Patent ID: 7581851

Claim:
An electric lampholder for generating a desired scent when operating a lighting element, the lampholder comprising: an electric socket having at least one electrical conductor, the socket configured to be physically and electrically coupled to the lighting element such that the lighting element is operatively electrically coupled to the at least one conductor; and wherein the socket has a permanent shape and at least one portion of the socket is made from a material comprising a scented compound having a desired scent, the scented compound being present throughout the at least one portion of the socket, the scented compound having an elevated rate of vaporization from the material when the socket is in a heated state due to being in close proximity to the illuminated lighting element, the elevated rate of vaporization being significantly greater than a reduced rate of vaporization of the scented compound from the material when the socket is not in the heated state, the socket being in a solid state when the lampholder is in the heated state and configured to be physically and operatively used as an unscented electric socket after substantially all the scented compound evaporates.