Patent ID: 7178970

Claim:
A Christmas bulb holder assembly, comprising: a bulb having a rectangular base, a cylindrical vent tube centrally located on the base, and two filament wires extended downward from inside of the bulb through the base and at both sides of the vent tube to the external; a hollow bulb holder formed of a flexible plastic material and having a flared upper end and a lower connection member, a diametric slot being formed in said lower connection member and extending downward from a bottom of the upper end, the slot defining two opposite curved clamping walls each formed on a central portion of either longitudinal surface of the slot, wherein the base of the bulb conforms to the slot and the vent tube conforms to a space defined by the clamping walls such that the bulb is adapted to be secured to the bulb holder with the vent tube being fastened by the clamping walls and the filament wires being inserted through the connection member to extend therefrom by inserting the base into the slot; and a mounting formed of a flexible plastic material and including an upper sleeve conforming to the connection member, and a lower portion including two internal contacts formed at two ends of two electric wires that extend to the external such that the assembled bulb and bulb holder are adapted to be secured to the mounting with the connection member being fastened in the sleeve and the filament wires being securely connected to the contacts by inserting the connection member into the sleeve.