Patent ID: 8985817
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
1. A light guard, comprising: a planar base plate having a center hole sized to permit the passage of a light socket and opposing side slots disposed substantially 180 degrees apart from one another, said base plate having an outer circumference sized substantially the same as the outer dimension of a selected electrical outlet box; a keyhole slot proximate said outer circumference of said base plate; a transverse slot proximate said outer circumference of said base plate; said keyhole slot and said transverse slot sized to accommodate screws for securing and mounting said base plate directly onto an outlet box or a plaster ring mounted on the outlet box; at least two spaced apart spokes of substantially equal length extending substantially perpendicular from said base plate; and at least two rings connecting said spokes so as to form a light bulb cage; wherein when said light guard is directly affixed to an electrical outlet box to secure a light socket, the light socket is disposed through said center hole in said planar base plate and is captured by said base plate such that the light socket is disposed through the center hole of the base plate so as to be held at least partly within the electrical outlet box.