Patent ID: 6162100
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: F21V,H01R

Abstract:
A lighting fixture having first and second higher power, threaded electrical sockets for accommodating a low power light bulb and a higher power light bulb within said lighting fixture comprising:a) an adapter threaded in the first of said sockets to receive said low power light bulb;b) said adapter comprising a collar, a skirt depending from said collar and including a threaded outer side having a circumference substantially equal to a circumference of the first higher power socket, an inner side extending through said collar and forming a bayonet type socket to receive a bayonet type base of a low power light bulb, and a base side having first and second electrical contacts positioned atop said base side; andc) means extending through said skirt for electrically connecting said first and second electrical contacts to said first higher power socket.