Patent ID: 7554266

Claim:
A lamp for use in a light string, said lamp comprising: a globe with a filament therein; a base carrying said globe, said base having two holes formed therein; first and second Dumet wires running from said filament in said globe through said holes in said base, said first and second Dumet wires being in electrical connection with said filament inside said globe, said base having a prong depending therefrom; a socket carrying said base, said base removably seatable in said socket, said socket having an interior wall; a first and a second terminal carried by said interior wall, said first and said second Dumet wires being in electrical connection with said first and said second terminals, respectively, when said base is seated in said socket; first and second insulated wires entering said socket and being in electrical connection with said first and said second terminals, respectively; a shunt holder carried by said socket, said shunt holder having a V-shaped surface formed thereon; and a conductive spring shunt having first and second lateral ends and held by said shunt holder in electrical contact with said first and second terminals when said base is not inserted in said socket, said lateral ends, said V-shaped surface and said prong of said base being dimensioned so that when said base is inserted into said socket, said prong presses said shunt into said V-shaped surface thereby pivoting said first and said second lateral ends up and away from electrical contact with said first and second terminals.