Patent ID: 6318884
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,Y02B

Abstract:
Worklight string for use in an area under construction, comprisingan elongated flexible power cord having first and second conductors and an insulating cover over said conductors;a multiplicity of at least ten lamp sockets affixed to said power cord at intervals therealong, and each having a receptacle adapted to receive a lamp base and means connecting said receptacle to said first and second conductors;a similar multiplicity of compact fluorescent lamps, each having at least an equivalent illumination to a 100 watt incandescent bulb, disposed respectively in said lamp sockets, and each including a base having a conductive shell for fitting into and electrically contacting an associated lamp socket receptacle, the base also having a housing portion containing an electronics module; a folded fluorescent tube mounted on said housing portion; and a resilient plastic globe member enveloping said tube and fitted onto the housing portion of the associated base.