Patent ID: 6481875
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: F21S,F21V,Y10S

Abstract:
A light socket cover system for the covering of one of a number of light bulb sockets attached to and suspended from socket connecting wires to form a light string; the light socket cover system comprising:a cover structure constructed from an electrically nonconductive, heat resistant material having a sealable cavity defined therein for receiving an empty light bulb socket in a sealing fashion to allow a user to achieve a desired lighting effect while minimizing risks posed by an electrically connected, exposed empty light bulb socket; the cover structure including a top cover portion and a bottom cover portion; top cover portion defining a sealable socket receiving cavity sized and shaped to receive one of a number of empty light bulb sockets attached to and suspended from socket connecting wires to form a light string and having a socket insert portion connectable thereto within the socket receiving cavity such that the insert portion is insertable into an empty light bulb socket while the bottom cover portion is snap fit into sealing connection with the top cover portion using two opposed locking tab assemblies that each include a deflectable locking tab extending from the bottom cover portion and a corresponding locking tab connecting aperture formed into the top cover portion in a manner to seal the sealable socket receiving cavity; a wire passage opening being provided through a side of the bottom cover portion to allow socket connecting wires in connection with an empty light bulb socket sealed within the socket receiving cavity to pass therethrough; the cover structure having an external attachment mechanism provided thereon; the cover structure including a metal contact positioned on the socket insert portion within the sealable socket receiving cavity of the top cover portion thereof in a manner such that the metal contact seats into the empty light bulb socket such that electrical continuity is maintained along a string lights of which the empty light bulb socket is a part.