Patent ID: 7588226
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
1. A horizontally mounted battery-operated light bulb comprising: A. a vertical support wall; B. a first outer cylindrical base having a wall bounding a mounting compartment; C. three circumferentially spaced-apart recesses in said compartment mounting wall each configurated in an L-shape with D. a second inner cylindrical base serving as a battery housing sized to fit within said mounting compartment having a wall including three circumferentially spaced apart mounting projections extending radially therefrom in aligned relation with said three circumferentially spaced-apart recesses; E. operative positions of said mounting projections in projected relation within a cooperating one said vertical leg; F. a rotational traverse of a cooperating one said projection into a said horizontal leg to lock said outer and inner bases together; and G. a reverse rotational traverse of said inner base within said outer base to unlock said bases; whereby the unlocking facilitates replacement of batteries in said battery housing.