Patent ID: 7253556
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: F21S,H01J,H01R

Abstract:
1. A lamp for use with a light string, said lamp comprising: a globe; a base attached to said globe; a filament inside said globe; first and second Dumet wires running from outside said base to said filament inside said globe; a shunt; a shunt holder adapted to hold said shunt, a socket carrying said shunt holder and dimensioned to receive said base; and a first and an opposing second electrical contact carried within said socket, said first and said second electrical contacts being in electrical connection with said first and second Dumet wires, when said base is in said socket, so that an electrical circuit is formed from said first electrical contact to said first Dumet wire to said filament to said second Dumet wire to said second electrical contact, and wherein when said base is removed from said socket and electricity is supplied to said first electrical contact, said shunt conducts said electricity from said first electrical contact to said second electrical contact, and wherein said base has a bottom and is hollow and has an opening at said bottom and is dimensioned to receive said shunt and said shunt holder within said hollow base when said base is inserted into said socket, said base thereby being between said shunt and said first and second electrical contacts.