:
1. An apparatus for aiding in removal or installation of a light bulb into a socket, said apparatus comprising: (a) a substantially hollow elongated member; (b) a cup shaped member having a first end thereof attached to a first end of said substantially hollow elongated member, a second end defining an interior surface shaped and sized for abutting engagement with at least a portion of an exterior surface of the light bulb and an axial aperture in open communication with each of an exterior surface of said first end and a convex interior surface of said second end, whereby said axial aperture being in fluid communication with a hollow interior of said substantially hollow elongated member; (c) a pump attached to an axially opposite second end of said substantially hollow elongated member in fluid communication with said hollow interior thereof, said pump operable to remove air between said interior surface of said cup shaped member and the exterior surface of the bulb through said hollow interior so as to generate a vacuum condition within said cup shaped member, said vacuum condition sufficient to at least temporarily secure the bulb within said cup shaped member, said pump comprising: (d) a vacuum removal assembly comprising: