Patent ID: 6267342
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
An attachable cord holder for a Christmas light comprising:a tubular socket having a pair of lug means symmetrically formed on opposing peripheries for respectively holding an electrical cord being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the socket, a rectangular notch in an upper periphery abutting the top thereof between the lug means, a pair of guide slots formed in an inner wall behind the rectangular notch and a pair of the electrical cords extending outward from bottom thereof each including a contact plate on top and disposed inside said socket;a cord holder attached to the rectangular notch of said socket and having an arcuate plate slidably engaged into the guide slots of said socket and a hook of U-shaped section including a narrow entrance in top and connected on an upper end with the arcuate plate with a narrow pieces;a base axially inserted into the socket and having a flange on top, a lamp axially disposed into the base with a pair of lead-in wires respectively attached to a pair of lateral sides thereof through a pair of small notches into bottom of the base, said lead-in wires respectively engaged with the contact plate of the electrical cord when the base in inserted into the socket, and a thumbpiece projected outward from a periphery of said flange including a round surfaced protrusion projected downward from free end thereof and frictionally engaged into the narrow entrance of the hook after a cord is transversely disposed into the hook.