Patent ID: 6672897
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: F21S,F21V,H01R

Abstract:
A bulb holder for use in a decorative lamp, comprising a tubular body having a first end defining a cord hole and a second end defining a bulb-receiving opening, and said tubular body further having a first wing formed with a first mouth opening and an opposed second wing formed with a second mouth opening, wherein said first mouth opening of said first wing is delimited laterally by a first long jaw and a second long jaw spaced from said first long jaw and wherein said second mouth opening of said second wing is delimited laterally by a first short jaw and a second short jaw spaced from said first short jaw,wherein said mouth opening of any wing including the first and second long jaws is delimited inwardly by a mouth base, and wherein said mouth base defines a notch for retaining a cord therein, wherein said first short jaw of said second wing is opposed to said first long jaw of said first wing, and wherein said second short jaw of said second wing is opposed to said second long jaw of said first wing, and wherein said first long jaw has an outer inclined face formed at a distal end thereof, and wherein said first short jaw has an outer inclined face formed at a distal end thereof in correspondence with said outer inclined face of said first long jaw, wherein said jaws of said wings each have an inner barb formed thereon, and wherein said inner barbs form respective inner inclined faces at distal ends of said jaws wherein said wings extend outward from said tubular body near said second end, wherein said second long jaw has an outer inclined face formed at a distal end thereof, and wherein said second short jaw has an outer inclined face formed at a distal end thereof in correspondence with said outer inclined face of said second long jaw, wherein said jaws of said wings each have an inner barb formed thereon, and wherein said inner barbs form respective inner inclined faces at distal ends of said jaws, wherein each of said wings includes a first long jaw and a second long jaw both laterally delimiting a corresponding one of said mouth openings therebetween, wherein said first long jaws of said wings are opposed to each other, and wherein said second long jaws of said wings are opposed to each other, and wherein each of said first long jaws of said wings has an outer inclined face formed at a distal end thereof, wherein each of said second long jaws of said wings also has an outer inclined face formed at a distal end thereof, wherein said jaws of said wings each have an inner barb formed thereon, and wherein said inner barbs form respective inner inclined faces at distal ends of said of said jaws, wherein said mouth opening of any wing including two long jaws is delimited inwardly by a mouth base, and wherein said mouth base defines a notch for retaining a cord therein.