Patent ID: 7883261

Claim:
A waterproof lamp assembly for use in an LED light string comprising: wires that are connected to said light string; a lamp holder that is overmolded around said wires, said lamp holder having a central opening that has a specified shape; a pair of connectors that extend outwardly from said lamp holder adjacent to said central opening so that said lamp holder can be overmolded around lower portions of said connectors without covering extended portions of said connectors that extend beyond said lamp holder, said connectors made from a malleable material so that said connectors can be bent and folded into said central opening of said lamp holder; a snap ring disposed around a peripheral portion of said lamp holder; a lamp holder cover having a first opening and a second opening at opposite ends of said lamp holder cover; a snap recess disposed in said second opening that engages said snap ring to create a watertight seal between said lamp holder cover and said lamp holder; a socket having an extended portion, said extended portion having a shape that substantially matches said specified shape of said central opening of said lamp holder; an LED element having LED leads that extend through openings in said socket and wrap around said extended portion of said socket so that said LED leads abut against said connectors when said connectors are folded into said central opening of said lamp holder and said extended portion of said socket is inserted in said central opening of said lamp holder, said socket extending through said lamp holder so that said LED element extends outwardly from said first opening of said lamp holder; a lamp cover having a base that fits into said first opening of said lamp holder cover and provides a watertight seal between said lamp cover and said lamp holder cover.