Patent ID: 6325209
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A package assembly for a light fixture comprising:a light fixture having a socket at top, a lamp base at bottom, and a contoured main body portion interconnecting the lamp base and the socket;a mounting base having an opening contoured to the outer periphery of the lamp base receiving said lamp base therein; anda panel having a panel bottom portion with said mounting base disposed thereon, said panel bottom portion having a vertical wall integral therewith extending upwardly therefrom, said vertical wall having a first top wall portion extending first generally parallel to said panel bottom portion, then generally normal to said top wall portion forming a second top wall portion and abutting against said socket of said fixture, and a box receiving said light fixture mounted on said mounting base with said mounting base mounted on said panel bottom and having a front wall with a cutout portion contoured to the contour of the main body portion of said fixture receiving a portion of said main body portion therein, the remaining portion of said main body portion extending outwardly from the front wall of said box.