Patent ID: 6502962
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
A cover assembly for a light having a socket with an exterior surface and an interior and a lamp in the socket interior, the cover assembly comprising:a connector having a length with a lamp opening at one end and a socket opening at an opposite end of the connector length, the connector having means for removably attaching the connector to the socket exterior surface, the socket opening being dimensioned to pass over the lamp in the light socket in removably attaching the connector to the socket exterior; a cover having a length with a lamp opening at one end and a first vent opening at an opposite end of the cover length, the cover being attached to the connector at the cover lamp opening and the connector lamp opening, the cover having an interior volume dimensioned to receive the lamp therein when the connector is removably attached to the exterior surface of the light socket; and a second vent opening in the cover assembly intermediate and spaced from the connector socket opening and the cover first vent opening and providing a flow path for cooling air through the second vent opening, the cover interior volume, and the first vent opening.